New Idea!
In the mythos that includes the Commander, there is an event called the Golden Hollow. There's also a person, as readers of the story "The Golden Hollow" can tell you. The Golden Hollow also happens to be a place.
I've had an idea for a while that at "ground zero" of this telepathic natural disaster, there would remain a dead zone of sorts. This would be a place where the preestablished rules of reality would no longer apply. It would be a bad place, a terrible place, a place with something left to hide.
Recently, I saw the movie Silent Hill. Wow. It was good and screwed up. Crazy visuals, great cinematography, general sense of confusion and dread. It was awesome.
Silent Hill uses transitions between states of reality to trigger many events and compound its sense of dread. One state of reality is obscured by a fog-like haze, the other by pure darkness. Both are totally insane. So I thought this might be a way to go.
However, there's still more. One of the scenes led to me to remember a villainous sorority from other parts of my writing, the Brill'Que (or as Dan and Commander call them, the Balleaters). They are evil, twisted, human, and extraterrestrial--hard to explain in blog form.
Speaking of Commander, I think he may be present as well, filling the role of the wise old man, even though he isn't old by any means. He'd just pop in and out, possibly helping the main character(s) of the story. Commander would be the only one with any clue as how to deal with the single Brill'Que that's taken residence within ground zero. Also, he'd be the only one who'd be able to figure out what is going on in such a screwed up place.
I've had an idea for a while that at "ground zero" of this telepathic natural disaster, there would remain a dead zone of sorts. This would be a place where the preestablished rules of reality would no longer apply. It would be a bad place, a terrible place, a place with something left to hide.
Recently, I saw the movie Silent Hill. Wow. It was good and screwed up. Crazy visuals, great cinematography, general sense of confusion and dread. It was awesome.
Silent Hill uses transitions between states of reality to trigger many events and compound its sense of dread. One state of reality is obscured by a fog-like haze, the other by pure darkness. Both are totally insane. So I thought this might be a way to go.
However, there's still more. One of the scenes led to me to remember a villainous sorority from other parts of my writing, the Brill'Que (or as Dan and Commander call them, the Balleaters). They are evil, twisted, human, and extraterrestrial--hard to explain in blog form.
Speaking of Commander, I think he may be present as well, filling the role of the wise old man, even though he isn't old by any means. He'd just pop in and out, possibly helping the main character(s) of the story. Commander would be the only one with any clue as how to deal with the single Brill'Que that's taken residence within ground zero. Also, he'd be the only one who'd be able to figure out what is going on in such a screwed up place.
posted by LEN! at 12:28 AM
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UPDATE--
A few other thoughts have invaded my redefining the Brill'Que.
One of these is Soul Calibur II. One of the characters in this game, Ivy, has an alternate costume with etched designs on her leggings and part of a skirt hanging behind her. The whole costume has a dusty brown tone to it, almost like a deep tan.
Another element isn't really an element at all, but a source of rapid feedback--Oscar. Since he knows the tone that this story will go in (that Silent Hill direction), I've asked his thoughts on some designs.
It's been going well so far. When I have some finished images, I may just share them.
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