Hee, thank you! There's a lot I didn't get to mention here (I cut a couple of paragraphs from the first draft for being mostly irrelevant - there was a bit about them having similar appearances, but that's dubious at best)
Good point on that. Johan gets... pushy xD He definitely made himself look like far more of a threat than anyone else, whether he realized that or not (I'm inclined to say no, since Johan's first reflex to anyone being in trouble seems to be 'run towards the danger at high speed and disregard my personal safety'). One of the things I cut was whether Juudai noticed the same similarities or not, hence the rapid bonding, but for that to really work, there would have to be a more tangible connection between Johan and Yubel, which we have no evidence for. Not that I don't have several theories on that - I still want an explanation for that 'Have we met before' line.
I kind of wish that I would've been able to add in some Greek mythology... I suppose Rainbow Dragon was a messenger and a harbinger of war, in a sense, but it didn't seem to fit too well. Out of curiosity, have you ever read 'The Rainbow Bridge' by Raymond Lee and Alistair Frazer? It's a mostly general book on rainbows in several branches of science, but it did include a rather nice chapter on rainbows in world mythology. I found it a bit too general at times, but it gave a pretty nice overview. (Also, any suggestions for info on mythology in the Americas? That's one area of the world where my knowledge is woefully inadequate)
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Date: 2011-07-15 11:06 am (UTC)Good point on that. Johan gets... pushy xD He definitely made himself look like far more of a threat than anyone else, whether he realized that or not (I'm inclined to say no, since Johan's first reflex to anyone being in trouble seems to be 'run towards the danger at high speed and disregard my personal safety'). One of the things I cut was whether Juudai noticed the same similarities or not, hence the rapid bonding, but for that to really work, there would have to be a more tangible connection between Johan and Yubel, which we have no evidence for.
Not that I don't have several theories on that - I still want an explanation for that 'Have we met before' line.I kind of wish that I would've been able to add in some Greek mythology... I suppose Rainbow Dragon was a messenger and a harbinger of war, in a sense, but it didn't seem to fit too well. Out of curiosity, have you ever read 'The Rainbow Bridge' by Raymond Lee and Alistair Frazer? It's a mostly general book on rainbows in several branches of science, but it did include a rather nice chapter on rainbows in world mythology. I found it a bit too general at times, but it gave a pretty nice overview. (Also, any suggestions for info on mythology in the Americas? That's one area of the world where my knowledge is woefully inadequate)