Monday, 7 May 2012

[DAY 9] [RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT] The Figment of the Imagination (Death)

Death is called many things, but to Western Cultures it's known as the Grim Reaper. The Angel of Death passes humans to the other world, or the other life, which is explained in many Religions. In other stories, it's also a figure of fear and despair to those who pass on into the afterlife, and is the tie of your soul to both worlds. This concept of this character has been around for centuries, a skeletal creature with a huge scythe, to represent power and dominance.
In Christianity, Death is an evil power which is possessed by Satan, the creature that conquers hell. By destroying Death, this would be called "Eternal Life", which was obtained and accomplished by God, as discussed in the Revelation of John.
I feel Death, or Grim Reaper, is a representative of the happenings of our past, and controls your time of passing. But it cannot construct the death for you, it just takes your soul to the beyond. How a person dies is up to the Lord Almighty, and Death is just a messenger.

Death will be a manipulator, a constructor of passing and decision. I would like to make Death a main character in the story.
Obviously, this was a choice from the beginning as I was putting together a story. Death will deal with Huppel's passing, but also play with her mind. Death will be able to shape shift and counteract Huppel's decisions.

Death may not be an original character, and taken straight from old tales, I really like the idea of it being in this story. Not only is Death a historical character, but is known by many cultures, and will make sense to others reading my comic.

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