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[bjornwilde]

 First off, I'd like to apologize for not posting any DE yesterday. Family stuff kept happening.

Now for today's topic, based on classic conflict structures of literature, what is your character's struggle? Character vs Nature, character vs Self, etc.? Or since I can think of many stories that mix these, are there more than one conflict in their lives?

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[last_kallig]

Hm. Ibani's definitely got multiple conflicts going on. Character Vs Self because there is always the risk of falling to the Dark Side, of becoming the very thing she hates. The theme of power and what you choose to do with it is a big one for her.

And there's Character Vs Society and Character Vs Character too. Not only is she trying to reform the Sith without getting caught, she'll be dealing with the Republic too. And she's trying to keep on her Master's good side while plotting for what she thinks is the inevitable betrayal.

And I'm sure there would be some Character Versus Author if she knew what was coming in canon and she could manage to force-choke me. ;-)

[fluffiest_archadian]

All of Final Fantasy XII's conflicts fall into Character vs God (the Occuria plotline), Character vs Character (the It'd Be Great To Free Dalmasca plotline), and Character vs Nature (every time some monster attacks you while you're wandering around). For Sherral personally, it's firmly Character vs Character, with occasional cameos from Character vs Nature.

For Yugo, it's Character vs Character. With the exception of Fruity Breakdanding Samurai series, which had shades of Character vs God, Character vs Nature, and Character vs Society, all Kamen Rider series fit pretty firmly in Character vs Character.

For Wan - er. Character vs God, I should think. Vaatu definitely counts for the purposes of this DE. For his larger life, though, Man vs Society seems a pretty solid bet.

[hecu_marine]

Gordon and Shephard both fall pretty squarely into Character vs. Nature and Character vs. Society from the start of their canons. If by 'nature' you include 'alien hell dimensions', anyway. These days there's still elements of both, although Gordon is dealing with the Society one a bit more since it has to be restructured and all. (Although strictly speaking it may be more like Character Vs. Character at this point, as the scope of things has narrowed somewhat.)

Ellen's life for nineteen years was essentially Character Vs. Society although she didn't realize it- the Overseer and the more resentful Vault adults didn't like the idea of admitting outsiders and pretending they'd never been open. Then it turned rather sharply to Character Vs. Nature, since, well, Wasteland. Thanks to the Enclave and rather a lot of post-nuclear groups there was still a lot of Character Vs. Society floating around, but these days it's more of the Nature conflict than anything.

Santo's conflict tends to be on the Character Vs. Character level, judging by his movies. Not his fault if said opposing characters are often vampires, Moon Nazis, international spy rings, and evil wrestlers.

Medic would like to state that he considers his own conflict to be Character Vs. Rampant Idiocy. Take that as you will.

Edward Kenway is very firmly in the Character Vs. Society camp, because he dislikes his social position, thinks very little of the toffs higher up the ladder than him, and will happily sink ships of any nation's navy if it'll profit him enough to move him up in the world. He does not yet have the understanding necessary to overcome his own inner conflicts and make it Character Vs. Fundamentally Unjust Understandings Of Society. Canon will take care of that.

Varric is more in the Character Vs. Character and Character Vs. Nature line; he's not thrilled with how society is but he doesn't have the inclination to pit himself against it. If Hawke takes that tack he'll follow but it's not his central conflict by any means.

Stacker Pentecost's primary struggle is Character Vs. The Apocalypse and I will fight anyone who tries to classify it otherwise. The Character Vs. Society elements that drove him to get the PPDC created and the Jaeger program implemented are kind of in the past as of about fifteen minutes into canon. Everything else can be summed up as Character Vs. The Apocalypse.

[bjornwilde]

Selina is definitely character vs society, at least for now.

Tybalt is the same with society being the Divided Courts, ie. fae that are not cait sidhe. There will come one story that is character vs character (Raj's dad).

Quin's canon was all over the place but I think his biggest conflict was character vs character as he nearly fell to the Dark Side with his obsession in finding the second sith lord. At present, I would say he is living character vs society as he tries to function and plant the seeds for rebellion against the Empire.

Sam is likely character vs society, where society is HYDRA. Likely there is also character vs character (Rumlow and Bucky). I'm tempted to make another category, character vs trauma since his life goal is to rescue people who are suffering from such, whether physical or mental.

Andrea is clearly character vs self, hiding behind character vs natural (though in this case magic is nature).

Ethan is another for character vs self, or in his case, his curse. He does get into conflicts for other people, but ultimately, I think his person conflict is against himself.

Jess...definitely character vs self (or personal bad decisions) but character vs character (super villains), character vs society (AIM, HYDRA, etc.), and character vs god (The Builders, Thanos, the Inheritors, etc.) works as well. Depends on the story arc or cross-over, really.

[ceitfianna]

For most of his canon, Will was Character vs Society mixed in with Character vs Character. Now his conflict's not as clear.

Charles is Character vs Society, Character vs Self and Character vs Character.

Quentin is usually Character vs Character with some hints of Character vs Society.

William is Character vs Character, Character vs Self and some Character vs Nature.

Sameth is mainly Character vs Self and some Character vs Nature in the form of Charter problems.

Ivan is Character vs Character, Character vs Society is Miles' job.

Jane is Character vs Society.

Demeter is Character vs Gods as in her own family usually.

Moist is Character vs Character and Character vs Society as in he's using and tricking Society.

Tumnus is Character vs Character when it arises for him.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Here's the wiki on conflict if that would help anyone. (Bearing in mind that Authorities Say there are as few as two [Self vs outer forces/Self vs. inner forces] and as many as twenty plots in all of drama. Theories vary. Such fun!)

Steve I see mostly as a combination of man vs. society and man vs.self--"how to cope with a society that is not up to my ideals" and "how to cope with living up to my own ideals."

Merlin is man vs. society: "how to I live in a society where I have to hide my true self."

Groot is man vs. society: "exploring a universe I don't quite understand while acting as a mercenary is not exactly how a prince should act."

Seems I have a type even outside of D&D alignments.

(May come back and edit this.)

[not_my_sandbox]

Amascut is definitely Character vs. Society, even though that society includes gods, many which completely overshadow her.

Fairy Fixit is curiously Character vs. No God, even though No God is the aim of the people she has thrown her support behind. There is a little Character vs. Self because I am cruel. But she is such a side character that the story never takes note of her struggles so its kinda never shows up.