I’ve never really liked the concept of “evil” in most books and stories and such. Oh, I think it exists, and I don’t mind there being characters from time to time who are just despicable and are fun to hate. But I don’t like the idea of an “evil” side, because you can’t convince me that ALL of the low-level grunts of an army are evil, even if the higher ups clearly are. Maybe they’re just trying to help their family or something! You don’t know! So I like for things to be more complicated.
In FFC, the “Dark” is perceived as evil, because that’s what we’ve trained ourselves to see: dark=bad, light=good. And it certainly doesn’t help that they’re the antagonists. But the Dark isn’t necessarily evil. Depending on the situation, they can be a greater force for good than the light can, and just because this isn’t that situation, doesn’t mean that all “Dark” people are bad guys. Micah is Dark-minded, but there are some things that are more important.
…we also never really saw this werewolf being too terribly evil, so you could argue against Micah on that point. And I tried to write Wolfman McSmokey earlier in the comicas being fairly neutral. He didn’t want to kill Doc, it was just orders.
…point is: Dark or Light, Micah’s loyalty is set and unmoving. So you really don’t need to worry about his switching sides. The dude is serious.
I’m disappointed with this page, I wanted the fourth panel to be entirely in silhouette, but couldn’t think of a way to stage it…until after I finished the page. NOW I know how I could’ve done it, but it’s a bit late. I needed to get the page up on time.
Oh well…
Thanks for reading! See you next week!
This…. although one of the darker scenes in your comic is one of my favorites. It really shows how the dark and light work in your story. Someone’s thinking may be more dark and they may agree more with the “evil” side, but that doesn’t mean that they will automatically BE evil. They are people who make choices and if their friends are light-minded, well forget the dark side they’ll side with friends/family any day. Also fun fact, I just realized I’ve been reading your comic since 2010! Wow. I really like where you’ve taken the story thus far, so keep going! 🙂 You’ve definitely got a talent and I hope when I write my story I will be able to make it come across as good as yours. 😀
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D.Rena Reply:
June 11th, 2014 at 9:41 am
I just noticed that this comment was here, haha!
He doesn’t show up in the comic much, but Micah is seriously one of the most consistently interesting characters to write because he looks at things so differently from everyone else.
I’m so glad you’ve stuck with me for so long and are enjoying the story! I think your own projects will come out great as long as you put a lot of care into crafting them. The best thing to remember always is – practice! (I swear, I wish I were starting this NOW when I have a lot more writing under my belt, it’d be better, haha!)
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