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Wheezy @TheCSJones on everything else. from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised. (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
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#1: Apr 10th 2011 at 2:44:23 PM

As You Know, in my Script Frenzy project, the protagonist enters a Dream World where she has to fight the Anthropomorphic Personifications of her own demons.

The first one she runs into is Fear - which represents her social anxiety and distrust of people.

Now how do I represent that?

Here's what I have so far:

I'm imagining a Hive Mind (that speaks in unison) made of people she knows IRL who suddenly start insulting and attacking her with Improvised Weapons with no reason given.

I still have no idea:

  • What the "battlefield" could look like: It's worth noting that the Dream World is a collection of seperate "levels" - based on the main character's drawings and fantasies - connected by a Portal Network, so fear will have a "room" of its own.
  • How to build suspense before I introduce them.

Any other suggestions would be good, too.

edited 10th Apr '11 2:48:42 PM by Wheezy

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Poisonarrow Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: In love with love
#2: Apr 10th 2011 at 3:47:29 PM

A deserted city, streets empty of everything, buildings made of flat metal. Have the main character wandering the streets. The projections of her fears taking the indistinct forms of wraiths, until she comes to understand what is being signified.

edited 10th Apr '11 3:48:47 PM by Poisonarrow

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Takwin Polite smartass. from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2010
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#3: Apr 10th 2011 at 7:27:52 PM

Fear could be something that consumes her, like a dragon that literally swallows her, or a boa constrictor that wraps around her, getting heavier and heavier until she's forced to either confront it or be crushed.

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Wheezy @TheCSJones on everything else. from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised. (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
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#4: Apr 10th 2011 at 7:45:44 PM

[up] Actually, that's more like the second "demon" - Loathing.

It represents her self-hate, and as such appears as a massive, grotesquely obese gonk version of her real self that lives on the other side of her mirror.

She tries to get rid of it by smashing every mirror in the room it appears in and trapping it on the other side of a locked portal, but Loathing simply rips it open and eats her, forcing her to figure out how to use her powers to messily deconstruct it from the inside.

But I digress.

Back to fear, I suppose.

edited 10th Apr '11 7:52:24 PM by Wheezy

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