The World You Desire Can Be Won (Or Can It?)
In this episode (Chapter 11) Wes makes a serious sacrifice in exchange for three wishes, and almost immediately regrets it… and yes, that’s a quote from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Of course it is.
We don’t get into Wes’s actual philosophy but that’s because he doesn’t have a coherent one. He’s not the kind to subscribe to any ideology, he just aligns most closely to whatever suits his purposes and thoughts at any one time. He doesn’t stand for anything. He loves Maggie Thatcher (he reads her biography every year, a big commitment for someone who doesn’t really read), and I think Ayn Rand is the only other author he’s ever properly picked up. Maybe a bit of Hemingway to look educated, since he’s got a chip on his shoulder about not being ‘cultured’ enough for the upper class circles he wants to get into. I think he’s probably also read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, but would never admit it bored him. If pressed, he would say it was one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. It’s also one of only five novels he’s ever read, so that’s also why he’d say that.
In this case, I thought we’d go with an Atlas Shrugged quote for this chapter because his sacrifice is not entirely altruistic, shall we say, and that was the ‘best’ book to go with. (Look at how he phrases his wishes…)
I was really excited to get to show what actually lives in the wishing well, and how the well’s magic works. If you’re on the ball you’ll notice that Wes sees a five pound note down there, which is from The Crows (Chapter 6, Be Careful What You Wish For), when Carrie drops it and it disappears into the ooze as if something has pinched it in the middle and dragged it under.
The creature in the well is inspired by the spider guardian of the Widow of the Web in Krull, but the creature design is more leaning into Guillermo Del Toro and Clive Barker monster influences, an arachnid-like maggot thing with spindly limbs and a mouth “like a cat’s arsehole” (thanks Wes). Naturally, Wes cums in his jeans.
If I ever commission NSFW art, it will be of this scene.
I have commissioned a portrait of Wes though, from Georgina Donnelly who did the gorgeous portrait of Katy, so I can get the set of them in the same style. I’ve seen a sketch of Wes and it’s GREAT. Complete with a replica of one of Maggie Thatcher’s brooches, like I asked for. You know he has his own collection.
Here’s the Katy portrait – I’ve asked for Wes to look like he’s sleazy and good looking but only one bender away from being an extra in Trainspotting, so we’ll see what happens…
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