Isithombe: Unkulunkulukazi kaRot Malenia vs. Umbulali Omnyama Omnyama

Isigcawu esiveziwe siwukungqubuzana okushubile nokushaqisayo okubekwe ekujuleni komhume omkhulu ongaphansi komhlaba, okukhanyiswe cishe ngokuphelele ukukhanya okubomvu okubomvu kwe-Scarlet Rot. Imi ngombono obheke emuva kancane ngemuva kwe-Black Knife Assassin, umbukeli ubona isikhathi lapho eqhudelana khona no-Malenia ngemva kokushintsha kwakhe ekubeni Unkulunkulukazi Wokubola. Umhume unwebeka kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, ukwakheka kwawo okumazombezombe kanye nokwakheka kwawo okuphakeme kuhlangana kube yinkungu yezinhlayiya ezikhukhulekayo kanye nenkungu efakwe ukubola. Izimpophoma zichithekela emaweni akude, kodwa esikhundleni salokho okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okupholile akubona esigabeni sakhe sokuqala, zigezwa ngokhonkolo obomvu klebhu, okubonisa ukubola okonakalisa ikamelo.

I-Black Knife Assassin imi ngaphambili, i-silhouette yakhe ichazwa yisivikelo esimnyama esimahliphihliphi kanye nokuthungwa kwesimo sezulu sejazi lakhe. Ubambe izindwani zakhe ezimbili aziqinise—enye ibheke phambili, enye ihlehliselwe emuva—okubonisa ukulungela okuqinile okuxutshwe novalo oluzwakalayo. Ukuma kwakhe okuphansi kuphakamisa kokubili ukuqapha nokuzimisela njengoba elungiselela ukubhekana nomphikisi owesabeka kakhulu kunakuqala. Ukukhanya kwe-ambient kugcizelela ukubonakaliswa okucashile emiklwebheni nasemiphethweni egugile yesambatho sakhe sokuzivikela, okudala amaqiniso akholisayo ebukhoneni bakhe endaweni enonya enemibala ebomvu.

UMalenia, manje oseguqulelwe ngokuphelele ekubeni unkulunkulukazi wakhe wokubola, ubusa phakathi nendawo embukisweni wamandla aphezulu, kodwa abolayo. Isambatho sakhe sokuzivikela sibonakala sihlanganiswe nemvelo, ukuthungwa okubolayo, njengokungathi i-Scarlet Rot isifikile futhi yasibumba kabusha ngobuhle obumangalisayo. Izinwele zakhe ziqhuma ziphumele ngaphandle zibe izintambo ezinde, ezihlangene zokubola okubomvu okuphilayo, ezisonteka njengamalangabi ama-wisps ashaya ngamandla. I-tendril ngayinye ibonakala izihambela yodwa, okwenza kube nesiphithiphithi esizungezile. Amehlo akhe akhazimula ngokukhanya okubomvu okwesabekayo, okuhlabayo, okungenabuntu ngokuphelele kodwa okubonisa ngokujulile ulaka nobukhosi.

Phansi ngaphansi kwakhe kunechibi elingashoni lokubola okubomvu kwe-viscous, okuxukuza namalahle ezinhlayiyana ezikhazimulayo. Uketshezi luchaphazela phezulu luzungeze isimo sakhe, njengokungathi lusabela ebukhoneni bakhe. Isinyathelo ngasinye asithathayo siphazamisa ukubola kwamaphethini afana nezimpawu zesiko, kugcizelela nakakhulu ukuguqulwa kwakhe okungezona ezemvelo. Inkezo yalo—inde, igobile, futhi manje ecikwa ukubola okubuthuntu kokubola—ilenga ngokukhululekile esandleni sakhe sokudla, kodwa ukubamba okungavamile akwenzi lutho ukunciphisa amandla ayo abulalayo.

Umkhathi womhume uminyene ngezicucu ezivunguzayo kanye nezingcezwana ezikhukhulekayo ezinjengomlotha, okwenza umoya ucishe uminyanise. Ukukhanya kwemvelo, okubuswa ukubomvu okujulile namawolintshi afiphele, kudala umehluko onzima, kanye nezithunzi ezakha ama-silhouette amajikijolo ngokumelene nenkungu ekhazimulayo. Izimpophoma, ngokuvamile eziwuphawu lokuhlanzeka, zibonakala zingcolile lapha—ezibomvu ngokubomvu njengoba zehla, okuqinisa umqondo wokuthi yonke indawo ezungezile izinikele ekuboleni.

Lesi sikhathi, esithwetshulwe ngemininingwane yesinema, sibonisa inguquko ewujuqu: umbulali eyedwa ebhekene nonkulunkulukazi onyukile, owonakele. Isilinganiso somhume, ukumila kwe-visceral kokubola, ukuhlangana kwethunzi nokubomvu okubomvu, kanye nokuma kwabo bobabili abalwayo kuhlangana ukukhiqiza isimo senganekwane, ubuhle obuyinhlekelele. Umbukeli usala nomqondo wokuthi impi ngeke ibe nje ngokomzimba, kodwa ibe khona—ukungqubuzana phakathi kwesinqumo sokufa kanye nenkohlakalo yama-eldritch.

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