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Although Griffin arrives to help Konoko in her final fight, we shouldn’t take this as a sign that they will be fast friends from that day on. The fact is, Griffin ordered the detonation of Shinatama, the only person Konoko was really close to (see next section). He then prolonged Shinatama’s suffering by making her into a machine to kill Konoko (whether Shinatama had the self-awareness of a real person is somewhat moot; the point is that Konoko thinks of her as a real person). It’s a miracle if Konoko doesn’t put a bullet in Griffin’s head for that; a friendship is way too much to ask for. We should expect them to go their separate ways after Oni. It’s also quite possible that Griffin continues to see Mai as a threat. | Although Griffin arrives to help Konoko in her final fight, we shouldn’t take this as a sign that they will be fast friends from that day on. The fact is, Griffin ordered the detonation of Shinatama, the only person Konoko was really close to (see next section). He then prolonged Shinatama’s suffering by making her into a machine to kill Konoko (whether Shinatama had the self-awareness of a real person is somewhat moot; the point is that Konoko thinks of her as a real person). It’s a miracle if Konoko doesn’t put a bullet in Griffin’s head for that; a friendship is way too much to ask for. We should expect them to go their separate ways after Oni. It’s also quite possible that Griffin continues to see Mai as a threat. | ||
===Mai—Shinatama=== | |||
<div align=center>{{Pullquote|1=Shinatama/Konoko Relationship Analysis<br /> | |||
Analysis of the remains of the Shinatama SLD gave us a new perspective on the bond between the android and the agent she was patterned after. We have long suspected that SLDs might share some form of bond with their pattern donors: after analyzing Shinatama's engrammatic readouts we can now be sure. State analysis suggests that Shinatama thought of Konoko as family, a sister. Subconsciously Konoko might have realized this emotional connection and, as an orphan, fixated on this emotional bond.|2=[[Quotes/Consoles/level_18b]]|width=850px}}</div> | |||
One wonders if Mai and Shinatama played around together as “twin sisters” when Shinatama was newly a part of Mai's life. Mai would likely have been the instigator of various trouble, perhaps roping Shinatama into playing a prank on Griffin. Over time, Mai would have aged and Shinatama remained the same, and Shinatama would have been more like a little sister to Mai. Protective instincts could come into play at that point. It's not hard to understand why Konoko is willing to throw everything else away in order to go save her. What's lacking in Oni is a depiction of their closeness, such as a flashback level or a more personal conversation over their neural link. | |||
===Mai—Dad=== | |||
“I guess I knew I had a father at some point but I don't remember him. Now I want to know everything about the man I tried really hard not to think about...” Bungie had about 20 years pass (orphaned at 3, and the old Unit Viewer says she’s 23 now) before she started thinking about Dad; we can understand why her memories would be foggy after all that time, without any need to resort to brainwashing or the Daodan to explain her amnesia. Simply being separated from her parents was probably enough trauma to make her want to forget her family. | |||
If we introduce Hasegawa, and maybe Jamie posthumously in the form of flashbacks or old home videos, it would be good to incorporate in some way the feeling of a child towards each parent. Dad is a protective, assuring, steady presence. Mom is a doting, warm, touching presence. The mom faces the child, and stoops down to meet them eye to eye. The dad looks down from above, or stands with his back to them guarding or leading the way ahead. Perhaps we can find a way to work these parental feelings into the levels where they might appear in some way. | |||
===Key relationship=== | |||
The key relationship in Oni is Konoko/Shinatama. What will it be in Oni 2? | |||
Also, remember the Bechdel test! | |||
===Building relationships=== | |||
This is overlapping with the "Empathy and sympathy" section, but in order to make people care about characters, those characters have to show some strong emotion, preferably after a certain amount of suspense or tension has been introduced. For instance, if Mai is going to have to cope with past trauma and learn to feel connected to others again, there could be another character who is even more damaged, to serve as a model. They act like they don’t care about anyone, but kindness shown to them catches them off-guard. Eventually they have an emotional sort of meltdown and show their true feelings. | |||
==Bungie connections== | |||
Don’t forget to work in some Bungie references: a precursor to the Marathon Marine/Halo Spartan (or descendant of the 117 men under "Gaius Licinius Marc--"?), the future settling of Mars (Marathon connection), the three AIs of Marathon (Shinatama’s Ghost = Leela, Deadly Brain = Tycho?, Damocles = Durandal?) or Rampancy. And [[Seven|the number seven]] is absolutely required. | |||
==Technology== | |||
We can’t ignore that there should be advanced tech by the time of Oni. Perhaps the WCG wants to use it in place of (or to fight) the Daodan. It will seem to be an even match-up at first, but eventually the Daodan will win because it is more advanced and evolves faster. Cf. Paradox’s nanomachines. | |||
Also, technology is always further along than we think it is. The Germans used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8WQTtYyn6E robots] in WWII. We can currently create hover technology using [[wp:Magnetic_levitation|magnets]] and [[Superdiamagnetism|extreme cold]]. And there’s always someone trying to push the envelope, even if history forgets them: da Vinci and his [[wp:Leonardo%27s_robot|robot knight]], Zadoc Dederick’s [[wp:Zadoc_Dederick|Daniel Lambert]], etc. | |||
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