Tales of the Parodyverse - And behind you.

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Subj: And behind you.
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 at 08:37:31 am EST (Viewed 2 times)

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Liu Xi's not a neophyte any more, and she's developed a ruthlessness against evil that may even surprise the bad guys sometimes.

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Sometimes when Liu Xi is among monsters she has to remember that she *is* one, in a way. She can warp the elements including mysterious void, spent time with a Shoggoth and an evil god (Exu), and may be the youngest Legionnaire to have killed. She has a stronger claim on evil than some demons do, so it's fortunate for everyone else that she decided to follow a different path.

Like many principal PV characters, Liu Xi is rather more than she seems, in part because of the extraordinary things she had endured and done. Sometimes I like to remind readers of this by juxtaposing our "regulars" with some generic, seemingly more powerful, entity, and simply watching as the uninqueness of the protagonist completely bulldozes the challenger.

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Well, the starting point for this one was to tell a Con Johnstantine origin story in the style of the Nativity. The time-travel aspects were really a way of engaging some of the regular cast in it.

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You lost a chance at some instant motivation there though - if his mom would have died, and he would have been raised a child orphaned by a demon, then he'd have a definite grudge against them.

I'm usre something horrible happened to her later on. But Johnstantine doesn't really have that Batman-style holy quest going on. His work and methods are rather more snide and subversive.

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    - Over there too. · Anime Jason · Thu Jan 20, 2011 at 01:54:02 pm EST
      - And behind you. · HH · Fri Jan 21, 2011 at 08:37:31 am EST
        
        Again? · Anime Jason · Fri Jan 21, 2011 at 11:47:56 pm EST
        
        Why not? · HH · Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 09:50:18 pm EST
        
        Re: Why not? · Anime Jason · Mon Jan 31, 2011 at 02:02:55 am EST
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