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backstory musing - self-aware meme?
11 years ago
Tell me the truth.
The truth will burn,
But it is the only thing that matters.
The truth will burn,
But it is the only thing that matters.
I have had many many retcons and backstory ideas for my character, but none of them have ever really stuck. But I kept thinking, and I realized what the most honest story could be.
Krof Gninut is a fursona that represents a guy sitting in front of a laptop. It is a meme.
What if it were aware of it's existence as a meme, as part of it's character, and having power through that knowledge? (like Neo in The Matrix; he has power in the virtual world because of his mastery of the fact that it is not real).
And perhaps, like the anti-jack in that one episode of Samurai Jack, he cannot be fought and defeated in a conventional physical fight (the anti-jack was made out of Jack's temporary rage, and could only be undone by realizing that his anger had passed). (here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featu.....vdVJezM#t=1015)
This is also somewhat inspired by the musing on what is power in a fictional narrative, especially when there are two different author avatars, one of which is quite normal, and the other of which portrays himself as a deity or something. I believe that there would be an underlying physics that makes these two more or less equal, despite their professed power difference.
Even in conventional fiction, major characters receive much more actual power than minor ones, with things such as plot armor (where coincidence greatly favors the characters aren't supposed to get hurt yet).
This is also compatible with him being infectious, entering other story universes and experiencing memetic mutation based on the author's perception of him (perhaps, to a devout religious person, Krof is some manner of devil). In this manner, there can be many strains of Krof.
Perhaps in this idea, his combination of benevolent and terrifying is metaphorical; I try to bring truths to people that are not known, not because they are hidden, but because they are fearfully ignored. He seeks the betterment of people in an area that is terrifying, so he symbolizes a kind of terror for people.
But yeah, an entity aware of the fact that he and the worlds he finds himself spawned in are fiction, and who has power through that knowledge. What could be a more honest backstory, than for a fictional character to simply be a fictional character?
Krof Gninut is a fursona that represents a guy sitting in front of a laptop. It is a meme.
What if it were aware of it's existence as a meme, as part of it's character, and having power through that knowledge? (like Neo in The Matrix; he has power in the virtual world because of his mastery of the fact that it is not real).
And perhaps, like the anti-jack in that one episode of Samurai Jack, he cannot be fought and defeated in a conventional physical fight (the anti-jack was made out of Jack's temporary rage, and could only be undone by realizing that his anger had passed). (here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featu.....vdVJezM#t=1015)
This is also somewhat inspired by the musing on what is power in a fictional narrative, especially when there are two different author avatars, one of which is quite normal, and the other of which portrays himself as a deity or something. I believe that there would be an underlying physics that makes these two more or less equal, despite their professed power difference.
Even in conventional fiction, major characters receive much more actual power than minor ones, with things such as plot armor (where coincidence greatly favors the characters aren't supposed to get hurt yet).
This is also compatible with him being infectious, entering other story universes and experiencing memetic mutation based on the author's perception of him (perhaps, to a devout religious person, Krof is some manner of devil). In this manner, there can be many strains of Krof.
Perhaps in this idea, his combination of benevolent and terrifying is metaphorical; I try to bring truths to people that are not known, not because they are hidden, but because they are fearfully ignored. He seeks the betterment of people in an area that is terrifying, so he symbolizes a kind of terror for people.
But yeah, an entity aware of the fact that he and the worlds he finds himself spawned in are fiction, and who has power through that knowledge. What could be a more honest backstory, than for a fictional character to simply be a fictional character?
