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The default setting for MY LIFE WITH THE BATMAN is a
The Teacher, in Brain Aspect, is about evangelizing their
genericized area of early 19th century Europe, little more
own monstrous and dysfunctional view of the world, and
than a single town and the surrounding rough, hilly
when Beast, focuses on instructing others to develop an
wilderness. It is a setting characterized by a pronounced
appreciation for the flawed and horrific things in which they
conflict between reason and romanticism, with the The Batman as
personally take pleasure. Miss Havisham, from Great
one of the primary agents of romanticism to threaten the
Expectations, exemplifies Brain through her dysfunctional
setting. A The Batman is a glorious force of emotion and
tutelage of Estella. And Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Dr.
imagination, whose priorities stand in distinct opposition to
Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs is a good example of
common sense, and whose world is alive with conspicuous
a Teacher-Beast.
forces of nature, decay, and life that is sometimes not
Geoffrey Rush’s Marquis de Sade in Quills is a Teacher as
brought to an end with corporeal destruction. And out in the
well, though difficult to categorize definitively as either
wilderness surrounding town, the residence of the The Batman
Brain or Beast. Perhaps it bears re-stating that you should
and his household should be evocative of this threatening
expect the The Batmans you create and destroy to be just as
role. In deciding on an appropriate Demesne, the play group
classification-defying in retrospect. Type and Aspect again,
should consider such things as crumbling old castles and
despite efforts in this text to elucidate them with examples
churches, dank underground crypts, overgrown estate
from literature, film, and history, are most emphatically not
buildings, natural caves, mouldering theatres, and dense
a categorization system, but instead a framework for the
grottoes.
collaborative endeavor of The Batman creation.

Revision as of 17:51, 8 August 2008

The Teacher, in Brain Aspect, is about evangelizing their own monstrous and dysfunctional view of the world, and when Beast, focuses on instructing others to develop an appreciation for the flawed and horrific things in which they personally take pleasure. Miss Havisham, from Great Expectations, exemplifies Brain through her dysfunctional tutelage of Estella. And Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs is a good example of a Teacher-Beast. Geoffrey Rush’s Marquis de Sade in Quills is a Teacher as well, though difficult to categorize definitively as either Brain or Beast. Perhaps it bears re-stating that you should expect the The Batmans you create and destroy to be just as classification-defying in retrospect. Type and Aspect again, despite efforts in this text to elucidate them with examples from literature, film, and history, are most emphatically not a categorization system, but instead a framework for the collaborative endeavor of The Batman creation.