[UA] Re: avatar couplets

[uneasy at magnaspeed.net]

At 01:01 AM 2/26/03 -0500, you wrote:
>The problem with avatar couples is that you have to draw the line 
>somewhere: the story of the Lovers is archetypal, but so is the story of 
>the Hero who fights the Monster after meeting with the Mentor and with the 
>help of the Sidekick. These avatars are not bound to each other; 
>why  should the Lovers be?

That's a very good point I didn't think of.  A superhero and archvillian, 
together as the Archrivals, might make sense.  But the next thing you know, 
there goes the archetypal Boy Band or Twelve Disciples.

I was just spitballing scenarios in my head, and I was thinking of a couple 
people that didn't know each other, but were each obsessing over the exact 
same things, or more exactly, two things that complemented each other.  I 
was imagining them each obsessing over one person in a famous couple, like 
a combo of iconomancy and videomancy.  Romeo and Juliet or something.  Then 
if they got together, it seems like something big would happen, but not 
until then.

btw, if Mrs. Peel is out there, I'm your Steed.
AL
uneasy at magnaspeed.net


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