Snowflake Challenge #11 and #14

[chacusha]

Challenge #11: In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.

Since I wrote my Bravely Default canon promo last year, I've been meaning to post a discussion about trios that strongly fit a Sun/Moon/Star aesthetic.

Probably the most prominent example of a trio like this is DC's "Trinity": Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Superman is a good fit for Sun because of both his bright, idealistic outlook but also for the fact that (Earth's, Krypton's) sun is relevant to his powers. Batman makes for a good Moon fit because he operates in Gotham, which is basically designed to be "New York at night" (as opposed to Metropolis, which is "New York in the day"), and also because of the Moon's association with lunacy, which works well for Batman and his gallery of villains. Wonder Woman fits Star, which is also a hopeful/optimistic sort of card in tarot, and also stars feature prominently on her costume.

The first trio in my fandoms that I noticed worked really well for Sun/Moon/Star is Sora/Riku/Kairi from Kingdom Hearts. Because of their naming scheme (named after sky, land, and ocean), the three of them already have an "elements of nature" vibe to them, and then they fit the three types well: Sora is bright and cheery in a distinctly childish way, perfect for the Sun tarot card. Riku is subdued and withdrawn in comparison, and a lot of his plotline involves darkness and trying to move toward dawn, which fits a Moon theme. Kairi is similar to Sora in demeanor -- optimistic and pure of heart -- but in a way that is less childlike than Sora is.

And then I talked about how I think Yew/Janne/Magnolia from Bravely Second fit Sun/Moon/Star as well. Yew is definitely Sun -- bright, cheery, youthful. Both Janne and Magnolia have a good claim to Moon, but overall, I think Janne fits Moon vibes better (moody, pessimistic, secretive and associated with wolves). Magnolia instead fits Star better -- she has a vibe of clarity, hope, new faith, etc. Even though she's literally from the Moon, she's got a general outer space/star-faring sort of vibe, so I think Star still works pretty well for her.

That's about all I can think of off the top of my head. They're also all guy/guy/girl, hm. Do you have any trios in your fandoms that fit the Sun/Moon/Star types well?

(Not super related to this post, but one thing I love about the Level 5 Jeanne d'Arc PSP game is that its element system is a rock/paper/scissors thing between Sol/Luna/Stella (color-coded red, blue, and green), which is roughly equivalent to Fire/Ice/Lightning. I've never seen that element system in a game before and I think it's neat.)


Challenge #12 is giving me a bit of a hard time and I might need to meditate on it a bit more. And I might be too shy for Challenge #13 -- in any case, giving it a bit more time seems like a good idea. So I'm going to just skip ahead to Challenge #14?


Challenge #14: In your own space, create your own fandom challenge.

I feel like in this year's challenge, there wasn't really a lot of opportunities for people to talk about specific characters they like in fiction, so I'd like to ask a question related to characters. So feel free to answer any of: Do you have a character you used to be obsessed with and no longer are, or a character you've encountered recently that you're like, "Younger me would have LOVED this character"? Which character do you find yourself thinking about the most / rotating in your mind lately, and why? Do you have a character you feel has been done dirty by fandom, and if so, in what way? Do you have a canon that you think does a particularly good job at establishing its cast of characters, and if so, what would you say is its secret to success?

Comments

[chacusha]

Oof, okay. Yeah, Korra was really done dirty by Nickelodeon. I just read that the creators also had to argue that boys would watch a show with a girl as the main character. Geez...

Yeah, could be!

So many neat Sun/Moon/Star dynamics in FFXIII! Well, I guess it IS a game built around 3-person parties/dynamics...

[silveradept]

They did, yes, and there age even studies conducted to show that boys would watch girl stuff.

Yeah, XIII has a lot of three people dynamics so that each party should be in good synchronization with each other. So they could all be Sun, Moon, and Star together, depending on which combination you wanted them to be in.