Post by satoh on Nov 17, 2015 19:42:38 GMT -5
Its hard for me to really give a lot of feedback since I'm probably the one person on earth who hasn't actually played splatoon, but I can say that having a starring role that begins with a backstory placing them in A Rank (or any already distinguished position) is a very risky move.
Typically a protagonist should advance to a high standing from a low or middling one. You don't want to make your central character too powerful (except in certain cases I'll get to in a moment) or else the audience might feel like they're being cheated or just being fed a bad story. People don't really like favoritism.
Now, as I said, there are some ways you can get away with a really strong main character.
Basing them on real events or historical accounts. (Look at former president Andrew Jackson... that guy was like... some kind of terrifying super man.)
Having them start out very powerful, but then losing some of that power and needing to work their way back.(.hack//GU protagonist Haseo)
Or, having their immense power actually be their biggest weakness. (One Punch Man... who is so strong he can't find anything to do with his time since every fight ends with one punch)
While the nearsightedness might at first seem like a factor that offsets their high rank, it actually doesn't.
I'll explain why. The flaw of nearsightedness is something that stands in the way of the character being really successful, which is probably why you added it, but why it doesn't actually help, is that you've already established that the character is A rank even with the handicap... which actually stands to make the character seem that much more superhuman... or... superkraken as it were...
Another way you can get around the problem is by introducing the character very strong, and immediately flashing back to their origin story (which in this event should be long enough to really give a sense that they started out normal and gradually became better) before moving on to the main plot. (See: Ramza Beolve of FFT for a semi-example of this... he wasn't really that strong at first but they did make him a lot weaker immediately thereafter)
Now, I could just be misunderstanding. It could be that A Rank isn't that great, or there's a huge gap between A and S or A+ or whatever comes after. It could be that you fully intend to explain from the beginning and I just misread that she 'was already there' in your story/blog/thing. In those cases this whole post is unnecessary.
However, I still think its good to be aware of these general concepts. Even Heracles was mortal at the beginning of his story.. and he's like the most OP character ever.
Hope this helps in some way.
Typically a protagonist should advance to a high standing from a low or middling one. You don't want to make your central character too powerful (except in certain cases I'll get to in a moment) or else the audience might feel like they're being cheated or just being fed a bad story. People don't really like favoritism.
Now, as I said, there are some ways you can get away with a really strong main character.
Basing them on real events or historical accounts. (Look at former president Andrew Jackson... that guy was like... some kind of terrifying super man.)
Having them start out very powerful, but then losing some of that power and needing to work their way back.(.hack//GU protagonist Haseo)
Or, having their immense power actually be their biggest weakness. (One Punch Man... who is so strong he can't find anything to do with his time since every fight ends with one punch)
While the nearsightedness might at first seem like a factor that offsets their high rank, it actually doesn't.
I'll explain why. The flaw of nearsightedness is something that stands in the way of the character being really successful, which is probably why you added it, but why it doesn't actually help, is that you've already established that the character is A rank even with the handicap... which actually stands to make the character seem that much more superhuman... or... superkraken as it were...
Another way you can get around the problem is by introducing the character very strong, and immediately flashing back to their origin story (which in this event should be long enough to really give a sense that they started out normal and gradually became better) before moving on to the main plot. (See: Ramza Beolve of FFT for a semi-example of this... he wasn't really that strong at first but they did make him a lot weaker immediately thereafter)
Now, I could just be misunderstanding. It could be that A Rank isn't that great, or there's a huge gap between A and S or A+ or whatever comes after. It could be that you fully intend to explain from the beginning and I just misread that she 'was already there' in your story/blog/thing. In those cases this whole post is unnecessary.
However, I still think its good to be aware of these general concepts. Even Heracles was mortal at the beginning of his story.. and he's like the most OP character ever.
Hope this helps in some way.