The idea in mind was "Ying and Yang". That the hero and villain, regardless of which I would eventually choose, would contrast and relate to each other within the same fictional universe. I eventually chose to develop the villain, unfortunately both original paper based ideas are gone because stupidly, I forgot I needed to write a post on this task. The villain named "Revenant" is below.
Considering I lost the original designs, I feel I need to describe the concept for the hero as well as the villain. The idea was that the villain represents the bully and the hero represented the bullied. In designing both of these, I went into it ensuring that every design aspect has meaning and symbolism.
THE HERO: A bullied person often keeps themselves to themselves and only acts like their true selves when alone. With this in mind, the hero would of lived alone completely isolated facing their own inner troubles. However, everyday a bullied person finds themselves in a social situation, only in a paranoid and alert state of mind - they could be emotionally attacked at any moment. Their defence? Pretending to be who they are not, conforming with their surroundings, getting them through a potentially horrible day. Thus, the hero's power would not be set in stone. Everyday the hero would unwillingly adopt a new power that benefits them in that situation and adopt a new look that hides his real identity - his 'true' self. The backlash of this is that he just wants to be normal and and in wanting such, faces an identity crisis, never being able to socially interact in the fear of changing.
THE VILLAIN: The bully is know to traumatise those weak around him/ her. Even the slight presence around somebody could intimidate someone and therefore weaken them mentally, sometimes physically as a result of nerves. Therefore, the Revenant's power was literally his presence. Just standing in his vicinity would weaken you. However, bullies are often said to only bully others to hide their own weaknesses. Therefore, his physical appearance is a literal representation of that - his entire human identity is hidden by this intimidating shell of himself. His weakness? Having that shell destroyed, revealing his 'true self'. Under that shell, is a scared and troubled person, that is left powerless to their own pain.
What is ironic is that although both are a direct contrast of each other, they both have one problem, themselves. They struggle to deal with who they are and what they have become, so they use the one power they have, to adapt to survive. I really like this idea and will definitely develop it in the coming years. As for the villain, it's easiest to just show you the back story to explain his physical appearance and powers.
Something I must note is that there is a clear presentation difference between this task and the previous tasks. This is because by this point, I had been notified by my tutor that the first assignment had been set - to deliver a five piece portfolio. Because of this, I developed this to be part of the portfolio and am proud of it. This, along with four other pieces (improved versions of my previous work), where being developed at the same time. The next post will cover these five pieces.
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