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One of these staunch detractors is Ariki (Wayne Hapi), brother to Genesis and father to Mana. Father and son both hand off the Obstacle Character Throughline as they challenge Gen's positive mental attitude. Ariki and Mana feel themselves stuck in gang culture without a future to look forward to.
Both Ariki (Wayne Hapi) and Mana (James Rolleston)--brother and nephew to Genesis respectively-- provide the Obstacle Character Throughline perspective needed to challenge Genesis.
- The Purpose of The Obstacle Character Throughline
- The Storymind Concept
- A Challenge to Grow
- When Both seem to Influence
- The Storymind’S Decision
- What Did You do?
- A Look Within The Mind
The Obstacle Character is not the Main Character by any other name. Like the misconception that Protagonist means Good Guy and Antagonistmeans Bad Guy, the idea that the “Character” portion of Main Character refers to a fully realized three-dimensional person undermines the purpose of this important point-of-view. Same with the “Character” portion ...
The Storymind concept of Dramatica states that every complete story is an analogy to a single human mind trying to solve a problem. Things like Character, Plot, Theme, and Genre–these are things we have made up over the years to help communicate what is going on in our mind. The various Throughlines found in a Dramatica storyform take the perspecti...
The perspective of the Obstacle Character Throughline exists in a narrative to challenge the Main Character’s justifications–notas a means for the Obstacle Character to work through any of his or her issues. The focus is always on the Main Character. ”You have a strange way of doing things, old man” is just the kind of problematic Mind that Luke ne...
Consider Braveheart and its two principal characters at odds over the future of their country. Which statement describes the Obstacle Character perspective: ”You can’t worm your way into the hearts of these men” or ”You can’t literally kill everyone who disagrees with you”? Are we witnessing Robert the Bruce’s attempt to influence William Wallace? ...
Resolution–the kind of personal resolution inherent to the Main Character perspective–plays out on-screen and on the page. It happens in the moment, providing a personal account of that determination of the Storymind to either Remain Steadfast in one’s justifications or to Change and adopt the justifications of another. William Wallace’s disembowel...
In Casablanca, Ilsa surprises us by arriving on-screen with a gun in hand, pointed at Rick. As we sit within Rick’s perspective, we look out and ask ”What are YOU doing?”Iowa’s resolve to Remain Steadfast in her Universe with Victor Laszlo happens without us knowing, and without us experiencing the struggle that goes into making that decision. Same...
Dramatica theory functions with this idea that what we have been led to believe about a story is wrong. A complete narrative is not an interesting and compelling account of something that happened–a full story is a cohesive analogy of a single human mind trying to solve a problem. Character, Plot, Theme, and Genre—these are not parts of a story—the...
At many times, Genesis stood up to Mana for example when he went to ask for Ariki’s permission and when he decided to defend Mana and stood up to the whole to make Mana leave the gang. Through Genesis, Mana was able to start a new life and have a better future that he gets a say in.
May 4, 2016 · He sees how devoted his uncle is to the kids but Ariki already has plans for his son, wanting him to be inducted into the gang. The induction is violent and criminal. Rejecting Gen’s positive influence on Mana, Ariki kicks Gen out of the house, giving him a bit of money for lodging.
the dramatic progression which builds the Obstacle Character's pressure on the Main Character to change. The Obstacle Character is defined by its relationship to the Main Character.
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Genesis (to Mana in final scene): “Don't look back.”. Genesis (to Ariki): “I don't wanna take him from you. I just wanna give him a chance to see something out there in the world.”. Genesis: “Mana. You are not what they're making you think you are”.
