makethestorylast

@ShotACharlatan (love the name change, by the way!) wanted to hear the theory, so here we go. I would apologize in advance, but... I don't want to. Buckle up children. It's gonna be one hell of a ride.
          	
          	So I'm not saying Henry and Frank are the same person (I think it's fairly obvious that they aren't), but they do both fulfill the same role in TGWDLM and BF's respective arcs. 
          	
          	From a character perspective, they're both adults in a position of power who act as pseudo-mentors to the female protagonist. They're also two of the most flamboyant characters Starkid has put onstage in recent memory, but that's beside the point.
          	
          	From a story perspective, again, both are mentor-like figures to their respective story's female protagonist (Emma and Lex), both with an unhealthy obsession to something that fuels the apocalypse. For Henry, it's both musical theater and the desire for unity, whereas for Frank, it's money.
          	
          	This obsession is revealed or reiterated in a (mostly) solo number (Show Stoppin' Number and Our Doors Are Open). The obsession eventually leads to the apocalypse threatening the lives of both him and the female protag (Emma tied up while Henry lures in the infected, Lex and Frank captured in an attempt to find the last Wiggly doll). He dies at the hands of the apocalypse, leaving the protag to face death, only to then be saved by a man whose fate is to eventually be killed by the same apocalypse (Paul gets infected, Gen. MacNamara will eventually disintegrate, his soul absorbing fully into the Black and White).
          	
          	I'm not sorry for any of this. Thank you, goodnight!

ShotACharlatan

Going to write my response as I read:
          	  
          	  1) thank you so much!
          	  2) love the califorMIA reference 
          	  3) oooh that’s genuinely really interesting, a few of the characters really do share some parallels in terms of their narrative roles and I hadn’t considered any of that before!
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makethestorylast

Oh, and for anyone wondering, this thought came to me at 3am after 7 straight hours of drafting my next Hatchetfield fic. I then stayed up until 8am rewatching BF and TGWDLM to flesh it out, wrote it all down in my notes app, and promptly fell asleep.
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makethestorylast

@ShotACharlatan (love the name change, by the way!) wanted to hear the theory, so here we go. I would apologize in advance, but... I don't want to. Buckle up children. It's gonna be one hell of a ride.
          
          So I'm not saying Henry and Frank are the same person (I think it's fairly obvious that they aren't), but they do both fulfill the same role in TGWDLM and BF's respective arcs. 
          
          From a character perspective, they're both adults in a position of power who act as pseudo-mentors to the female protagonist. They're also two of the most flamboyant characters Starkid has put onstage in recent memory, but that's beside the point.
          
          From a story perspective, again, both are mentor-like figures to their respective story's female protagonist (Emma and Lex), both with an unhealthy obsession to something that fuels the apocalypse. For Henry, it's both musical theater and the desire for unity, whereas for Frank, it's money.
          
          This obsession is revealed or reiterated in a (mostly) solo number (Show Stoppin' Number and Our Doors Are Open). The obsession eventually leads to the apocalypse threatening the lives of both him and the female protag (Emma tied up while Henry lures in the infected, Lex and Frank captured in an attempt to find the last Wiggly doll). He dies at the hands of the apocalypse, leaving the protag to face death, only to then be saved by a man whose fate is to eventually be killed by the same apocalypse (Paul gets infected, Gen. MacNamara will eventually disintegrate, his soul absorbing fully into the Black and White).
          
          I'm not sorry for any of this. Thank you, goodnight!

ShotACharlatan

Going to write my response as I read:
            
            1) thank you so much!
            2) love the califorMIA reference 
            3) oooh that’s genuinely really interesting, a few of the characters really do share some parallels in terms of their narrative roles and I hadn’t considered any of that before!
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makethestorylast

Oh, and for anyone wondering, this thought came to me at 3am after 7 straight hours of drafting my next Hatchetfield fic. I then stayed up until 8am rewatching BF and TGWDLM to flesh it out, wrote it all down in my notes app, and promptly fell asleep.
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makethestorylast

I have lots of opinions and most of them are about how Henry Hidgens and Frank Pryce are two wildly different characters who serve the SAME narrative role and in case you're wondering, I will ABSOLUTELY go on a 20 minute rant about this given even the slightest indication. You have been warned.

ShotACharlatan

Take this as your indication, I wanna hear this theory
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makethestorylast

For anyone who cares: sorry for the unannounced hiatus, but I'm back! The Jewler has been scrapped ant the story revamped into the similar but fundamentally different Nearly Witches, named for the PatD! song. Escaping Reality is now on hiatus, as I need to finish a good outline before I continue. Thanks for understanding!

makethestorylast

Hello, everyone! Sorry for the hiatus. My editor has been out recently with health issues and a busy schedule, but we're in full swing again! I'd also like to thank @ClarissaMinecraftian and her friend, @ashlee_doodles on Instagram for an amazing new cover for "The Jeweler," which will be updated soon!

makethestorylast

Sorry, there's a typo. The amazing artist is actually @ashlee.doodles! Follow her on ig, her art is AMAZING!
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