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The Topic of the Day is: Sunday, April 24, 2005 | |
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blah. Dark and Light, Light and Dark. blah, blah, blah. Tasiha seems drawn to Darkness, even though she is technically tied to Light. That's good. That means I don't have to make so many modifications to her--besides the obvious 'she's a sucky character.' Sad thing is she's probably the best one I have. I've written a lot with her. I understand her. But, like I said... everyone thinks she's a cliche. Perhaps she is. But, gah. The people in legends are cliche. There's never a legend that says: A medium man with dark hair and green eyes who is a complete individual will change the world some day. Make sure you offer him soup. You know what I mean? Legends are about 'outstanding' people, about people who are different or will be or make a difference. And Tasiha is... legend. I am planning on making a legend as the basis of all this. One that Tasiha seems to fit the role of, which should of course freak her out. She needs some human characteristics :P Demosen will also be tied to it, of course. In his own way. In his own way. I am improving the personage of Demosen. I can see him a little clearer now. He has a child with him sometimes--a little girl. He's a good commander; gets loyalty from his men; has visions, like Tasiha does; longs for the Light/wavers between light and dark, feels weak because of it. Has his share of enemies and bad pasts. Not a commander/comrade. He isn't a confidant amongst his men/followers. He keeps that to himself. He is rather like Shoran, which brings me to the question--was Shoran meant to be my ideal villain in the first place? Shoran has a great backstory to go with his villainy--true love killed by dark side, blamed on light side, so he rebels against light, helps dark, later realizes great extent of irony in this -.- And he's very, very, very human. He has his ups, downs, and sideways. I even know what he looks like. Do I resurrect him, turn him inside out, and make him into Demosen? Do I make Demosen's story something similar to that? It would be nice for Demosen to have a different reason to 'be on dark's side' rather than just 'I need someone on the other side,' rather than just 'he thinks the dark side's right and there are certain scenes that indicate that he is correct about this;' ... rather than just 'so be it.' It would be nice for him to have motivation. But then we lose the whole 'dark and light need to combo to become.... great/complete.' I think this is a vital part of the story, especially with the ending I have in mind. So.... what have we? Demosen-shoran psycho-freaks and rebels against this 'Light' person, by doing so becomes main supporter for this 'Dark' person, only to realize that neither side is right for him and that only something in the middle will satisfy? This .... follows trains of thought brought up during my discussion with Molly. She kept mentioning 'have him join the dark side to get enough power to save the one he loves, only to become evil so that he later kills the one he loves' sort've thing. I admit I'm not that fond of that idea. Over melodramatic? I don't know. But he could have a reason in joining the 'dark side.' The only problem is that I still need to show that the 'dark side' is not 'ultimate evil.' You know what I mean? I must prove that dark side has purpose too. Does Demosen's new past cover that, or do I need more? How about if I show them regrouping after a loss or two? or gathering for a fight. I could present the dark side as a big underground rebellion against... things. Tasiha. Light. And have little snippits of show here and there. By the way, a big Shout Out to those who keep reading/posting comments :o *blushes* didn't think anyone would, and they are EXTREMELY USEFUL! so double or triple thanks there. I should go to bed. Spanish test tomorrow. I need my sleep. |
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1 Comments:
This is off topic, but your need for a reason for someone to be on the Dark Side kind of sparked it in my head.
People don't usually want to be 'evil'. Not always the case, but Demosen doesn't seem like he wants to be evil. A lot of times the folk deemed 'evil' are really operating in a different paradigm.
For example, I always thought of Satanism as not an embracement of evil, but of knowledge. After all, Satan did urge Eve to take the apple, and thus we acquired knowledge. So there's a propagandistic element to this, in that the "good" have the power and thus control the means of interpreting history.
Another example might be the British empire bringing 'civilization' and 'grace' to the 'savages' of its colonies. If you're on the colonial side, the "goodness" emanating from the British empire looks a lot like the death of your civilization and way of life.
That kind of thinking would lead to the 'light' and 'dark' view of things as being cultural, specific to Tasiha's worldview, and totally inapplicable to Demosen's. If the proverbial tree of "light and dark" falls in the forest and Tasiha's people aren't there to hear it, it doesn't exist.
Silly tangents.
I agree on the melodrama thing. Then again. like you said, legends are founded upon cliches.
In other news, did you get my email about Saturday/ are you coming??
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