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rawliverandgoronspice · 7 months ago

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One thing I really like is that the whole Unhallowed Vespers trilogy (so Litany, Descant and Antiphon) is that is really served as my brainstorming test grounds for Thralls.

There are ideas in there I realize I don't like as much as I thought in hindsight, or conflict with other stuff I decided I'd rather pursue instead, and I get to have explored them before committing to those in a more long-form kind of project --or some that are too subtle or complicated to be carried out outside of writing (mostly thinking of a ton of Ganondorf character details, some things about gerudo culture that I want to tweak, characters that are getting axed because We Don't Have Time, etc).

On the contrary, there are things I set up in there I never actually got to explore, and I get to pull out that thread in here instead (basically every single of the hylians' character arc roughly, Nabooru, even Impa in a way). It's pretty weird and interesting to revisit the same core ideas twice, but in a different medium and with different character arcs in mind starting off the same thing.

#thoughts #thralls of power #animatic project #descant of greatness #litany of betrayal #antiphon #unhallowed vespers #ganondorf #impa #nabooru #thinking about that as I try to pick and choose what idea actually interests me about gerudo culture and especially its nuances #there are things I plan to do in Thralls that I much prefer #this new iteration of Ganondorf and Saeruk's relationship is soooo much more compelling to me for example #I think I didn't spend enough time unearthing Saeruk as her own character then with her own arc #but I still want to re-inject some of the ideas I had but with subtler worldbuilding this time #I just realized today I am still pretty attached to Ganondorf as somewhere on the aroace spectrum #and this being a very VERY subtle cause of conflict as to how he perceives his relation to belonging in gerudo culture #without having the society being as rigid and oppressive in gender roles as in Unhallowed Vespers #which can be done I think --and become more understated and alienating and heartbreaking in a way #because it is not as clearly stated as a pillar of expectation --but still slowly he still comes to realize he was never “a sister”#and what that does to him --and to the gerudos who both love him and fear/endure him all at once #at least that's my hope #Also. My dream of Serielle as an interesting piece of that even though she is a nightmare of a character to pull off right #I had two friends rereading two different versions of the outline #the first one thought her arc came out of nowhere #the second one perceived her as a one-note villain #and I want neither of those things!!! so!!!! where is the truth #we'll see #anyway

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