Choosing money over love, aka hard work,
seems a viable brilliant plan, but there is a risk too. I am not such a bore to lecture you on
morality. I just merely point out that a
person who falls for gold-diggers is less perceptive, thus, less considerate of
others and ultimately less responsible.
Money and irresponsibility do not get along well. I have seen many cases of gold diggers who
did not end up with as much money as they anticipated. One even confessed at his old age that he
wished he had married the beautiful woman he had passed up. Regret is bitch, and this is certainly not a
lecture.
CHARACTERS in my Graphic Novel
SERPENT
represents the frailty that sees us stray from the path and often into
darkness. Big predators make the
headlines, but ordinary people are tempted to commit small-scale cheating when
shielded under anonymity. On good days we can fight off the temptation, but on
bad days when we have just lost something, our hands reach out for it while a
sinking feeling spreads inside our hearts, warning us that this is not the way
to get even with life. However, God or the universe may not mind if the gain is
minimal. So we tell ourselves.
Perhaps,
horror stories draw us in because we may slip into darkness at any time at our
own will. We may need religion or
fantasy stories, hoping they will bring us back into the light. I am too chicken to wrong individuals, but my
integrity did not always hold firm against faceless organizations. My story combines horror and fantasy, but you
will find it oddly accurate because I will not sugarcoat the truth. To myself,
I will be brutal.
GODDESS
IRIS/NEMESIS: Instead of picking
one from the existing religions, all of which I respect, I opted to represent
the universe's will via Goddess IRIS. God gave us light, and Goddess followed
it up with the sound, but as sound travels slower than light, no one knows her
existence despite benefiting from her gift, music. Something turned this once
open-book IRIS into NEMESIS, Goddess of Retribution.
THE
SPIRIT of LOUIS XIII: The king of France who reigned
from 14 May 1610 – to 14
May 1643. Enigmatic character the world may not have fully appreciated,
not unlike the current, which can be substantial even if the river looks calm.
OMELETTE: the dog who was the pet of Louis XIII in its former life.
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