Question: Is it plagiarism for authors over and over to borrow from classical literature especially the bad guys?
Sidious/Voldermort/Khan in Trek - they're all characters written based on ancient mythology or borrowed from Shakespeare..
How did Yoda die?
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Question: Is it plagiarism for authors over and over to borrow from classical literature especially the bad guys?
Sidious/Voldermort/Khan in Trek - they're all characters written based on ancient mythology or borrowed from Shakespeare..
How did Yoda die?
Answer: He saw the prequels.
Answer: He saw the prequels.
However except for Alec Guninness and Harrison Ford the actors performances weren't that great.Ian McDiarmid who played Palpatine as well as Sidious was the most brilliantly written and acted character in the whole series IMO and is the prequels saving grace.
"(gasp) How it happened, that was not! Animated me, who the hell did?"
Voldermort died only partially because of the wands -it was his arrogance [like with Sidious] that was his downfall.
In fact it seems virtually every dark character falls because of his/her hubris and over-confidence.
I think Sidious's death was more analogous to Sauron's. Both were really undone by a acts of compassion. Bilbo's and Frodo's compassion in sparing Gollum ultimate resulted in the destruction of the ring in the end. And of course Luke's compassion in not killing his father ultimately resulted in Anakin's redemption and Palpatine's death.
Voldemort was just a bad game of DnD imho.
Voldemort was just a bad game of DnD imho.
Luke would never kill Vader unless he turned.
Vader couldn't turn Luke to make his own little Sith Couplet.
He assumed Palpatine couldn't turn Luke either.
If Palpatine had tuned Luke, Vader would have been disposed of.
But Vader thought he could use Luke to kill Palpatine.
Luke fucked up.
Vader had to finish the job himself.
Compassion had nothing to do with it.
Vader just had to accept that his kid had no sack.
The Dark Side is not less/weaker than the Light Side, so they probably have Force ghosts too, just of a different colour... But what colour would it be?
"Red" seems too obvious?
Vader couldn't turn Luke to make his own little Sith Couplet.
He assumed Palpatine couldn't turn Luke either.
If Palpatine had tuned Luke, Vader would have been disposed of.
But Vader thought he could use Luke to kill Palpatine.
Luke fucked up.
Vader had to finish the job himself.
Compassion had nothing to do with it.
Vader just had to accept that his kid had no sack.
The Dark Side is not less/weaker than the Light Side, so they probably have Force ghosts too, just of a different colour... But what colour would it be?
"Red" seems too obvious?
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I haven't read Rowling, but I wouldn't be suprised. It's hard not to use archetypes in writing; they have such figurative power that they're an easy way to paint a story quickly. It's almost like watching a familiar and predictable dance. If a writer is skilled, you enjoy watching the execution of the piece. If not, it feels hackneyed. Even twists and subversions only gain their storytelling power because of the strength of the archetype they're playing against.
One component of Jung's collective unconscious concept is that humanity itself resonates with certain themes. They crystallise out into symbols relevant to the current age. Joseph Campbell describe these symbols in comparative mythology (at very, very, very great length...)
I think there's a lot to be said for these mythic journey stories. Obviously they work especially well in SF and Fantasy settings, but they're also heavily represented in tales of any genre where a fairly traditional narrative structure is used.
Nah, Dark Siders don't ghost IMO. Force Ghosting occurs when someone accepts death and subsequently transcends it by becoming part of Force (and so can manifest as a Force presence visible to those strong in the living force: note that Yoda first perceives Qui-Gon when very deep in meditation, and Luke first hears Obi-Wan when under great stress during the trench run and sees him under even greater stress when near death on Hoth).
The very essence of Dark Side power is to preserve one's mortal/temporal traits as long as possible: youth, long life, strength, emotion, etc, etc. It's the antithesis of being a Force Ghost, it seems to me. The Dark Side equivalent to a Force Ghost is how they can live very long mortal lives at the expense of their appearance (read: soul). It's a Faustian thing.
How did Yoda die? Talking. Man, that little dude NEVER shut up!
Holdfast. Accessing the dark side of the force is completely different to accessing the light side. You don't automatically go to the dark side of the force because your shit at accessing the light. it just requires a different but no less refined skillset.
Do you think a Sith Aprentice has ever failed and turned to the light side against the training and desires of his masters?
Do you think a Sith Aprentice has ever failed and turned to the light side against the training and desires of his masters?
He's with Elvis now, uh-huh.
Elvis is alive and living in Phoenix, Arizona with John F. Kennedy. He has not left the building yet.
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I thought JFK died from a heart attack after Elvis saved him from having his soul sucked out through his hindquarters by a mummy.
Just don't ask Nixon where he was that day.
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