From a meta storytelling point of view, every time we return to Sandpoint, I wonder, "Well, is this finally it? Is this where Oshar says she can't do this anymore? Is this where she tells Dothan she's fallen for someone else?" From the moment I created her, I've always had this vision of her being Dothan's first and only true love... and then breaking her heart. Hell, or maybe if the right circumstances come along, maybe some intriguing woman in some faraway land sweeps Dothan off her feet while she's off adventuring. They're teenagers. Every Oshar/Dothan story is me just torturing myself. I push them deeper into this connection, not just with each other, but with family and community, all the while thinking, "Man, that was stupid. Now it'll just hurt even more when they finally break up."
But I know me, and I don't know if I'm ever going to have the heart to do any of that. I love these characters too much, and ultimately, it's MY story that I can take in whatever direction I want. So if I want to make it a happy, fairy-tale, love-at-first-sight, forever sort of thing... I can do that. Although part of it is that whatever course this is all going to take, I've only got three more books to do it in. We're in the fourth book (I think) and at 10th level, so that means we're halfway, and I have no idea how many times the two of them will be together before the end of this. I would prefer to reach some sort of resolution in their tale before the end of the adventure path, so that I don't have to do too much story-telling and whatnot to resolve it all in an epilogue.
*sigh* We'll see. I have an ideal story arc for them, but I don't know if we'll have enough time with the two of them together to make it work.Statistics: Posted by Mike — Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:52 pm
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