Tale of Meredith Wight 8
Sorry for the wait. I’ve got a million and a half reasons that boil down to not getting back into the swing of things after vacation. I really don’t have my pipeline sorted these days, but the next couple of pages shouldn’t come with such a big wait. I’m insanely excited about introducing Maggie. The redesign turned out great. I gotta thank Yukitty for helping turn my silly idea of a orange and purple color scheme into something that actually works. I really wanted to revisit her design after that photo of a black hole came around. I desperately needed to wrap our resident gravity mage in an orange cape.
Maggie was always a character that I regretted not having a chance to do a deep dive into the first time around. I won’t say more until we’re a few pages in and established where she’s going with this, but it’s nice to finally begin laying Maggie’s cards on the table.
Oh, another glance at Solstice! It’s telling that she’s been seen so far as someone that other people appreciate or have expectations for, but we don’t really get to see HER as a person.
Also, Maggie!!! I’d say the outfit isn’t the only different thing about her, but I guess we didn’t really get to see TOO much of her last time.
Ya know, I went back and read most of Maggie’s scenes after you mentioned she comes off quite different. She really didn’t do much but hang behind Bartleby while he was talking to other people, and then comment on “the plan” after they leave. She was implied to be the actual brains of the operation. Maggie barely got a scene talking to anyone outside of her own circle. I’ve said it before but, the reboot has been a chance to dive into characters that didn’t get much in the first run, and Maggie is certainly such a character.