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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 2228065" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p>WOW! Thanks for the kind words!! That's the sort of feedback writers love to get. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He's excited because Jedi are expected to build their own lightsabers before they're made Knights, and the parts aren't easy to come by. His existing ones are hand-me-downs from Insharr, and don't count.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's in a sense no accident. Vanni was in fact a partial inspiration for Carlos. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Yes, Jonas and Vanni have been knocking around in my head for quite some time. They were originally intended to be played in an intriguing fantasy campaign of SP's called Mistlands (which fell through). But when Star Wars was proposed, I all of a sudden realized that it's quite easy to translate fantasy characters into that universe. (They did mutate somewhat along the way, of course, but they're still recognizable.) I do like to reuse characters whenever possible; why waste perfectly good creativity?</p><p></p><p>But I don't see them as a knock-off of Alex/Carlos, either. There's a very different vibe going on here. Carlos and Vanni may come from similar starting points, but they've done extremely different things with them. Where Carlos has taken a mostly constructive path and put the past behind him, Vanni is still mired in it, full of anger and vindictiveness. (If he doesn't end up at least flirting with the Dark Side before the campaign is done, I'll be shocked.) Unlike Carlos, he isn't looking for a father-figure, nor is Jonas exactly providing one. Though with Jonas being the captain of the ship, that does muddy the waters somewhat.</p><p></p><p>(For those who don't know, "Alex" is the secret identity of the Shadow in my other Story Hour, and Carlos is his sidekick in a sense.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 2228065, member: 16760"] WOW! Thanks for the kind words!! That's the sort of feedback writers love to get. :) He's excited because Jedi are expected to build their own lightsabers before they're made Knights, and the parts aren't easy to come by. His existing ones are hand-me-downs from Insharr, and don't count. That's in a sense no accident. Vanni was in fact a partial inspiration for Carlos. :) Yes, Jonas and Vanni have been knocking around in my head for quite some time. They were originally intended to be played in an intriguing fantasy campaign of SP's called Mistlands (which fell through). But when Star Wars was proposed, I all of a sudden realized that it's quite easy to translate fantasy characters into that universe. (They did mutate somewhat along the way, of course, but they're still recognizable.) I do like to reuse characters whenever possible; why waste perfectly good creativity? But I don't see them as a knock-off of Alex/Carlos, either. There's a very different vibe going on here. Carlos and Vanni may come from similar starting points, but they've done extremely different things with them. Where Carlos has taken a mostly constructive path and put the past behind him, Vanni is still mired in it, full of anger and vindictiveness. (If he doesn't end up at least flirting with the Dark Side before the campaign is done, I'll be shocked.) Unlike Carlos, he isn't looking for a father-figure, nor is Jonas exactly providing one. Though with Jonas being the captain of the ship, that does muddy the waters somewhat. (For those who don't know, "Alex" is the secret identity of the Shadow in my other Story Hour, and Carlos is his sidekick in a sense.) [/QUOTE]
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