Sunday, September 10, 2017

Topic Research: Tricksters and Heroes

For my Project I think I have decided to do a Tricksters and Heroes clash theme. While reading the tricksters stories I noticed that it is a very obvious trick that the tricksters are pulling. I want to make the Tricksters a little more interesting and do a more subtle way of introducing the tricks pulled. While doing this I would like to do a Heroes theme, where the heroes end up meeting the tricksters in different scenarios. I think this would be an interesting portfolio project.

A trickster story that stuck out to me the most was the Cherokee story of How the Rabbit Stole the Otter's Coat because rabbits have always been seen as this clever creature in many different cultures. The main focus for me would be the fact that the story was more subtle than others when it came to the reveal of the way that the rabbit stole the coat. He pretty much just had the otter hand him the coat. I think this is an important aspect to remember when writing my own stories.

The other two stories that I liked were hero stories. The story of Hercules and his labors caught my attention, The Second Labor retold by Hera on said blog. It really popped out at me because the fact that I am trying to do a Tricksters and Heroes clash and Hercules was the hero and trickster in the story was actually really cool to see, there is some possibility of that. The next hero story that I found to be interesting was Brothers Cross Paths: Winchesters Meet Grimm. All of the stories in this are great, and I still see Sam and Dean as heroes. The fact is I want to do a Supernatural theme, but I did not want to copy the idea that I have already seen. But there are great writing techniques in this that I would like to further look at and incorporate.

A photo showing how mixtures can become lights, just like ideas 
Photo provided by Wikimedia Commons


No comments:

Post a Comment