The Dark(er) Side
I suppose you could call it the darker side. At least dark-ish. Since many of the images I've crafted are more - positive? - on the lighter side? - well, not demonstrably "dark" in tone, I took a moment, or two, to do something that points the other way. So far there are these three - whoo hoo! three! - and I suppose at some point I'll journey back to the dark(er) side.
Back to Fantaseum
Perhaps the page should be called the "dark-ish" side. Maybe the "less light" side.
O.K., yes, I'm definitely dealing on well-trod territory here, but what the hell - as I've noted elsewhere, I've not done these before, and this is all about what I've done after all. ANYway ---
The "Naughty" Nurse: like President Reagan said: "just cause." We had some stuff, and I know where to get props, and Rachel has this thing for that uniform coat (and the leg brace - and the Ace bandage - but we're so not going there) so at last she has the chance to put the coat to good use.
The AI, or the robot, or the machine: yep, if the robot/machine in revolt is not an archetype in science fiction I don't know what is. It fits in on the Dark(er) Side because I don't think I have anyone (or anything) actively threatening another character in my works so far. There are allusions to threats and even violence (just look at the book covers) but the artwork itself has been vague on those actions. Except for the last couple of Vera Packard covers - those aren't quite so allusional (I think I just coined a word). SO - like Party - Interrupted on Lady Gray's page, I'm using this particular variation on a theme to stretch my work a little more.
I actually had to seriously consider doing the revolting AI. No, really - do I - do we - really want the manufactured thing to become sentient? The movies and T.V. series that come to mind: Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica (2005), Caprica, The Matrix - and enough books on the topic to fill several shelves - but the idea that finally stuck to me was that of emancipation. Instead of the machine taking over, I see this character as just wanting to exist as anyone else with a self-aware brain - as an individual, not a slave (see Blade Runner - watch the Final Cut, it's worth it). Not that dark after all? I mean, other than her having set the building on fire, she hasn't actually killed anyone, right? At least not that we can see here.