Queshire
Istar
A character can have a huge impact on a story despite never actually physically appearing. Or at least that's something I want to explore in my latest story idea, but you know, it doesn't seem to be something that's been majorly explored and I'm wondering if there's a reason for that as well as whether you guys have done anything with it and your ideas as a whole.
On the side of the heroes it's not uncommon to see a character who does not otherwise appear serving as a push to inspire the hero. It could be a loved one who ends up dying or a more experienced hero who the character tries to catch up to. However, how often do they have an influence on things in the story aside from just giving a push to the hero? It doesn't seem that common to me. If I think about it, the one who most exemplifies that sort of thing would be Nagi from the manga Negima, as well his son Negi in the sequel series UQ Holder.
I'm more interested in the side of the villains though. It's common enough to hear a villain mentioned before they appear in order to hype them up, but they always end up showing up eventually. Is that really that necessary? I mean, think about Harry Potter. The first part of the first book is a good example of what I'm talking about, but even then they have voldie showing up in the end. Would it have affected anything to have had Quirell be a death eater seeking the stone to revive voldie without needing to have voldie show up? The second and third books are a good example of the sort of influence I'm talking about, but I'm not sure if I should count that since he already showed up in the first book.
I understand that you can't hype up this guy and then never do anything to resolve that, but isn't there ways to do that aside from the guy showing up?
What do you guys think?
On the side of the heroes it's not uncommon to see a character who does not otherwise appear serving as a push to inspire the hero. It could be a loved one who ends up dying or a more experienced hero who the character tries to catch up to. However, how often do they have an influence on things in the story aside from just giving a push to the hero? It doesn't seem that common to me. If I think about it, the one who most exemplifies that sort of thing would be Nagi from the manga Negima, as well his son Negi in the sequel series UQ Holder.
I'm more interested in the side of the villains though. It's common enough to hear a villain mentioned before they appear in order to hype them up, but they always end up showing up eventually. Is that really that necessary? I mean, think about Harry Potter. The first part of the first book is a good example of what I'm talking about, but even then they have voldie showing up in the end. Would it have affected anything to have had Quirell be a death eater seeking the stone to revive voldie without needing to have voldie show up? The second and third books are a good example of the sort of influence I'm talking about, but I'm not sure if I should count that since he already showed up in the first book.
I understand that you can't hype up this guy and then never do anything to resolve that, but isn't there ways to do that aside from the guy showing up?
What do you guys think?