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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 | ::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 | ::Now he finds himself again on the brink of death, trapped in his flaming car. | ||
:::Just like before he is trapped and powerless. | |||
: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) |