books.
ive been wondering.
why is it that in most epic-battle-type
sci-fi series, the enemy is a collective/ hive-mind of some kind? like
the borg in startrek, the bug (or whatever) in starship troopers…
and
in the fantasy series… its always the dark wizard with genourmous
powers who gets beaten by the smallest of them all (think lotr, harry
potter, even star wars)
i guess some cliches are, and always will be.
there
is a reason though, i guess, for putting the unlikeliest midget vs the
most strong evil madman - who has everything, but oops, leaves a weak
point (aka the Ring in lotr, the chute in the Death Star in star wars,
voldemorts thing against love…) - which, of course, the hero will
unerringly exploit.
and in the case of the battle stories against
the collective mind, what comes out victorious is us humans, the ones
with the originality and imagination and improvisation that can never
be if we were a collective.
but of course, we humans like happy
endings. so i would imagine if we were living as the collective — all
the stories (if there were stories) — would be about the superior
teamwork + overwhelming numbers crushing the small and chaotic group
who comes apart due to differences.
same difference - same traits, two very different possibilities.
however, all of this will stay in the realm of fiction.
while eve goes on with her (very ordinary) life, back in singapore.
—eve.—
November 17th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
That’s why it’d be interesting for a story to have both sides with more or less the same superiority in strength or numbers and just as much conflict and dissolution within their ranks…the only difference would be the different ideals they both hold, and their methods of carrying them out.
November 18th, 2006 at 5:56 am
lol