...Wow. Forgotten Land is already three years old?
That's CRAZY! It feels like just yesterday I first picked the game up in 2023. Little did I know just what kind of crazy path it was going to lead me down.
Now, all this time later, Kirby is still living in my head rent free.
And so, so much of that is thanks to Elfilin. I don't talk about him a lot, but I really, really enjoy him as a character. I think his story- particularly his nature as a being who's only half of someone else, and half of someone bad at that- is super interesting. Like... there has to be guilt and confusion there, right?
He's not even his own person. He's mere pieces of another being... and, in a way, the reason that being doesn't get to live. Although, of course, he probably believes that that being doesn't deserve the right to live... but what does that mean for him? Does that mean he doesn't deserve to exist, too?
I don't know. I just always thought that sort of thing might trouble him. To me, existentialism and guilt define so much of his existence, and to celebrate the anniversary of the game, I wanted to make something delving into that interpretation of him.
I hope I was able to capture the melancholy I was going for. I'm not quite as happy with this as I was with my other animatic, but I think, overall, it's still pretty solid.
Happy Birthday, Elfilin! And happy Birthday to your weird rat family, too.
