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Subj: Re: And continuing the thread from UT#351...
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 12:42:19 pm EST (Viewed 694 times)
Reply Subj: Re: And continuing the thread from UT#351...
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 06:17:53 am EST (Viewed 2 times)




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    I know we've covered some of that in Adventures in Parodyverse. I don't recall if it's ever been front and centre relevant to something that Lara is facing right now.


Not yet. Mostly just a reference to the past so far.

Keep in mind that she's someone intensely fearful of commitment, though she will love someone freely. That's why she's so comfortable in her friendship with Hatman - all of the love and comfort with none of the pressure, because he's not interested in anything deeper than that.

I use that example purposefully because friendships are so comfortable for her that the concept of falling for someone hard is foreign to her. That entire scenario is terrifying to her, and she'll probably be repelled by it instead. She sees herself as meeting someone, becoming friends, and that growing into something closer.



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    It's not the specifics of power, it's more that there are a tier of entities in the fictional universe who might theoretically arbitrarily step in at any time and fundamentally alter a story to the detriment of the narrative. They are too puissant to regularly challenge and too powerful to play well with the regular cast without overwhelming them.


I guess the difference is I kind of like fighting the "internal battle" sometimes. Someone like Faite weighing whether to get involved or not, and to think about all of the good and bad reasons for it, and how little or how much. And then if she finally does get involved, I like exploring the consequences, and the thoughts of whether it was worth it.



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      The most fun part of her, though, is figuring out how to motivate her to do something. She is generally unwilling to get involved in most anything because she has been around long enough to feel that it's futile.



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    I'm not claiming that she's a character that can't effectively work in stories. Only that she's not one that I feel comfortable spotlighting. There are a few others around that I try to step around because I'm not sure I can portray them well too - but if I don't mention them people may not notice.


If it helps, a lot of the time Faite decides that large scale direct intervention is overkill, and instead tries shrinking the playing field - confronting the cause directly. Giving them a small show of power, and forcing them to make a choice.

She did that in a probably-unpublished story when she faced the Moderator and warned him to stop damaging the universe. Then, rather than stop him directly, she started messing with his plans.






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