Post originally by ColinChapman at 2004-08-06 07:28:27
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Dan Davenport wrote:
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<b>Thanks, Colin! This sort of feedback particularly interests me.</b>
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You're welcome, mate. Thanks for a balanced and considered review.
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<b>That gets into a tricky area. Obviously, I agree about the Lost Child being archetypal, especially for the genre. But as to the survivability aspect, such characters in movies general ARE survivable -- not through their own prowess so much as through writer fiat. So, the argument could be made that such a character would be more suited to cinematic Unisystem, with its Drama Points representing the writer fiat that would normally protect seemingly helpless individuals.
This isn't an argument against the character's inclusion, mind you. I can just see how the survivability complaint might be valid from a certain point of view. </b>
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I definitely agree about the survivability via writer fiat. I can't remember off-hand, and don't have the book on me, but I think I included a few levels of that luck-like Quality (god, my memory is crap today) to represent that aspect to some degree. Drama Points would definitely work from what I've heard, though not really being a fan of Buffy or Angel, I don't own either of those books and can't speak with authority.
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<b>Again, agreed. The Lost Child fills an archetypal niche that the Tormented Grade School Student does not. Both are good characters, but the Lost Child is the superior archetype.</b>
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Thanks. I was almost tempted to make the Lost Child's quote, "Redrum, redrum." but decided against it in the end.
"Heerrreee's Zombie!"
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<b>Innocent Blood?</b>
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That's the one! Thanks for refreshing my grey matter for me.
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<b>Yeah, I can understand that. I guess my observation there was more of a lament about what might have been if you'd had access to the voodoo powers from the Abomination Codex, for example.
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Yeah, I see your point, and certainly agree that if it could've been reprinted with all the voodoo rules, it would've rocked no end.
C'est la vie, I guess. Still, it shouldn't be too difficult to modify for anyone who owns the AC, hopefully.
Again, thanks for the considered review and comments.
cheers!
Colin