Artist commentaryObviously, most stories need characters, so I figured I'd start introducing them...Meet Alex. Alex, being from what used to be Earth, is obviously a refugee (and thus, the title character, though he won't be THE main character). Like most refugees are, Alex is both scarred on the inside and out. He's seen what most refugees have seen: death, destruction, hopelessness, the law of the jungle (among...other things). The very fact that he comes to "the islands" (our story's setting) in one of the most desperate ways possible is enough to show us that he has had enough of it. Considering he's made it this far in the game, Alex obviously has some tricks up his sleeves. Still, he's just a kid, jumping headfirst into a whole new universe of races, customs, and cultures that, until recently, his own species has been fighting against. Fitting in will be a chore, to say the least. ... I started with this character mainly because in addition to being a character in a story, I'm giving him another role, since someone asked me recently to give a description of my avatar... Yes, I've decided to have a human avatar. Ick, I know. (Though for those who've known me from a decade ago, I used to have a dragon named Flamewing.) But I feel that in a way, I'm being more honest with who I am in Alex. I'm not trying to reach the unreachable. Still, I'm scared to death of having him become a sort of "Mary Sue" in my story (I've seen countless examples of this used, and have repeatedly promised myself that "No, this won't happen to Alex."), and I've tried desperately to make sure that isn't the case. Yes, he has abilities, but I've worked hard to give him noticeable flaws as well. (But after reading about mary sues or gary stus in wikipedia, I'm afraid that nothing I am doing can tear him away from that, since the definition has become incredibly broad.) Hopefully though, the grand finale can absolve him of that sin, since you see, Alex will- ...well, I can't really give the ending away, now can I? As usual, copyrights are in the pic. |
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