Yeah thats more like it
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Flying True: An ATLA AU Nonbender Quest
- Thread starter Magoose
- Start date
- Fantasy
- Location
- England
Bring peace to the world is kinda lame, imo, i'd rather aim to become a great warrior first and then subjugate a land we can think of world peace when we are older and more mature.
- Location
- Somewhere
That isn't how it would work in a true reality.
You are pushing this main goal dream as something the protagonist will grow into instead of have as a burning desire from the start that can be utterly forgotten and changed over time.
Course, this is a quest, good luck with your ideal protagonist plans, I guess.
You want to bring more chaos I just want to be like aang and his gang to bring peace wherever we go
It's not a "burning desire that can be utterly forgotten and changed over time"
Our dream defines us. We are not changing that easily. And fits rather well what I described. We, honestly and truely, desire peace above all else. Just we're utterly pessimistic and write it off as a childs dream and impossible in reality. It is our dream, and it defines us, but it is not our goal, it's a flight of fancy. But, as we grow and develop, it BECOMES our goal. We would be far from an ideal protagonist, we only start to approach idealistic after a lot of character growth.
@Magoose Wana weigh in?
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- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'm generally not as captured by a character with purely white goals, still can enjoy them, but its the grey that speaks to me. Aang's goal may be peace, but he is driven by shame, if our ultimate goal is to bring peace I'm fine with that but I want it to not be driven by something like being a good kid with a good heart I want it to be Pride or Rage, or something along those lines. And having a dream/goal that isn't a world of peace is more interesting to me at least.
I'd imagine it'd be a good bit of rage. Odds are the war is what took our parents, and it's easy to assign every problem in our life to it.
Magoose
SV's Questing Fanatic
- Location
- California USA
- Pronouns
- He
I don't want to influence the vote too much, but I will say this.
To become idealistic in this world is hard, and trying to become someone else then where you start in the grey or the dark.
And just because you dream of peace does not mean you do not understand the sacrifices, both personally and otherwise, you have to make for that dream to become possible.
Alone till found's dream of peace comes from the world directly affecting you, and you have the desire... the want to change it. The PC know what it's like to starve, to be abused, etc. It gives them empathy, but also hardens their resolve.
All the others who strive for peace likewise understand that what is happening is an impossibility, because there is no set goal, and no end to that dream, even with the help of the Avatar.
It's basically Tolkien's Long Defeat Theory of storytelling and history, how human kind is destined to fall to our evil impulses, that we are always destined to lose, but we can try to fight them back, and do good. Try and try until we die or are too broken to carry on, or we feel we've done enough.
Belive me when I say this.
All ideas and character motivations, I will try to make really really good.
I was meaning more, what exactly are we voting for here.
Is our dream here our initial burning drive which we are working toward above all else? Or is it more of an ultimate goal we want deep in our heart, but are not necessarily working towards in any fashion?
Is our dream subject to change as we grow, or is it locked in as a fundamental part of who we are?
Magoose
SV's Questing Fanatic
- Location
- California USA
- Pronouns
- He
An ultimate goal deep in our heart.
But it can change as we grow and travel. In fact, if it doesn't change, I will be very surprised.
Alright, that answers the question. It's something we truely want, but it is not a core defining characteristic and is transitory.
In which case
[X]Plan: Alone till found 2
-[X]No one: You have no family to call you're own. You are just a child, a nameless one that lost his family to a world that is uncaring… unjust, and brutal. You were alive because you were lucky, and because the spirits had a plan for you. Whatever it was… you did not know what it is. (Gain Trait: Orphaned: You are without parents, living alone, and being alive through you're own skills, and the kindness of others. (+5 to all rolls. You are alone in this world)
-[X]Become A Great Warrior!: You wish to become a warrior of unparalleled skill and valor. You want to be seen as someone who can fight anyone, even the great benders of the world, with a chance to win.
We're an orphan in a hard and unforgiving world, we have to be strong to survive. No matter who comes at us, we will be strong enough to fight and win. (We can grow into the "Bring Peace" ideal later)
Also, since the DM said it's approval now
[X]Plan: Alone till found
Not abandoning ship.
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- Location
- California
[X] Plan: Crime and Dreams
-[X]Criminals and Whores
-[X]Become A Great Warrior!
[X]Plan: Alone till found
-[X]Criminals and Whores
-[X]Become A Great Warrior!
[X]Plan: Alone till found
- Location
- Earth
Some minor fixes for grammar/spelling:
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Not sold on any plan just yet.
Also, if it's not too much work, @Magoose could you put the winning plan in a spoiler at the top of the post?
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Not sold on any plan just yet.
Also, if it's not too much work, @Magoose could you put the winning plan in a spoiler at the top of the post?
- Location
- Under a Rock
[X]Plan: To know and to learn
Birthday
Have a Happy One!
- Location
- Somewhere
[X]Plan: Alone till found
[X]Plan: The Man with No Name
- [X] Criminals and Whores: Your Father was a man outside the law. He had poached, robbed, stole, swindled, and taken things that were not his own, to feed you, and your mother. While your mother had been… a lady of the night. Father was not proud of his talents or skills, or the path he walked, but it was the only one he saw as necessary to save you from hardship. Your mother… was happy, that you grew up in a normal life. (Gain Trait: The Roge's Child: You have been raised in the underbelly of the world, you know there is more than the black and white Morality of life within the law. +10 to intrigue rolls. +5 to combat rolls.)
- [X]Travel the World: You want to see the world beyond your village… beyond even the maps of the world.
We never see much of the criminal element in ATLA beyond minor antagonists, and I personally love Westerns and the archetype of the Drifter.
[X]Plan: The Man with No Name
- [X] Criminals and Whores: Your Father was a man outside the law. He had poached, robbed, stole, swindled, and taken things that were not his own, to feed you, and your mother. While your mother had been… a lady of the night. Father was not proud of his talents or skills, or the path he walked, but it was the only one he saw as necessary to save you from hardship. Your mother… was happy, that you grew up in a normal life. (Gain Trait: The Roge's Child: You have been raised in the underbelly of the world, you know there is more than the black and white Morality of life within the law. +10 to intrigue rolls. +5 to combat rolls.)
- [X]Travel the World: You want to see the world beyond your village… beyond even the maps of the world.
We never see much of the criminal element in ATLA beyond minor antagonists, and I personally love Westerns and the archetype of the Drifter.
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- Pronouns
- He
[X] Plan: Spirit Reborn
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X]Plan: The Man with No Name
[X] Plan: Crime and Dreams
Good name for a plan.
A reason I'm a fan of the Criminals and Whores background is family is an interesting thing to have within a narrative and this is not something we really have any example of within the world of Avatar, family can have their own stories parallel to ours and in this our father very much has at least a past, and both of them care for us given the description. I don't know I just really like this set-up.
[X] Plan: Crime and Dreams
Good name for a plan.
A reason I'm a fan of the Criminals and Whores background is family is an interesting thing to have within a narrative and this is not something we really have any example of within the world of Avatar, family can have their own stories parallel to ours and in this our father very much has at least a past, and both of them care for us given the description. I don't know I just really like this set-up.
Magoose
SV's Questing Fanatic
- Location
- California USA
- Pronouns
- He
The one thing i shoot for is interesting narrative potential.
I am willing to do anything for the sake of the story so that it will be interesting and fun.
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AoMythology
AoM, Destroyer of Worlds
- Location
- Greece
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Plan: Crime and Dreams
[X]Plan: Alone till found
[X]Plan: Alone till found
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