Comments | owlmoose: More character memeage

owlmoose

More character memeage

Feb 08, 2011 23:06

Pick a character I write, and I will give you the top five ideas/concepts/other I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to depicting them accurately.

This batch is much more random than the last, and is about evenly split between characters I've written quite a lot of, and characters I've either written very little ( Read more... )

ffx, ff12, ffx-2, meme, writing

Comments 7

stardust808 February 9 2011, 07:51:13 UTC

I don't know if you have noticed, but Baralai is my obsessive muse. :P ( ... )

owlmoose February 10 2011, 07:53:48 UTC

No worries; meta ramblings are always welcome in this journal. :)

I agree with you that Baralai comes off as being confident, but I don't think that this is necessarily a result of having no trauma in his early life. Some people go through traumas and come out stronger, and perhaps his temper is how it manifests in him. Still, it's a fair point.

I like your expansion on my #3: part of the reason Baralai wants to lead is his confidence that he would be good at it.

And I just now realized that I didn't write a #5 for him! That was definitely not intentional, oops. I think it would be something about how, despite his easygoing demeanor, he doesn't trust other people easily, even before Nooj turned on him. It sure didn't help, though....

stardust808 February 10 2011, 20:07:24 UTC

There is no denying there are many interpretations to Baralai's past, and they are all fascinating. :3 Maybe he did experience trauma, but not necessarily his own... Heh. His temper is scary; could even rival a Spiran version of Satan. :P

Another reason why I believe why he wants to lead is because, in contrast to FFX-2's lazy, selfish Yuna (sure, she saved the world twice, but do we see her being involved in anything post-game?), busybody Baralai wants to govern the world to a better future; once he's experienced the taste of people relying on him, it's difficult for him to step out of that "pillar of support" mindset. How can he possibly step out of that role or dissolve New Yevon when he knows too much?

Ooh, no wonder. I made a sad face when I didn't see it. :P Didn't trust people easily before the Nooj incident? How so? Where in canon does that clue you in?

muggy_mountain February 9 2011, 17:07:31 UTC

Hmmm...I really liked reading what you have to say about Tidus. I agree, and keep many of these ideas in my own mind when considering him.

This reminds me to respond to my own meme, though!

muggy_mountain February 9 2011, 17:18:58 UTC

Also, have you ever seen a fic where Auron *wasn't* completely dedicated to Yevon when he was younger? I don't think I have, though it'd be interesting to see a fic like this -- provided it wasn't simply due to some romance.

owlmoose February 10 2011, 07:54:56 UTC

have you ever seen a fic where Auron *wasn't* completely dedicated to Yevon when he was younger?

You know, I don't think I have, and I agree: if it was well done, it could be fascinating. I don't know if I could do it, though; as above, it's such a deeply ingrained aspect of his character for me.

stardust808 February 10 2011, 20:14:34 UTC

Hmm, in concern to Auron's "lofty" dedication to Yevon, perhaps in childhood, he was a warrior monk first and foremost, not necessarily a believer of Yevon (at first).

Perhaps if he were a child/teenager, the first year of his enlistment, a mere recruit... and when he engages in missions outside Bevelle, where the welfare of people's lives are his duty, he sees the profound effect of the Yevon doctrine, how faith can calm even the most delirious of hearts and Sin-intoxicated minds...

That's how I can see it work. An Auron who wasn't completely dedicated to Yevon. The idea above can even explore how Auron establishes his belief in Yu Yevon, actually.