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Disney's Princess
Captain America: Civil War...
(Spoilers allowed)
(Links PG-13)
...The following is a link to a Gawker Media article that references the writers of Captain America: Civil War, and their opinion about who the audience should side with in that movie. Do they side with Captain America's view of independent action? Or, do they side with Iron Man's view of government oversight?
The answer from the writer's perspective is... Neither.
Their rational is not so much to drive home a point. But rather, to create a conversation for the audience to debate. Not to say that one side is right or that one side is wrong? But to create an atmosphere where a discussion can take place from both perspectives. Using both Cap and Stark, as protagonists AND antagonists. At the same time. Two heroes. Two foils. Where nothing about their conflict is painted in black and white.
Is Jedi vs Sith?...
...Where everything is painted in black and white.
Yet? Anybody who RPs for longer than a day can quickly begin to see the shades of gray. Where, Sith Knight Bob is really just a misunderstand teenager and is always played as the Anti-Hero of his own writer's epic saga. He is often foiled by Jedi Knight Sara, a clear mixture of human tragedy and bad decision making herself. Yet, she is also portrayed by her writer as the hero of her own personal space sage.
Two protagonists. Two antagonists. Two heroes, at the same time. Where the long streaks of black and white are only as vivid and colorful as the imagination of their own respective writers. Two heroes. Two foils. And to whom should we as the audience side with?
The answer from this writer's perspective is... Whoever you want to. Lol.
Great Entertainment
Creates great discussion.
Much like where I myself got to debate the pros-and-cons of Captain America's independent stance with my brother's strong pro-Iron Man position. And. Much like where we as a website get to discuss the merits of a Sith's acceptance of human emotion foiled nearby with the Jedi's ward against human passions too wealthy to govern. The easy answer is never a clear one either. Two sides. Two foils. Always played by their writers as THE heroic figures. Both of which can be found on either side of the coin.
In closing, I greatly valued the article above for it's insights into how to craft a story of both two protagonists and two antagonists, the same. Because it is a constant reminder to me that as I write both hero and villain, so two can I also merit simply two heroes or two villains, the same. Two sides of the same coin. Where black vs white can always equal: black vs black, or white vs white, the same.
And to whom should you as my audience side with? Well. Maybe great entertainment can make winners of them both.
(Spoilers allowed)
(Links PG-13)
...The following is a link to a Gawker Media article that references the writers of Captain America: Civil War, and their opinion about who the audience should side with in that movie. Do they side with Captain America's view of independent action? Or, do they side with Iron Man's view of government oversight?
The answer from the writer's perspective is... Neither.
Their rational is not so much to drive home a point. But rather, to create a conversation for the audience to debate. Not to say that one side is right or that one side is wrong? But to create an atmosphere where a discussion can take place from both perspectives. Using both Cap and Stark, as protagonists AND antagonists. At the same time. Two heroes. Two foils. Where nothing about their conflict is painted in black and white.
Is Jedi vs Sith?...
...Where everything is painted in black and white.
Yet? Anybody who RPs for longer than a day can quickly begin to see the shades of gray. Where, Sith Knight Bob is really just a misunderstand teenager and is always played as the Anti-Hero of his own writer's epic saga. He is often foiled by Jedi Knight Sara, a clear mixture of human tragedy and bad decision making herself. Yet, she is also portrayed by her writer as the hero of her own personal space sage.
Two protagonists. Two antagonists. Two heroes, at the same time. Where the long streaks of black and white are only as vivid and colorful as the imagination of their own respective writers. Two heroes. Two foils. And to whom should we as the audience side with?
The answer from this writer's perspective is... Whoever you want to. Lol.
Great Entertainment
Creates great discussion.
Much like where I myself got to debate the pros-and-cons of Captain America's independent stance with my brother's strong pro-Iron Man position. And. Much like where we as a website get to discuss the merits of a Sith's acceptance of human emotion foiled nearby with the Jedi's ward against human passions too wealthy to govern. The easy answer is never a clear one either. Two sides. Two foils. Always played by their writers as THE heroic figures. Both of which can be found on either side of the coin.
In closing, I greatly valued the article above for it's insights into how to craft a story of both two protagonists and two antagonists, the same. Because it is a constant reminder to me that as I write both hero and villain, so two can I also merit simply two heroes or two villains, the same. Two sides of the same coin. Where black vs white can always equal: black vs black, or white vs white, the same.
And to whom should you as my audience side with? Well. Maybe great entertainment can make winners of them both.
