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I had a "creative setback".
Frustrated with my setting (or lack thereof) and character motivations...
and I think I've figured out why
Its very hard to write a complex and highly motivated character when one does not have a reason to live.
That's not a statement to be alarmed at.
I've already made it, you probably just missed it.
Also, my present sounding board wants some overdeveloped steaming pile of romantic and sappy bullshit, and I just want something inherently evil.
I'm sick of rewrites and redesigns, at least I'm still happy with Alorid's development but
SFDLFK#@#@%@#$!!! WARRGAARRBLERAAARBLEGAAARBLE!!!!
...
I also have the tendency to try to be as perpendicular to topical writers/stories/trends to the point that I cut myself off at the knees from avoiding devicive writing or archetypes or typical settings.
Pain in the ass.
Trust me.
Ever tried writing a story on the high seas to avoid a "quest" or a cityscape-campaign?
... well its needlessly difficult and half as interesting.
Then of course the very second (with or without pirates) that something fantastic or wonderous or terrifying happens
you get compared to that delightful movie series with that guy that played Edward Scissor Hands.
... /shred version 1.
I'm pretty sure I'm on version 12 of this project, and still treading water without a pantheon, a system, a setting, and more than 2 characters with names and backstories
But I have this ginormous allegorical/sem-autobiographical
thing
I want to put out there
and I want it to be dark
Like... Empire Strikes Back was a delightful roll in the hay.
A journey into darkness getting darker.
There's nothing wrong with tragedy.
