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Subj: But you should strive for the best. Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 at 12:43:30 pm EST (Viewed 3 times) | Reply Subj: I guess that's better than it could be. Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 at 06:20:07 pm EST (Viewed 689 times) | ||||||
Quote: Quote: Lara elected not to play the game.Quote: That's a true conflict with characters like Lara, because she doesn't crave power - she feels like she has enough already. Thugos wouldn't be someone who would understand that, because he always wants more.As I recall, he was trying to tempt her with the knowledge that contact with the Wonderwall offered; except that knowing some things change a person forever. Lara elected to gain knowledge and wisdom the long way round rather than falling for the short cut. Quote: That is also a good way to drive nu-Hood up a wall.Iscanean Went is somewhat different in his vilnerabilities to Ioldobaoth Winkelweald, as we shall discover next time when his original identity is revealed. Quote: I also get the impression that the Winkleweld is kind of amused by Lara because she's not afraid of him. I get the feeling he's amused by anyone who doesn't fear him. Which would make Lara able to tell at first look that nu-Hood isn't the real thing. She would look in his eyes and see anger instead of amusement.More than that, the Hood is actually attracted to strong women who stand up to him, as evidenced by his relationships with Lisa, Dancer, the Shaper of Worlds, Shazana Pel, the Faerie Queen, Danny Lyle's as-yet-unidentified mother, etc. Quote: In [Lara's] time protecting her own universe, she learned a lot about things that are part of balance, and better off not tampering with. The original Hood would be one of those. So rather than off him, she would rather simply give him a good reason to do what she wants.There is a specific set of parameters by which a villainous character can continie to participate in a shared narrative, and the Hood sits in that sweet spot. He rarely ends up directly in conflict with the heroes. He's had exactly two all-out fights with the LL ever. He often manipulates behind the scenes, but for every villainous thing he does to the good guys there's something villainous he does to even worse bad guys. Many of his interactions are neutral, furthering plot or character without becoming the determinative pointof that story. He has a status quo that generally upholds the larger PV status quo, often against adversaries who seek to shatter that status quo (e.g. Dormaggadon, the Void Scholar, the Parody Master, the Carnifex). Of course, in-story he is working towards his own goals. He needs the heroes to save the Parodyverse because he needs it for his own eventual ends. There is no gain in ruling over nothing but rubble. Much better to let the heroes live to fight off his enemies for him, until the time finally comes when his plans are all in place. Quote: Faite has this conundrum going where she could make sweeping changes to the universe, but she doesn't want to, because then she can't *enjoy* it. If everything is predicable, then it's boring.What do you see her role as being? Quote: Quote: I recall you wrote some stories mapping out her early years but I don't think you concluded them.Quote: I still have that in-progress, because I started writing a longer one that's more of a novel format. Not sure which one I'll keep yet.Just so long as those ideas and that work are not wasted. Quote: Quote: What is she drawing in, exactly? Electromagnetic potential? If so are there side effects on her nearby environment?Quote: She draws it very slowly from the entire universe. It's also a two-way street, so she can sense when something is wrong with the energy she's drawing from, and also that's the reason she can go between universes. It's sort of the equivalent of drinking from a stream, then becoming the water and going with its flow.What's the spectrum of that energy draw? Is it electromagentic, mystical, gravitic, conceptual? At the absurd end, is she drawing energy from all the wallfes in creation, or the broken promises? I ask about the mechanism because I think it hekps to place Lara and her powers in some relative context. I know where Donar gets his abilities from, or how Dancer does what she does. I'm only 75% there with Lara. | |||||||
