11-03-2017, 11:58 PM
I think this is a great topic and one that I struggle with too. Ive had one formal (and one informal) reincarnated character. Id written the history of Viracocha and both the things he and Amana came up with as well as the person he was.
Ivan has some of that and yet i've (perhaps inadvertantly) written him with a bit of a dumb jock mentality. Straightforward and not seemingly subtle. And definitely not intellectual. Yet Viracocha came up with many advancements, like using Quipu to encode information, including power weaves, and other stuff.
Ive read Jai and his math ability is just as impressive...something that we dont see in Jay.
Lately, its occurred to me that while Ivan isnt scientific, he is mechanical. He likes machines and the beauty of the interplay of intricate parts...which is really another side of the coin. So that has been my vehicle for him to show theres a bit more behind the dumb jock persona. It hints at the reason behind the interest.
So...in story.. what does that mean? In this life, thats how his soul ability manifests itself. In his other lives, its other ways. Same motivations or desires, different outlets or manifestations. Suddenly Im reminded of Anders in Battlestar Galactica who was a cylon and had no memory of it. And yet, the
Cylon whod been a scientist had now been just a football player meathead jock....until you saw that his core interests were there. He loved the phsyics of the game. I think of Rand as Ltt and himself. The same soul, but Rand is the better man. "I was raised better" was his explanation.
I think we have to pick and choose how their core qualities would manifest in this life under these circumstances.
My informal reincarnation (Connor as Tam) used similar traits but things in his life had broken him and he needed to be healed before he could be reborn to do the job he would need to do. This life was to get him to a place where he could be ready to be the father Rand needed. Connor is nowhere near as together (or cool) as Tam was, but hopefully experiences helped heal him to be what he needed to be.
Anyway, thats how Ive been approaching things. My ramblings anyway.
Ivan has some of that and yet i've (perhaps inadvertantly) written him with a bit of a dumb jock mentality. Straightforward and not seemingly subtle. And definitely not intellectual. Yet Viracocha came up with many advancements, like using Quipu to encode information, including power weaves, and other stuff.
Ive read Jai and his math ability is just as impressive...something that we dont see in Jay.
Lately, its occurred to me that while Ivan isnt scientific, he is mechanical. He likes machines and the beauty of the interplay of intricate parts...which is really another side of the coin. So that has been my vehicle for him to show theres a bit more behind the dumb jock persona. It hints at the reason behind the interest.
So...in story.. what does that mean? In this life, thats how his soul ability manifests itself. In his other lives, its other ways. Same motivations or desires, different outlets or manifestations. Suddenly Im reminded of Anders in Battlestar Galactica who was a cylon and had no memory of it. And yet, the
Cylon whod been a scientist had now been just a football player meathead jock....until you saw that his core interests were there. He loved the phsyics of the game. I think of Rand as Ltt and himself. The same soul, but Rand is the better man. "I was raised better" was his explanation.
I think we have to pick and choose how their core qualities would manifest in this life under these circumstances.
My informal reincarnation (Connor as Tam) used similar traits but things in his life had broken him and he needed to be healed before he could be reborn to do the job he would need to do. This life was to get him to a place where he could be ready to be the father Rand needed. Connor is nowhere near as together (or cool) as Tam was, but hopefully experiences helped heal him to be what he needed to be.
Anyway, thats how Ive been approaching things. My ramblings anyway.