Rescue roles (another question *sigh*)

Started by Gothitelle. June 7th, 2011 8:20 PM
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Posted November 23rd, 2012
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Bleegh sorry for asking SO MANY QUESTIONS and I think this is my last one.

However, you know how in say Mario and in Sonic the Hedgehog where they have the damsel in distress? And they can write how they got captured and everything? Down to the rescuing.

In my story that I was doing (the one about Giratina and Hydreigon), I wanted to first, when Giratina and Hydreigon met in the middle of their meeting, the arch villain Ghetsis/Geechesu captures Hydreigon with his machine, which requires someone to save her (which is Giratina before Haxorus or Garchomp can get there).

Then toawrds the end, Geechesu comes back and kidnaps Giratina herself. Which requires Hydreigon to dash to her rescue.

How do you make a damsel situation interesting in a fanfic? Like will it help of I said WHY Ghetisis wanted to take Hydreigon etc? (he does that in every idea of mine so that he can lure Haxorus in his clutches.. ultimately everyone else as well so he can beat them). Or does it help if Hydreigon or Giratina when captured put up a struggle? (it's a claw like machine so yeah)

What can I do to make this intresting other than, Ghetisis took X character.

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I'll say that the most interesting thing about a damsel-in-distress situation is how the rescuer rescues them. It's more about the journey taken to save them, really. That's why the focus of Super Mario Brothers is Mario's (and Luigi's!) adventures through the Mushroom Kingdom to save the princess. They don't even explain why Bowser/Koopa keeps kidnapping the princess in the games, really. He just takes her and Mario's (and Luigi!) off to rescue her.

With a damsel-in-distress, just remember that the damsel should be written so that it would make sense for her to be able to be captured. If Hydreigon is first introduced as a character who can take care of herself, then it wouldn't make sense for Ghetsis to be able to capture her unless he has some way to overpower her. And there has to be some reason why she can't easily escape on her own. So when she is captured, make it believable for the characters to be in that situation and the resulting one.

You can increase the tension of everything by having Giratina and Hydreigon fight Ghetsis and then are overpowered so that Hydreigon is captured. That way, Giratina has a goal to work towards to get the necessary skills or items enough to defeat Ghetsis.

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It could. There are reasons why people might not like that idea that I'm way too tired to get into right now, but it's a reason that works. There are characters out there that rely on others for protection, so they might not have an idea how to deal with situations where they are in danger. Because Hydeigon apparently doesn't have to fight for herself, it'll make sense for her to wait for Haxorus and Giratina to rescue her.

You're okay to write this, and when you do, it'll be easier to see how it works because then we'll have the context of the story to go with the scene.

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