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There are two things I've been thinking of lately, and I'm not done with either of them. Both involve a pretty substantial investment of time, but I'm not sure how prepared I really am for discussing them. On the other hand, I want to, so I guess it's gonna happen anyhow.
I've been watching Supernatural lately because I've got the first season on loan. I guess I'm on episode 8? So far, the best episode really has been the pilot and the series hasn't really caught my interest. I thought I would be the target audience for this kind of thing, and so far, I don't feel that's really been the case. Basically, I haven't really found it really frightening. I don't know if I'm supposed to. The jury is still out. Episode 10 is Asylum, and I'm really looking forward to that one. I'll let you know how I feel about it, and when I get a few more episodes in, I'll give a more detailed opinion.
The other thing I want to come back to is Kingdom Hearts 2, if only because when I've brought it up in passing to others, I've found people to be deeply enthusiastic about it, to the point that I feel I've underestimated this games popularity.
When a friend asked my opinion, I was hesitant to give it. I felt compelled to give several qualifiers. I've enjoyed it so far, it feels well-produced and put together, there's nothing wrong with what it does. And what it does is basically to create a stand-in for a youth, Sora, whose story plays like a Mary Sue. He's naive and trusting, he's energetic, and he's fundamentally good natured. When I use the term 'Mary Sue', I mean it in what's basically the most precise way possible: as the protagonist of a video game, he's a stand in for the author (or player), he's loved and invited in to the inner circle of a group of people with a pre-existing narrative, he gets his abilities or power from an external plot device, he rapidly becomes more powerful then established canon characters, and (spoilers) in the first game he 'dies' to facilitate saving another character/s (/spoilers).
So, I know you can argue that both ways, and I'm not condemning the game by any means. I've read fan fiction, and cast no stigma on it. I've got some written up, somewhere around here, but I can't find it at the moment. Basically, it just has that type of narrative. And it's supposed to. It's a cross-genre mash up with an external character inserted into a non-canon narrative. (And becomes its own canon, at this point. But KH Cloud isn't FFVII Cloud, and can't be.) In fact, for a major game project to cleave so close to the tropes found in fan fiction is pretty impressive, which is why this is a game that continues to fascinate me. But I haven't gotten to the ending yet. And I guess next time I want to come back and talk about my writing project and Baroque, but I've got a lot of ground to cover.
I wrote, like, two pages yesterday. That sounds super lame, but it's the most non-journal stuff I've been able to write in quite a while. Maybe it makes more sense now when I say this project is like rehabilitation to me.
I've been watching Supernatural lately because I've got the first season on loan. I guess I'm on episode 8? So far, the best episode really has been the pilot and the series hasn't really caught my interest. I thought I would be the target audience for this kind of thing, and so far, I don't feel that's really been the case. Basically, I haven't really found it really frightening. I don't know if I'm supposed to. The jury is still out. Episode 10 is Asylum, and I'm really looking forward to that one. I'll let you know how I feel about it, and when I get a few more episodes in, I'll give a more detailed opinion.
The other thing I want to come back to is Kingdom Hearts 2, if only because when I've brought it up in passing to others, I've found people to be deeply enthusiastic about it, to the point that I feel I've underestimated this games popularity.
When a friend asked my opinion, I was hesitant to give it. I felt compelled to give several qualifiers. I've enjoyed it so far, it feels well-produced and put together, there's nothing wrong with what it does. And what it does is basically to create a stand-in for a youth, Sora, whose story plays like a Mary Sue. He's naive and trusting, he's energetic, and he's fundamentally good natured. When I use the term 'Mary Sue', I mean it in what's basically the most precise way possible: as the protagonist of a video game, he's a stand in for the author (or player), he's loved and invited in to the inner circle of a group of people with a pre-existing narrative, he gets his abilities or power from an external plot device, he rapidly becomes more powerful then established canon characters, and (spoilers) in the first game he 'dies' to facilitate saving another character/s (/spoilers).
So, I know you can argue that both ways, and I'm not condemning the game by any means. I've read fan fiction, and cast no stigma on it. I've got some written up, somewhere around here, but I can't find it at the moment. Basically, it just has that type of narrative. And it's supposed to. It's a cross-genre mash up with an external character inserted into a non-canon narrative. (And becomes its own canon, at this point. But KH Cloud isn't FFVII Cloud, and can't be.) In fact, for a major game project to cleave so close to the tropes found in fan fiction is pretty impressive, which is why this is a game that continues to fascinate me. But I haven't gotten to the ending yet. And I guess next time I want to come back and talk about my writing project and Baroque, but I've got a lot of ground to cover.
I wrote, like, two pages yesterday. That sounds super lame, but it's the most non-journal stuff I've been able to write in quite a while. Maybe it makes more sense now when I say this project is like rehabilitation to me.
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