With all the work I've been doing preparing for Season 1, I haven't
put a word toward Season 2 this week. Goodbye, themed posts.
What I have done in the hour before I fall asleep is watch and dissect
an anime called "Code Geass" with a couple of my best friends. And while
I initially had heavy reservations about this story, there are quite a
few things they are doing brilliant that I haven't seen before.
So today I'm tooling the prompt from an anime.
In Code Geass there are a lot of characters that are really horrible
people. Like, "kill lots of innocent old people and children" kind of
horrible people. We don't like them.
So the writer introduces someone who does.
They make you love this sweet, innocent, self-sacrificing person...who
loves these people we hate. She has fond memories of these monsters. She
has loving relationships with these creatures. And because we care
about her, we are drawn to them as well.
I'm challenging you to create a character who sees a different
side of your villain. Take the character that you have made us hate the
most, and make us love someone who loves them.
Can you do it? Because this weird animated thing with pink hair and
people yelling in Japanese has done a good job of it. If you don't mind
way too much pointless fan-service, you might want to check it out.
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