#goodmorfterning
Juxtaposition makes #storytelling really interesting.
There are narrative elements writers like to use, like wealth v poverty, dark v light, but I love it especially in CHARACTERS' traits and motivations. It can be a conflict of two identities coming into one, i.e. the character themselves, or simply an archetype of an existing idea, but with a twist.
Genshin does this well, for example, with Diona, the cat-girl bartender of Cat's Tail. Although her hatred for the wine industry is clear, it's immediately conflicted with her-
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Juxtaposition makes #storytelling really interesting.
There are narrative elements writers like to use, like wealth v poverty, dark v light, but I love it especially in CHARACTERS' traits and motivations. It can be a conflict of two identities coming into one, i.e. the character themselves, or simply an archetype of an existing idea, but with a twist.
Genshin does this well, for example, with Diona, the cat-girl bartender of Cat's Tail. Although her hatred for the wine industry is clear, it's immediately conflicted with her-
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07 November, 08:41
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-natural talent of creating the best alcohol no matter the ingredients. And to top it off, she is a owner of a bar, creating a contradiction, making players more curious about the character.
Or another Genshin example would be Noelle, the Maid-Knight of Favonius. Mashing two opposing jobs together might seem intuitive on paper, but if you think about it, depsite them being a passive and aggressive job respectively, both a maid and knight's job is to serve under someone, uniting the conflicting concepts with a common goal.
But what do I know? I'm just a hikikomori traveller.
Have a day.
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Or another Genshin example would be Noelle, the Maid-Knight of Favonius. Mashing two opposing jobs together might seem intuitive on paper, but if you think about it, depsite them being a passive and aggressive job respectively, both a maid and knight's job is to serve under someone, uniting the conflicting concepts with a common goal.
But what do I know? I'm just a hikikomori traveller.
Have a day.
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