[WSW Contest 18] Vanilla Sword vs. the Twins

I'm not sure whether you or I am more surprised about this. I didn't originally plan another entry, but I wanted to make this, and realized that it would qualify as a contest entry.  It was mainly made for fun, but if it somehow wins something, hey, I'll take it. Yeah, it's another Terraria thing, featuring the Twins this time. This will be really relatable for the 0.67% of you here who have actually played Terraria and have tried fighting the Twins with a close range weapon at some point. In case it wasn't obvious, this was inspired by Spaztique's "Why Vanilla Swords don't Work in Touhou...". And yes, Jack is still referencing the original "Taste my Steel!", even though his new sword is made of Titanium. He's a dork.

I disabled the HUD in the screenshots, since I didn't want to recreate them for this. Also, since I made a HUD for the Skeletron one, that might be considered reusing part of an older entry, which is against the rules.

This one recreates two screenshots, with the in-game image directly below the walfas version. I've separated my prop counts accordingly.

Since there's nothing custom in the background, this would qualify for:
-Best Action
-Best Comedy
-Best Creature Stock Prop
-Best Stock Prop in a Comic

I also made heavy use of a certain prop this time too... you thought it was puddle, but it was me, Yuka Baton!


Background: Red Moon
First phase:
The Twins- Yuka Baton (sic): 27
Puddle: 12
2 each of: character, bullet 01
Everything else- Arm (Short Sleeve): 2
1 each of: Bullet 11 (eye laser), Character, Dark Sword

Second phase:
The Twins- Yuka Baton (sic): 10
Bullet Orb: 9
Arm (Long Sleeve): 8
Puddle: 6
Character: 3
Black Line: 2
1 each of: Gachapon Container, Nuclear Reactor
Everything else- Power-Up!!!: 5 (cursed flamethrower)
Arm (Short Sleeve): 2
1 each of: Bullet 11 (death laser), Character, Dark Sword

There is one thing that concerns me, though. Even if the Twins are counted as a single entity due to being physically linked, this would still have two props, for their different forms. I know there is a three entry limit on the contest, and since my "Totally not a Contest Entry" was actually put into the contest, that means I have one entry left. If this comic cannot be counted as one entry, I would appreciate it if someone would help me resolve that issue.

P.S. Oh look, a typo! I guess I have to proofread these more than twice, huh?

P.P.S. *sigh* It seems I actually made two mistakes. I said that the second form's rapid laser couldn't hit the broad side of a barn when it is actually fairly accurate. It was the standard eye laser from the first form that had severe accuracy issues.  During phase one, you can literally stand still, and Retinazer will miss more than half of its shots. That's why you never force them both into phase two simultaneously; dealing with the eye fire is bad enough on it's own.