Building A Wonderland
Feb. 20th, 2013 11:34 pmYou know how, on my tumblr (the personal one) I like to design outfits and weapons for Victor to use in Wonderland? Well, lately I've gathered all that into a WordPerfect file -- "American McGee's Corpse Bride" -- and been adding to it, finalizing the designs of certain things and suchlike.
And lately, I've been building Victor his own Wonderland.
I've sort of done this before -- back in the good old days,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
forgotten_vows had a thread on tumblr where he and Alice went into his mind to basically kill the last of Bumby's influence on him -- Thirteen. I'm actually thinking of adapting that basic plot into a follow up to the "You" cycle (or possibly as the fifth entry, since possible titles are "Fixing You" and "Returning To You," which of course fit the naming theme), which means expanding on the Wonderland presented. And I mean expanding -- the original concept I had never moved beyond a version of Burtonsville. Now, though, I'm actually giving Victor a few different domains. Here's what I've got so far:
BurtonDead: You could call this the "hub world" of Victor's mind. In its diseased form, it's pretty much a completely black-and-white Burtonsville with "Silent Hill"-style fog and lots of Slithering Ruin. The healthy form is a much more colorful, off-kilter, nature-invaded town -- think the Land of the Dead mixed with Londerland. Representations of Victor's anger (often-repressed) and libido (temporarily corrupted into Thirteen) live here.
Butterfly Jungle: Based off of one of Victor's childhood dreams, it's pretty much just what it says on the tin -- a jungle full of butterflies. There's other insects too, but butterflies are the dominant species. I'm thinking of throwing in a Ferdinand ref by having a race of giant ones you can fly around on. Fittingly, the representation of Victor's inner child/whatever innocence he has left lives here.
Magic Tower: Based off of Elder Gutknecht's tower from the Land of the Dead, this is a very new area, both for me and Victor. It and its resident, the Wizard, are representations of Victor's growing knowledge of magic. (Yes, I plan for Victor and Alice to learn magic. I designed a goddamn magic system for Corpse Bride, I'm going to use it.) I'll probably figure out more of what it looks like later.
So yeah, any thoughts? I love suggestions -- that's how I got the Grim Scythe, after all. And the best version of the Vorpal Fork (thank youdoyousuppose for suggesting "sword-like" -- what a nice adjective). (Still need to figure out what to do with the Wine of Ages, though. . . Everyone agrees it should be a weapon, but I can't quite find a design I'm happy with in my head. >.<)
And lately, I've been building Victor his own Wonderland.
I've sort of done this before -- back in the good old days,
forgotten_vows had a thread on tumblr where he and Alice went into his mind to basically kill the last of Bumby's influence on him -- Thirteen. I'm actually thinking of adapting that basic plot into a follow up to the "You" cycle (or possibly as the fifth entry, since possible titles are "Fixing You" and "Returning To You," which of course fit the naming theme), which means expanding on the Wonderland presented. And I mean expanding -- the original concept I had never moved beyond a version of Burtonsville. Now, though, I'm actually giving Victor a few different domains. Here's what I've got so far:BurtonDead: You could call this the "hub world" of Victor's mind. In its diseased form, it's pretty much a completely black-and-white Burtonsville with "Silent Hill"-style fog and lots of Slithering Ruin. The healthy form is a much more colorful, off-kilter, nature-invaded town -- think the Land of the Dead mixed with Londerland. Representations of Victor's anger (often-repressed) and libido (temporarily corrupted into Thirteen) live here.
Butterfly Jungle: Based off of one of Victor's childhood dreams, it's pretty much just what it says on the tin -- a jungle full of butterflies. There's other insects too, but butterflies are the dominant species. I'm thinking of throwing in a Ferdinand ref by having a race of giant ones you can fly around on. Fittingly, the representation of Victor's inner child/whatever innocence he has left lives here.
Magic Tower: Based off of Elder Gutknecht's tower from the Land of the Dead, this is a very new area, both for me and Victor. It and its resident, the Wizard, are representations of Victor's growing knowledge of magic. (Yes, I plan for Victor and Alice to learn magic. I designed a goddamn magic system for Corpse Bride, I'm going to use it.) I'll probably figure out more of what it looks like later.
So yeah, any thoughts? I love suggestions -- that's how I got the Grim Scythe, after all. And the best version of the Vorpal Fork (thank you
doyousuppose for suggesting "sword-like" -- what a nice adjective). (Still need to figure out what to do with the Wine of Ages, though. . . Everyone agrees it should be a weapon, but I can't quite find a design I'm happy with in my head. >.<)
