[UA] Lara Croft and Inhumanity

[Greg Stolze]

>The character Lara Croft is perfect, in the movie.
>She can do no wrong, what-so-ever.

Yeah, I hate "heroes" like that myself.  Wesley in "The Princess Bride" is
an exception, and it's hard to figure out why.

>Wait! That's it!  I was talking about monsters and
>elves and stuff!  The temptation is always there to
>say "These are monsters" "these are the things that
>are different," but nothing, to me, is worse than a
>completely perfect human ideal and I just can't convey
>to my players that's why I think the Invisible College
>are so damn scary.

I can't remember if I actually wrote this anywhere... maybe I did and it
didn't get published.  Anyhow, it was along the lines of "Someone who was
perfect would be perfectly unloveable.  It is our flaws that make us
objecxts of affection.  The irrefutable proof of this is, of course, 'I
Love Lucy'."

Hm... that could be a fun turnaround for someone who finds the Resurrection
Body spell, or who succeeds at the alchemical (or narchemical -- I haven't
forgotten the byblow of narcotics and alchemy) quest for perfection of
self.  You become perfect and no one can stand to be near you because the
envy and self-loathing are overwhelming.

-G.

"Lust and vengeance never tasted so sweet and non-threatening."
        -Polly Esther



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