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'Til love do me part' (Romanticide)

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This one was really hard until it got really easy. Part of my problem was that for years I had interpreted the word "Romanticide" to be a mashup of the words "suicide" and "romance"...killing oneself out of love, or for love. An idea which, while powerful, doesn't quite click very well with the rest of the song. I never thought too hard about it before I started this drawing, because honestly Romanticide was never a favorite of mine.

But I can't draw a song I can't make sense of. So one day I'm driving down the street, listening to Romanticide, kinda sorta analyzing the lyrics...and I see this billboard, showing a face and asking for information on an unsolved homicide. And my brain goes, "Oh....duh. It's not suicide...it's homicide." Romance + homicide. Love is doing the killing. 'Til love do me part. Marooned by my own creations. That fits better. And I saw in my head a figure stranded on the rocks being attacked by the images in his mind.

(Actually I saw crows literally bursting out of his chest, but turns out that didn't translate all that well to paper :/ )

Stranded on the rocks combined with the chessboard I was already playing with, and it all fell together.

References:
Stranded man: www.deviantart.com/art/Shipwre…
Girl with umbrella: www.deviantart.com/art/Perfect…
And the Google...
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