After a short first couple of weeks back in the swing of things, the project is starting to take a little more shape. I've been spending most of the time "researching" other popular franchises and by no means ever partaking in the fun they offer. (and shamefully I STILL have yet to complete Final Fantasy XIII).
I still don't see how her outfit makes her battle-ready
In all the sucessful franchises there is a non-coicidental trend I've begun to notice. They all have incredibly striking names. Think about it, think about the games you go home and slave over or the TV shows you brainmelt, I mean, immerse in. "Grand Theft Auto", "Warhammer", "Final Fantasy", "Dead or Alive" and guiltiest of all: "World of Warcraft". Their names have power over you, the consumer. We can't help but be tantalised by the titillating tease of word-ology(that one's on me, dictionary) of marketing geniuses. (Geniusii?). Half the time they don't even have to make sense or have any correlation to the product they're advertising. I can't even count on both hands how many times there has been a "FINAL" Fantasy. I do wonder though, what will they do when they actually come to the last game in the series? They've kind of shot themselves in the foot there. But, let's be serious here, we all know Square Enix will never stop making Final Fantasy, it's more or less a license to print money.
Moving swiftly on. Although the names have credence to make little to no sense, there's more to a franchise than that. Focusing mostly on games and tv shows here, "products" (I feel a bit mercenary calling them that) tend to have a very well developed storyline especially when it comes to Eastern developed products, a background derived from a modern take on
ancient histories or mythology. To list a few:
Bleach/Death Note: Japanese Anime/Manga taking a different approach to their legends of "Shinigami" or "Death God"
Naruto: Another Japanese Anime/Manga wherein several of the characters are designed around and ancient tale of the slug, toad and snake.
Stargate: Based mostly around ancient Egyptian mythology.
Having a strong interest in ancient history and mythology myself I'm thinking this would be a great road for me to take. I just need to pick from THOUSANDS of histories which would suit best. Ancient Rome would be a good one, however it's quite overdone and they definitely have more than a few taboo areas which might not go down so well with the marking scheme.
This belated post was brought to you by a burned out from reading student.
-MS
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