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AdventDestiny update, and PRxDka ramblings!
12 years ago
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So, it's been a week [and a day!] but here's my latest weekly report.
AdventDestiny: Still got to plan the actual plot of both stories; both characters are set in the same universe, but their personalities are quite different, which requires that they have stories with significantly differing tones. Jeanne d'Arc, despite having a very grim past, is a surprisingly optimistic nature, at least when not in direct conflict; James Seraphin, on the other hand, is a dark cynical type of anti-hero, who doesn't hold back when in combat, most of the time...
Pacific Rim X Daikaiju Academy: No significant updates to report... well, maybe; I can't help but get the feeling that most people [my watchers on deviantArt excluded, of course; I love all you guys for your patience!] either have little to no interest, or just don't take it seriously, which serves as something of a anti-motivation that makes it just that much harder to get this thing done! Right now, I may take a break, try and sketch and develop some concepts, a few of which I'll explore shortly.
I guess there are a few things to discuss here, some quick, last minute updates I decided to post now, as of this post; like I said, I decided to make PRxDkA a more mainstream storyline, by eliminating the majority of the sexual content, beyond the obvious full nudity of the Rim Girls; sex exists in the story, we just won't see it... rest assured, I do plan on finding a happy balance between awesomeness and sexiness when designing the characters, both OC and pre-existing Daikaiju Academy in nature. And I am still open to the idea of producing an unrated version, which I'd only post on sites that have some degree of underage security, make it less likely that a kid could get their hands on it.
I'm treating it as a horror/comedy action story, the pilot 'episode', I mean. Originally, I wanted to avoid any deaths in the story, but I decided to give it a more gritty, realistic tone; the Rim Girls are clones of the Kaiju from Pacific Rim, and they have their memories, so they'd obviously behave like them, to a degree [the whole humanoid bodies/thinking process would result in some differences in their behavior]. To that end, I also plan on having the Rim Girls use the names of the Kaiju they're based on, wait until after the pilot to give them more human names; it'll help sell the fact that they're the bad girls in this story.
There will be two major groups of human background or minor characters, sort of like NPCs in video games; the
civilians and the soldiers...
The civilians are represented by a film crew and the models they're taking photos of, sort of a Sports Illustrated Bikini Edition sort of thing; I wanted a group of people who are beautiful, sexually experienced and unafraid of showing skin [if all the Rim Girls are going to be naked, no reason the human characters can't be naked every once in a while too!], while not actually being porn stars. Kind of a balance between the ideas I was throwing around early on in production!
The soldiers are actually two groups; one is the privately operated security force, set up on the island to protect the scientists as they performed their experiment. They got the best gear on the planet, which still proves ineffective against the superhuman Rim Girl biology and tactics. The second group are UN military forces, mostly American and Japanese, who are sent in to rescue the film crew after they go missing. There aren't as many of them as the PMCs, but the rescue team are more skilled and experienced, and I do want to make a couple of interesting characters that I'd probably like to see in future chapters of the series.
I'm also reworking some of the concepts for the designs of the Rim Girls; my first colored pic of Trisha Trespasser [who for now I'll just call Trespasser, or maybe Trespasser-chan, chan being a Japanese term used to describe a young or cute female character... I think!] felt a little too uncoordinated, a little too impractical to duplicate the design in the future. So now I plan on using the physical structure, and perhaps some personality traits, of real-life actresses, just to help speed up the design process. The controversial part about it is that I have an idea of who I'm basing the Rim Girls human aspects... adult actresses!
I know what you're all thinking; after all the stuff I said about not wanting this to be a porno story, then I come out and say that I plan on basing the Rim Girls' appearances off of porn stars!? For shame [some of you, at least] must be saying! Well, I actually have a good reason for doing this, one that actually carries an important message. From the beginning, I wanted Pacific Rim X Daikaiju Academy to parody both western horror and pornographic movies, which I can still do, even with most of the sexuality removed! Basing the tough, indomitable Rim Girls off of adult film stars would reflect my opinion that women should not be treated as some piece of meat, to be demeaned or used like piece of tissue, but instead should be treated with respect; porn stars are people too, and based on the research I recently did, the kind of treatment these women receive, whether voluntary or not, is really hard on them...
Also, it's a lot easier to base a nude character off of porn stars, since their occupation involves them moving around completely naked, which is a lot easier, practical, and in my case cheaper, than going to a nude art class... or an clothing optional beach, which would be awkward, me not being in very good shape [I'm not overweight, just pretty skinny, except for this stubborn flabby section of my gut, thanks to a high carb diet I really need to change!] At the same time, the concept also voices the dangers of open sexuality and lust; one thing I do get about slasher movies is the classic "the whores always die first" cliché, which in a nut shell, teaches us that sex for the sake of sex is a very bad thing! The Rim Girls are hot as Hell, but trying to actually have sex with one would likely result in very painful death! So, while I do not vilify or condemn pornography [I'd be a hypocrite if I did], I also don't support the general premise of women being treated as sex objects; many of the girls I plan on designing the Rim Girls off of are interesting characters in their own right.
If anybody has actually read all the way to this part of the journal, then I summarize what I have on the drawing board:
Though still considered a comedy, I'm planning on making the story a little more serious, and try and make it more about the action than the sex, so to speak. The Rim Girls are going to be modeled after adult film stars, which will both reflect my belief in proper treatment of women, combined with a warning about outright, tasteless sexuality!
Thank you for reading through my ramblings this week, and hoping to hear your opinions on my latest ideas and plans!
AdventDestiny: Still got to plan the actual plot of both stories; both characters are set in the same universe, but their personalities are quite different, which requires that they have stories with significantly differing tones. Jeanne d'Arc, despite having a very grim past, is a surprisingly optimistic nature, at least when not in direct conflict; James Seraphin, on the other hand, is a dark cynical type of anti-hero, who doesn't hold back when in combat, most of the time...
Pacific Rim X Daikaiju Academy: No significant updates to report... well, maybe; I can't help but get the feeling that most people [my watchers on deviantArt excluded, of course; I love all you guys for your patience!] either have little to no interest, or just don't take it seriously, which serves as something of a anti-motivation that makes it just that much harder to get this thing done! Right now, I may take a break, try and sketch and develop some concepts, a few of which I'll explore shortly.
I guess there are a few things to discuss here, some quick, last minute updates I decided to post now, as of this post; like I said, I decided to make PRxDkA a more mainstream storyline, by eliminating the majority of the sexual content, beyond the obvious full nudity of the Rim Girls; sex exists in the story, we just won't see it... rest assured, I do plan on finding a happy balance between awesomeness and sexiness when designing the characters, both OC and pre-existing Daikaiju Academy in nature. And I am still open to the idea of producing an unrated version, which I'd only post on sites that have some degree of underage security, make it less likely that a kid could get their hands on it.
I'm treating it as a horror/comedy action story, the pilot 'episode', I mean. Originally, I wanted to avoid any deaths in the story, but I decided to give it a more gritty, realistic tone; the Rim Girls are clones of the Kaiju from Pacific Rim, and they have their memories, so they'd obviously behave like them, to a degree [the whole humanoid bodies/thinking process would result in some differences in their behavior]. To that end, I also plan on having the Rim Girls use the names of the Kaiju they're based on, wait until after the pilot to give them more human names; it'll help sell the fact that they're the bad girls in this story.
There will be two major groups of human background or minor characters, sort of like NPCs in video games; the
civilians and the soldiers...
The civilians are represented by a film crew and the models they're taking photos of, sort of a Sports Illustrated Bikini Edition sort of thing; I wanted a group of people who are beautiful, sexually experienced and unafraid of showing skin [if all the Rim Girls are going to be naked, no reason the human characters can't be naked every once in a while too!], while not actually being porn stars. Kind of a balance between the ideas I was throwing around early on in production!
The soldiers are actually two groups; one is the privately operated security force, set up on the island to protect the scientists as they performed their experiment. They got the best gear on the planet, which still proves ineffective against the superhuman Rim Girl biology and tactics. The second group are UN military forces, mostly American and Japanese, who are sent in to rescue the film crew after they go missing. There aren't as many of them as the PMCs, but the rescue team are more skilled and experienced, and I do want to make a couple of interesting characters that I'd probably like to see in future chapters of the series.
I'm also reworking some of the concepts for the designs of the Rim Girls; my first colored pic of Trisha Trespasser [who for now I'll just call Trespasser, or maybe Trespasser-chan, chan being a Japanese term used to describe a young or cute female character... I think!] felt a little too uncoordinated, a little too impractical to duplicate the design in the future. So now I plan on using the physical structure, and perhaps some personality traits, of real-life actresses, just to help speed up the design process. The controversial part about it is that I have an idea of who I'm basing the Rim Girls human aspects... adult actresses!
I know what you're all thinking; after all the stuff I said about not wanting this to be a porno story, then I come out and say that I plan on basing the Rim Girls' appearances off of porn stars!? For shame [some of you, at least] must be saying! Well, I actually have a good reason for doing this, one that actually carries an important message. From the beginning, I wanted Pacific Rim X Daikaiju Academy to parody both western horror and pornographic movies, which I can still do, even with most of the sexuality removed! Basing the tough, indomitable Rim Girls off of adult film stars would reflect my opinion that women should not be treated as some piece of meat, to be demeaned or used like piece of tissue, but instead should be treated with respect; porn stars are people too, and based on the research I recently did, the kind of treatment these women receive, whether voluntary or not, is really hard on them...
Also, it's a lot easier to base a nude character off of porn stars, since their occupation involves them moving around completely naked, which is a lot easier, practical, and in my case cheaper, than going to a nude art class... or an clothing optional beach, which would be awkward, me not being in very good shape [I'm not overweight, just pretty skinny, except for this stubborn flabby section of my gut, thanks to a high carb diet I really need to change!] At the same time, the concept also voices the dangers of open sexuality and lust; one thing I do get about slasher movies is the classic "the whores always die first" cliché, which in a nut shell, teaches us that sex for the sake of sex is a very bad thing! The Rim Girls are hot as Hell, but trying to actually have sex with one would likely result in very painful death! So, while I do not vilify or condemn pornography [I'd be a hypocrite if I did], I also don't support the general premise of women being treated as sex objects; many of the girls I plan on designing the Rim Girls off of are interesting characters in their own right.
If anybody has actually read all the way to this part of the journal, then I summarize what I have on the drawing board:
Though still considered a comedy, I'm planning on making the story a little more serious, and try and make it more about the action than the sex, so to speak. The Rim Girls are going to be modeled after adult film stars, which will both reflect my belief in proper treatment of women, combined with a warning about outright, tasteless sexuality!
Thank you for reading through my ramblings this week, and hoping to hear your opinions on my latest ideas and plans!
