Real Life Connections to Untitled

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Well, can't sleep, so I took a shower, and much to no one's surprise, I got an idea I thought I'd write down and see what the world thought of it. I haven't seen it around, but if there is an old thread about it, do direct me over there.

But, onwards. This comic is written in the 16-22 year old range of concepts and stereotypes and generational idiosyncracies. This is defenitly NOT a bad thing, just how I see it. And I was thinking of how well certain characters capture the virtues of this age range, and of course, the failings.

Now in any written medium, comic, book, or movie, characters can't have the complete complexity of a real person. No matter how rounded or colorful, there is always a bit of stylization. It keeps them from becoming too real, which I think is a good thing. I like real charachters, don't get me wrong, but if they are as complex as honest-to-god people, they get too difficult to follow.

So, each character kind of captures a neat image of a quality. Xe, is the romantic type of our generation. (Which by the way I think is one of the first since the fifties to put love in its proper place. Other generations (this a blanket clause, forgive me) have cut-e-fied it.) Twap is the bit of instability in so many of us, that is often caused by the real world dancing us through hoops other generations never had to jump through. I think in Keer we get to see the attribute of the people who would liked to be accepted as a whole package but feel they must cram themselves into a definable box before that will every take place.

And the list goes on.

Which virtues and vices of our particular age group do you think the characters of Untitled have exemplified best? Which ideas do you think Untitled hits on the nose?

P.s. Gloria, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, after all, you write it, and I think it would be cool to see how our ideas differ from what you intended.

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I hadn't thought of it defining this generation, really, but I totally agree the characters seem to be personalities of a sort. I've said before (maybe not on here, but to persons who are frequently here) that I can relate to some of the characters because they hit sides of me right on the head. Xe has always felt like the side of me that only wants to do good, but somewhere along the way things just seem to get screwed up and nothing goes right. Twap seems to epitomize the pessimistic side of me and most things dark and hidden. On the other hand, Snitter is the kid I find myself escaping to be. She's the innocence I've wished to regain for so long, but can never totally get back.

Some of this is answered in the FAQ, too. I've brought up these thoughts a few times to Glor and I had a few theories as well on what they represent of her as an author (or at least, what I felt like she was trying to emit through them). If it's okay with her, I'd like to talk about those too.

But yeah, that was an interesting observation, Beth.