Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-31330278-20180211164358/@comment-31330278-20200114000537

1. Darth Nihilus sounds better. Galactus sounds like a degraded version of Thanos. Consuming planets for survival is confusing. Good thing Amon have a personality, unlike Galactus. Writing a god without a personality is dangerous, because no zealot can learn anything, and no one can contradict their crap. Know what I mean?

2. On the personal level, do you prefer the up to date option, or the evolution option? Also, it just occurred to me that Gloria's possibly uncharacteristic ability to roar might be more than just evolution. It can symbolize her inner voice that is struggling to be expressed after Henry and Julian's inconsiderate actions (Henry was corrupted by his own doing and Julian killed her in the most sadistic way he could think about). I recall you said that you picture Gloria as scaly vs the usual semi-feathered t-rex because it helps for the multi-layered symbolism of "plucking her feathers". Do you think people will understand the symbolism by themselves?

3. Here's a "Jungle Book"-related idea of my own: Another intimidating enemy that Mowgli might have in the sequel is Mark the elephant, dubbed by Mark Hamill, hence his temporary name. He's a physically and emotionally scarred bull elephant who escaped from royal property, and now lead a herd of elephants who kill humans for ideology. Unlike Shere Khan, Mark's tragedy is real, but he's still a scary son of a thousand who hate Mowgli for what he represents. Nobody want to be there where a herd of terroristic elephants is going rampage. Still working on it, hopefully someone will think the same and bring it to the screen, but there are several important things. The first is the symbolism. The elephants in "Jungle Book" are an allegory to the rich people, who doesn't give a penny about problems until it comes to them. Therefore, Mark is likely to be similar to Norman Osborne in his tragic incarnations. A bull elephant leading a herd is an anomaly, similarly to Norman's unhinged nature. The second one is that Mark will be one of those villains that you can choose whether you sympathize or not. A pachyderm psychopath who can be seen in many ways. The voice actor is less important. Just figured that Mark Hamill dubbing an elephant will be awesome.

4. Using souls to destroy gods is new. Never crossed my mind until now. Interesting idea :-). I know it's corny, but it's a wordplay I have to ask: What, in heaven's sake, is wrong with heaven? Hating someone just because her friends are demon isn't an angelic thing to do. Given the drunk god was a colossal bonehead, people might speculate that he have someone like Robespierre/Toxocara/Torquemada who whispers in his ear. Did he have someone like that?

5A. Thanks for alerting me. I needed that. I'll talk about him with other people whom opinion is important, just to be sure. Before proposing him, i'll probably propose Louis the 14 (more details in "Future PE proposals") and Dean Karny. Which of them do you recommend to propose first?

5B. Recently I purchased a novel named "The Road", and from what I know, it ends with the hope that the child (his name is never mentioned. Probably intentional. I wish he had a name though) will find a better future after his father died in his arms. I'm still in the beginning, so I don't know what ended their world, but I know for certain that people like Lilly and the St. John Family are running amok, like in any post-apocalyptical setting in the history of everything. When the child will get to the self-proclaimed good community, I choose to hope it will be a really good place instead of a nightmarish settlement like Neimerhold/Carver's settlement/The New Frontier led by Joan from TWD video game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(2009_film)

While writing these lines, I came to wonder if giving a meta-level hope is a legit kind of hope. This novel and cinematic version gives me the hope that many people will read it, take the good and learn from the confusing parts. In your opinion, a meta-level hope is considered a legit kind of hope in stories' context?