Welcome to Distopia- A breakdown of Lorraine's character. · 10:28pm May 28th, 2020
Hey, I wanted to just write about Lorraine, where the idea for her came from and stuff.
Lorraine from Welcome to Distopia, is a self insert character, my self insert character but written as true to life as possible. Normally, a self is idealized to a degree, a power fantasy, the chosen one and so on. The pink fluffy noodle was designed to look like the stereotype but her behavior wasn't.
Think about it, really think about it, what would being in a harem anime or a shounen anime be like? How well would real world common sense and ideals translate? There's a distinct difference between how a power fantasy type hero would react compared to how I would actually react.
So, the noodle dragon isn't a typical anime or cartoon protagonist, she's going to react like a person, she's going to get upset, stressed or angry because the tropes of a hero's journey are not what she wants out of life. She's a down-to-earth homebody that finds things to care about because she wants to be happy and finds personal satisfaction in the little things like her friends and boyfriend.
She's even horrified at the implication her magic could be used to hurt others, villain or not she sees every character, every inhabitant of Ponyville, as a person deserving respect and kindness until their actions prove otherwise. After that, she tries to talk things over and should that fail, she'll ignore them.
It's pretty hard to ignore when they single you out, even if you've done nothing wrong. Repeated verbal abuse will affect a person negatively, you don't just get over it and move on, it stays with you and I wanted to reflect that in the character.
Lorraine's decision to give up living as a Luck Dragon is the result of her finally having enough of Ponyville's BS, she's going to take control of her situation and change her appearance to be better reflect who she is as an individual. It can be a struggle realizing that you matter and that saying no or removing yourself from a situation is a valid option...
Sorry for the ramble.
Well you've certainly grabbed my interest.
Personally I think itcshoukd be gotten over with soon, as things are it feels like its being dragged out to be agonizing as possible, which brings it repeatedly back to the idea that this is her willingly succumbing or failing, and dying inside or giving up who she is.
On a seperate note I want to punch Alastor in his fat ****ing face, because every time I start liking him in the story he goes and does something that makes him seem like a ****.
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Have you paid attention to the last couple of shorts and chapters. She's getting over her stress, it's not something that happens overnight.
As for Alastor, he is an impulsive, insensitive a-hole, that's the entire point of his character and his growth as a character is learning to be more responsible but given how much of an a-hole he is, it's a slow process.
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Cool.
This is what I want from a self insert, a realistic character whom of which (sometimes) Actually has common sense when it comes to some things, such as not going into full on panic mode for no actual reason.
PS: hope you have a great day/night
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Thank you. I hope you have a good day/night as well. A few people seem to misunderstand that the character doesn't follow most of the standard tropes so I'm really happy you get what I'm trying to do with the character.
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I have, I simply find it hard to believe since I have only my own viewpoint to see things from, leading to what amounts to someone ecreaming at the TV because a character they like appears to be heading towards danger. Less "Do what I want" and more "Don't do that, it'll hurt you" because you've made the protagonist duo likable and empathetic. Something along those lines. I lost track of where I was going with this but it was meant as a complement.
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Oh ok.
Sorry, it's really hard to tell sometimes as I lack experience handling more indepth comments so, sorry if it felt like I was over-explaining, I just have so much fun writing that longer comments are either overwhelming or come across as nitpicky. I'm glad the characters are likeable at least. The pink noodle is going to get some kick-ass moments eventually.
I swear half the time I'm worried I'm going to come off as rude.