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Reply Subj: Re: Then proceed. Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 at 07:45:32 am EST (Viewed 652 times) | |||||||
Quote: Quote: I suspect her upbringing might dispose her towards accepting animalistic and unseen household spirits anyhow.Quote: The Eastern themed ones are usually much richer in style and purpose.At least more defined. Quote: Quote: I see Liu Xi as having developed an empathy with victims, honed because of some of her subsequent encounters (with Princess Annar, for example). Samantha has developed a darker response by cultivating a revenge against the victimiser.Quote: Liu Xi definitely harbors some feelings of revenge too, but she doesn't let it consume her because she's seen what it can do to people around her. She might be one of the first to warn Samantha of that danger. Though most people just think it's cute she's turning into a young super-detective, Liu Xi might see the uglier side of it because it mirrors something hidden that she dislikes in herself.]Indeed. Quote: Quote: And look at the influences and mentors each of them has had. Liu Xi's run with the Shoggoth, with Xander, with Lara, with Hatty, and with Vinnie. Samantha apprenticed herself to the Dark Knight, to Champagne, and watched Mumphrey through his darkest days running the Parody War defence. Apart from Magweed and Griffin she has relatively little contact with compassion.Quote: It's never too late to acquire new mentors. Magweed and Griffin are good ones. Maybe Mumph will be smart and assign Samantha to learn martial arts and swordplay from the Psychic Samurai, and Samantha will get a heavy dose of humility and compassion with her lessons. Chiaki is very calculating at times, but also always empathetic.Sam's very good at absorbing lessons but somewhat less wise in the lessons she chooses to apply. Quote: Quote: Quote: Then again, maybe it's a bad comparison because Liu Xi has the gift of elemental power - if Sam had the same thing, she might be more confident and feeling she didn't have to work at it so much.Quote: Quote: Sam's an over-achiever and she pins her self-worth on her accomplishments. Liu Xi has other measures of herself.Quote: Like I mentioned above, that's something that can change quickly. Samantha can learn to measure her self-worth through her teachers instead, if she enjoys their lessons and company enough. Liu Xi could still lose everything and have to find her own measurement.Well, I try to wrote every character with strengths and flaws. That's what makes them interesting to me. The heroic journey is often about overcoming flaws. Quote: Quote: I think now Sam would view having a "normal" childhood as a weakness that leaves one unprepared for its eventual bloody destruction.Quote: She won't have much luck convincing Lara of that. Lara would probably tell her that she's not ashamed of her childhood because while linked to the whole of energy of the universe, it's what grounds her and makes her still feel human. And yes, even now that she no longer speaks to them, she still has the memory of better times.Sam's now actively planning to prevent other children having to face what she did. Quote: Quote: The other question is why was he carrying a turn-you-into-a-Caphan glamour.Quote: He can get into serious trouble with that one.Noted. | |||||||
