Setting and tone for Daughters of Pandora
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:16 pm
Another desperate message request for help, because I'm really stuck at the moment! I've begun working on both the style and tone I want for Daughters of Pandora, the problem being I can't decide on what tone the series should be. That's why I started a poll, in the hope that at the very least I could get an idea of which of the three styles I'm considering proves the most popular here [I'm also going to start this pole on Monster Girl Unlimited, and will combine the results for both to decide on which style is the most likely to be accepted by the communities in general].
For those who don't know, Daughters of Pandora will be an original monster girl story that is inspired by Survival Horror games, with the monster girls, known as The Daughters, being based off of various enemy archetypes found in many of games in the Survival Horror Genre. The main question that's been driving me nuts is trying to find a plausible reason WHY the characters are supposed to be running away from a bunch of sexy humanoid women? The three answers I came up with are;
The True Horror approach; The Daughters are true monsters, and behave as such, doing their best to kill the characters in the story. This obviously is the darkest of my three concepts, and one that I would consider the most realistic.
The Black Comedy approach; The Daughters aren't really trying to hurt people, but they're nymphos that ultimately don't know their own strength, and end up "loving" their victims to death. This idea was loosely inspired by classic myths of mermaids, and I consider this a comfortable balance between a traditional horror story and...
The Just Comedy approach; The Daughters don't really hurt anyone, but they are so possessive that they'll never let go of their victims. The most classic concept, much more in line with the original Monster Girl Encyclopedia, and is obviously the most stylized of the three approaches.
So at the very least feel free to vote for which of the three you prefer, and feel free to ask questions or suggest alternitives!
For those who don't know, Daughters of Pandora will be an original monster girl story that is inspired by Survival Horror games, with the monster girls, known as The Daughters, being based off of various enemy archetypes found in many of games in the Survival Horror Genre. The main question that's been driving me nuts is trying to find a plausible reason WHY the characters are supposed to be running away from a bunch of sexy humanoid women? The three answers I came up with are;
The True Horror approach; The Daughters are true monsters, and behave as such, doing their best to kill the characters in the story. This obviously is the darkest of my three concepts, and one that I would consider the most realistic.
The Black Comedy approach; The Daughters aren't really trying to hurt people, but they're nymphos that ultimately don't know their own strength, and end up "loving" their victims to death. This idea was loosely inspired by classic myths of mermaids, and I consider this a comfortable balance between a traditional horror story and...
The Just Comedy approach; The Daughters don't really hurt anyone, but they are so possessive that they'll never let go of their victims. The most classic concept, much more in line with the original Monster Girl Encyclopedia, and is obviously the most stylized of the three approaches.
So at the very least feel free to vote for which of the three you prefer, and feel free to ask questions or suggest alternitives!