No Racial pride since last year! How horrifying!! Come on you guys, we haven't died down yet, have we?! To try and kick this thread back into action, I'm going to answer the previous questions and then ask one of my own.
As for Gale, it's a fairly long list, but Gale needs them, if you know what I mean. 1: Obviously, get over his wife's death. That's an important one, for sure. 2: Become a phenomena expert, maybe a phenomena investigator? Who knows. 3: Travel Mizahar collecting stories and possibly take his findings and making it into a book of some sort. He doesn't know this one yet. 4: Go to Endrykas, bond with a Strider, and learn webbing. This is the one I am currently working on, of the smaller goals. 5: settling down with someone. Have a kid. MAYBE a pet other then his strider. 6: He doesn't know it yet, but creating his own story is basically what he wants to achieve with his life. Yes, getting over Hana is a major goal for him, and he thinks that's what he wants, but in reality, he'll only realize that it contributes to his story later. But enough of that. O-o
Why is Gale human? Now that is an interesting question. I suppose the main reason is that I just can't picture Gale as anything else. I mean, Gale as a buff Akalak? A giant Jamoura? I just can't see it. I didn't pick a sub race because I didn't find any fitting either, besides the Vantha. But then again, his eyes would stay the same to colour for forever since Gale always has that sad tone to him... for now. But I guess another reason is because being human means I can start off "easy", so I am not being hunted down or spat on when I first begin or anything. Though, I was proven wrong when Gale got in a whole bunch of issues in his first few threads... But hey, that's the joy of writing and I'm glad it happened, and that I chose human. Now, for my question. Since I've created this idea for Gale, I've been curious to see what others have to say about their characters. What is the story that you hope to complete with your character? Is your story and their hopes for a story the same? What is something that you wish to inspire others with your character, if any? To be polite, I'll answer them as well. I would say that Gale's story and my version of the story are very similar. Though Gale doesn't really know what he wants, in the big picture, his motives and wishes are in the general direction of what he thinks his story is, and along the guidelines of what my version is. If that made any sense. As for inspiration goes, I suppose I'd like to create that feeling where something is tugging at your heart to do something or to try something new (Both IC and OOC! OOC is good too!) . One that would make you go,"Oh! I want my character to do this..." "I want her to become that...", ect. If Gale ever causes someone to try something new (IC or OOC) then I have done my job. |