"Merits" outline back-up, just ignore...
Story Major Events/scenes (that are left): moderately detailed outline... spoilers
Current Chapter: History between Zuko & Katara;
To add to "Merits" (currently writing chap?):
ZUKO & KATARA’S HISTORY, 150 YEARS AGO:
- “Don’t worry when people fail to recognize your merits, worry when you fail to recognize theirs” (Confucius)
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Current Chapter: History between Zuko & Katara;
To add to "Merits" (currently writing chap?):
ZUKO & KATARA’S HISTORY, 150 YEARS AGO:
- “Don’t worry when people fail to recognize your merits, worry when you fail to recognize theirs” (Confucius)
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That's another reason I like Merits so much -- you keep doing the unexpected.
Enslaved is at a stopping point before the next arc (and it needs to simmer for a little while before I work on it again), so I'll put the part of Merits I'm working on back up at the top of the list.
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** Katara/Yue is really wishing for/seeking an opportunity to be herself. Not the guardian of the tribe, not the chief's daughter, just herself. She thinks she's found that with Zuko -- he's not relying on her as leader or healer or demi-goddess; he's just there because he wants to spend time with her.
** But oh no, Zuko has sabotaged himself already, because he's not actually there for her, he's there because he has to kill her / because they're soulmates / because she's a piece in a larger game. And by the end of the segment, he does want her just for her sake, but it's too late by then and the relationship has been colored by all those other expectations placed on it ( ... )
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How long is the total timeline for this sequence, for when Zuko first comes to the Water Tribe to when Katara sacrifices herself?
Does Zuko have a surname(s)/title(s) in addition to the given name?
And here's some other things I've been thinking as I go along and it gets more in depth:
Vampires attacked the tribe when Kana was a young woman, which is how Katara knows about "demons" -- and how she knows Zuko isn't acting like how a demon should act according to their tribal memory.
These are two profoundly lonely people, which is perhaps what pushes them together as much as the soulmate bond and Zuko's mission. This is Katara without Sokka; with instead someone with Sokka's over-protectiveness but without Sokka's unconditional love. I imagine the Protector as being overbearing and concerned with the tribe and unable to see Katara as an individual -- even as he thinks he doesI see them as surrendering to the bond and hooking up before they really "fall in love". ( ... )
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Sorry late to reply, busy few days. Will try & get you answers for this weekend!
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I have it at 13 meetings -- about the right timespan and that nice spooky 13 and blue moon connotation for the final epic confrontation.
Questions:
What is Katara's scarf made of? What does it look like?
How do you envision his sleigh working? Dog team/horses/caribou/dragged behind him?
Are betrothal necklaces part of the Water Tribe culture? How does Zuko know about them -- did she tell him, or did he do his homework?
What's Yue's precise role/title? Priestess? Princess? Shaman? Wise Woman? Should I just make up a word?
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--> Awesome! XD
"What is Katara's scarf made of? What does it look like?"
--> I was thinking something Tibetan or Taiwanese; Taiwanese indigo is really pretty, but I'm less familiar w/ their woven materials. Worse comes to worse, we make something up that is now extinct. ;)
"How do you envision his sleigh working?"
--> dragged behind him
"Are betrothal necklaces part of the Water Tribe culture?"
--> Yes
"How does Zuko know about them -- did she tell him, or did he do his homework?"
--> They see a man proposing to a woman in the village; Zuko remarks on it, Katara clarifies something, Z realises she will never be in a position to choose someone for herself (like him).
(Rest of answers in a few mins -- just put baby down for a nap, gotta go make some lunch for myself!)
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"They see a man proposing to a woman in the village"
--> They see a woman in the village (no necklace), and then later on, they see that same woman wearing a necklace looking ecstatic.
There, that's better. It would have been too obvious otherwise. Needed an excuse to make K & Z talk to each other. ^^;
"What's Yue's precise role/title?"
--> Priestess, but I'm a fan of making up words, so go nuts. ^_^b Word should probably convey someone who is deemed very highly worthy of respect.(??)
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For the scarf, I'm thinking of indigo-dyed slubby silk with ikat patterns. It'd be thick and luxurious to her, and I think she's spend a while studying it to figure out how it was made. It'd intrigue her against her will. Here's the sequence of her getting it thus far:
"Why are you here?"
Stalemate.
He tries to give her the scarf, but she refuses.
Wakes up the next morning and it's entwined in her fingers. Strokes the fabric, feels its softness against her cheek. It's beautiful and like nothing she's ever touched... it couldn't hurt to keep it.
This gives you no hold over me, demon.
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