"Depicting a healthy romance beyond the point of initial attraction would be a great moral service for both children and adults in our broken society. Of course, it would have to be done well and there are many traps which could ensnare even a good writer."
I am getting gradually more familiar with your catalogue and you may have written about this already, but do you have a vision for what that would look like, and what traps to avoid? I want to write that kind of thing, I love media where a married couple is a main character (the Incredibles and some aspects of Shrek come to mind), and they support and hone each other, die to each other for each other, and are more together than they are apart. You're the first person I have seen outside of my friend group really discussing this, and I am pretty hungry generally for more of this topic.
I haven't actually written on this topic before and, sadly, I don't think I am the best person to give advice on this particular subject. The first Incredibles film is a good example and I agree with your take on Shrek.
To that I say, define best! That isn't to say I don't respectfully applaud your humility, but if not you, whom? The fact that you have identified traps suggests you have something to say, and in my opinion, this isn't talked about enough, period. Perhaps there are still ideas worth sharing and questions worth asking, even if not from a place of authority? I suppose I mean the above as both challenge and encouragement, but certainly in the best and most delighted-to-be-engaging-with-you way. Maybe I will myself compile some thoughts and observations.
Neither am I...but I've seen healthy couples and have traits about them that I admire. Who knows, maybe we will have the opportunity to continue the discussion in this sphere, maybe my friends and I will get together and throw out some ideas inspired by some of yours. Thanks, and keep posting :)
When I watched TDP, I enjoyed it. Not without faults (stupidity of some "good" decisions was...), but still interesting. Some things I didn't notice (like with Terry bring woman, I was certain that Terry is just pathetic boy like Callum, hence Claudia liked him. I watched in other language than english. So either it wasn't translated or i wasn't concentrating at that moment), some things I omitted (uncouciously, as I watched in a quick succesion. Things like CxR relationship seemed more like here and now instead of 2 years, and Corvus quickly desolved into Sorrensitter).
Anyway I can't really argue, even from my (already) blurred memories I can tell you are mostly right. I will not be recommending it anymore.
"But Your Imperial Majesty" there is just 1 issue... "How dare you call Viren a villain"... Joking (in speech, not meaning). Viren is probably the only hero in this story. Antagonist, yes, but hero.
Funnily enough, change these three decisions that Viren makes in the first three seasons and he becomes a flawed hero:
1. Change his order to kill the princes. Change it so he actually wants to rescue them.
2. Make sure he never accepts or even considers Aaravos' advice to assassinate the kings of the other human kingdoms (make Aaravos do that himself in secret without telling Viren).
3. Do not make Viren force the fire hulk spell on his forces. Make sure he only casts it on soldiers who give their explicit consent.
If the writers made the above changes, he'd be a flawed hero rather than a villain. The reason the writers make him do these things in the series is because he simply wasn't villainous enough to start with.
The previews to this show looked so cool when it was announced. Then it launched and all my friends planned it as complete crap. Same problem as Voltron which absolutely squandered it's world and characters due to executive meddling. This studio produced nothing good after ATLA.
"Depicting a healthy romance beyond the point of initial attraction would be a great moral service for both children and adults in our broken society. Of course, it would have to be done well and there are many traps which could ensnare even a good writer."
I am getting gradually more familiar with your catalogue and you may have written about this already, but do you have a vision for what that would look like, and what traps to avoid? I want to write that kind of thing, I love media where a married couple is a main character (the Incredibles and some aspects of Shrek come to mind), and they support and hone each other, die to each other for each other, and are more together than they are apart. You're the first person I have seen outside of my friend group really discussing this, and I am pretty hungry generally for more of this topic.
I haven't actually written on this topic before and, sadly, I don't think I am the best person to give advice on this particular subject. The first Incredibles film is a good example and I agree with your take on Shrek.
To that I say, define best! That isn't to say I don't respectfully applaud your humility, but if not you, whom? The fact that you have identified traps suggests you have something to say, and in my opinion, this isn't talked about enough, period. Perhaps there are still ideas worth sharing and questions worth asking, even if not from a place of authority? I suppose I mean the above as both challenge and encouragement, but certainly in the best and most delighted-to-be-engaging-with-you way. Maybe I will myself compile some thoughts and observations.
I am not married. That's why I say I'm not the best.
Neither am I...but I've seen healthy couples and have traits about them that I admire. Who knows, maybe we will have the opportunity to continue the discussion in this sphere, maybe my friends and I will get together and throw out some ideas inspired by some of yours. Thanks, and keep posting :)
If you want to stab out your eyeballs, go and see what the fandom posts on Tumblr. If an elf has a chest scar, that means they are obviously trans!
The show attracts the worst kind of people, and I feel as if that is on purpose.
I don't have Tumblr and I'm glad. Still, I have noticed that this series does attract the usual sordid, online sorts.
When I watched TDP, I enjoyed it. Not without faults (stupidity of some "good" decisions was...), but still interesting. Some things I didn't notice (like with Terry bring woman, I was certain that Terry is just pathetic boy like Callum, hence Claudia liked him. I watched in other language than english. So either it wasn't translated or i wasn't concentrating at that moment), some things I omitted (uncouciously, as I watched in a quick succesion. Things like CxR relationship seemed more like here and now instead of 2 years, and Corvus quickly desolved into Sorrensitter).
Anyway I can't really argue, even from my (already) blurred memories I can tell you are mostly right. I will not be recommending it anymore.
"But Your Imperial Majesty" there is just 1 issue... "How dare you call Viren a villain"... Joking (in speech, not meaning). Viren is probably the only hero in this story. Antagonist, yes, but hero.
Funnily enough, change these three decisions that Viren makes in the first three seasons and he becomes a flawed hero:
1. Change his order to kill the princes. Change it so he actually wants to rescue them.
2. Make sure he never accepts or even considers Aaravos' advice to assassinate the kings of the other human kingdoms (make Aaravos do that himself in secret without telling Viren).
3. Do not make Viren force the fire hulk spell on his forces. Make sure he only casts it on soldiers who give their explicit consent.
If the writers made the above changes, he'd be a flawed hero rather than a villain. The reason the writers make him do these things in the series is because he simply wasn't villainous enough to start with.
The previews to this show looked so cool when it was announced. Then it launched and all my friends planned it as complete crap. Same problem as Voltron which absolutely squandered it's world and characters due to executive meddling. This studio produced nothing good after ATLA.