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:He was driving. He's badly injured. The car's on fire.
:He was driving. He's badly injured. The car's on fire.
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::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 13:17, 3 October 2006 (CEST)
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 13:17, 3 October 2006 (CEST)


The answer is in what happened before the scene and I didn't tell you: Avatar asked Konoko to rescue his staff first.  
:The answer is in what happened before the scene and I didn't tell you:
 
::Avatar asked Konoko to rescue his staff first.  
"No, not me. Take them first. There is time for me."
:::"No, not me. Take [care of] them first. There is time for me."
 
:This request might convey a seemingly altruistic nature.
This request might convene a seemingly altruistic nature. However I imagined something actually ''different''.
::However I imagined something actually ''different''.
 
:Avatar once faced death and the loss of Simone, during the cataclysm.
Avatar once faced death and the loss of Simone, during the cataclysm. Now he finds himself again at the edge of death, among the fires of his car. Like before he is trapped and powerless. Deliberately or not, the sight of those spreading fires makes him remember of that last moment with Simone, her life fading out in front of him. All he needs to make a perfect replica of that moment is to be left alone for just a few seconds. The carcrash arrived unexpected to him, but now rather than striving for his own safety, he is incidentally attracted by the perspective of staying there all alone. In some sort of way it is the first chance he's got in his avatar-unlife for coming back to where all had begun: again so close and yet so distant to Simone.
::Now he finds himself again on the brink of death, trapped in his flaming car.
 
:::Just like before he is trapped and powerless.
Also, the principle of fire can be considered as opposite to snow, though a destructive one, its effects can be considered symmetrical to Avatar's personality.  Snow "burns" when one touches it, like fire. But the former has a different effect: it preserves rather than consuming to ash. So we may toy with these two elements: the frozen winter night marking the moment in which Blackwater's life becomes like suspended in a dream,  and the fire, representing the re- awakening of his past memories and the meaning of pain.  (ok, just an idea)
:Whether he's aware of it or not, the sight of those spreading fires makes him recall
::that final moment with Simone, when her life was fading out in front of him.
:All he needs to make a perfect replica of that moment is to be left alone for just a few seconds.
:The car crash took him by surprise, but now rather than striving for his own safety,
::he is somehow paradoxically attracted by the perspective of staying there on his own.
:In a way it is the first chance he has ever got in his avatar-unlife
::to come back to where all began: again so close and yet so distant to Simone.


:Also, the principle of fire can be considered as opposite to snow:
::though a destructive one, its effects can be considered symmetrical to Avatar's personality.
:Snow "burns" when one touches it, like fire. But the former has a different effect:
::it preserves rather than consuming to ash.
:So we may toy with these two elements:
::the frozen winter night marking the moment in which Blackwater's life becomes like suspended in a dream,
:::and the fire, representing the re- awakening of his past memories and the meaning of pain.
:(ok, just an idea)
::[[User:Guido|Guido]] 16:45, 24 November 2006 (CEST)
::[[User:Guido|Guido]] 16:45, 24 November 2006 (CEST)


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:Looking at that "passer-by" is really different from looking in a mirror. Just a few thoughts... Multiple reflection are hell to render accurately.
:Looking at that "passer-by" is really different from looking in a mirror. Just a few thoughts... Multiple reflection are hell to render accurately.
:But a Konoko who's "passing herself" on her way out of the compound (during the monologue) is quite appealing, IMO. It's about missed opportunities...
:But a Konoko who's "passing herself" on her way out of the compound (during the monologue) is quite appealing, IMO. It's about missed opportunities...
:[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 05:44, 16 October 2006 (CEST)
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 05:44, 16 October 2006 (CEST)