I realize every so often that I have a horrible habit of over-analysing my stories, especially before they've even gotten a chance to get off the ground! It's so frustrating; I wish I had an "off" button that allowed me to just move on.
I was just re-reading my writings from last night and I thought "there are some interesting parallels between Gareth and Paladin". So, I'm writing it, putting it out there, and moving on. That's the proper thing to do, I guess. I just hope that now that it's out, I'll stop thinking about it and just keep writing. ^^
Another thought that popped up in my mind has to do with naming. In the Lisiria Chronicles, I spend a good deal of time discussing names and how every character has different names. Paladin is also Barduin - The Divine Hand of the North. Semele is also Vaingauzai - The Great East Wind Purifies the Flames. And now, Gareth is also Silithaun - The Forgotten Child. This is obviously a culture that places great emphasis on names. It also seems that there is a public name and a private name. The Leume King is known in history as Barduin, but his birth name is Paladin. Are people given nicknames as children and then given titles once they "make it"? I wrote in The Reign of Kings that people knew him as Barduin but that's not who he was. That's something that intrigues me, that people are given names which they don't necessarily deserve or that don't really speak to who they really are.
Another fleeting thought...why are there no women in these stories? The only female characters in these stories are Chloe and Pein. I should write more Paume stories, since they seem to be a matriarchal society.
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