Thanks for all that. Man, you really incorporated the guardian concept! Kudos! I like that you tied what people called titans and gods into it. Kind of makes me think of the Thor movie where they have that conversation about humans thinking them gods, not just another race from a different planet, because of their superiority.
Were we still going to go with some of what I suggest when I first brought in the concept of the guardians that they were ultimately hunted down by other evil powers (maybe to try to harness their magic, or simply to eliminate them from the picture as a threat to evil-doers), so those of the “pure” guardians who remained got together to create a sort of insurance that their race would go on and return with the potential of their full power instead of the partial strength of their bound forms or descendants? All when they were needed most, hence Anora getting the powers close to when Pahn’s time bound to Earth is near an end, and the other plots going on. And potentially being capable of reaching the extreme abilities of the original guardians, since she would not have the same physical bindings (and contracts, as info would have it!), but the powers themselves. I know that would all technically be finer details, as opposed to the overall picture, but it’s always good to have those details established.
Sorry! I thought that was what you were asking. No, I don’t have any specific rules thought up when it comes to the larger picture of the original guardians. Originally (and I know this is just restating what was posed in PM, but figure it wouldn’t hurt for a reminder) I was thinking guardians were originally beings that were a pure form of magic (perhaps, in this case, that combined with Pahn’s magic before contracts were made?) that could take on a human form until they ended up getting bound to it since it was only in that form they could be killed, which then led to the descendants as well as their destruction. Which leads me to the “ultra-powerful” form: the guardians becoming a sentient embodiment of magic itself. In that form, they would be virtually untouchable, but capable of manipulating the magic and attacking their enemies directly. In that, they could take on whatever shape they desired, or even, in rare cases, be all but invisible to the untrained eye. Basically, the sky was the limit, maybe with each of them specializing in certain aspects and limitations unique to each guardian. Thus making them some pretty darn good, successful guardians. In Anora’s case, if we get to a point where she reaches that, she was still technically born human, so a limitation for her would be that it is a form she could spend only so long in without snapping back into her human form, and quite violently if she stays in it too long.
Any of that workable and sufficiently answer your questions? Just let me know if not! If you had something else in mind, we can keep bouncing things off each other. :-)
And yeah, of course! Character development is a part of the enjoyment of writing, be it in a personality or ability sense (even better when it’s both, right?). Well, if she’s getting visions of what they could once do, then she might get some ideas from it. ;-)
Sorry to hear work was hard on you again today! I know the feeling of everything coming out wrong. Heh. Until tomorrow (or, uh, later today?), then! Also, a happy New Year to you as well! *Raises a glass of Welch’s sparkling juice (because Welch’s is just awesome that way)* To old and new friends, beginnings and endings, and whatever good and bad 2017 may hold!
