Comments on: Magical Motivations

By: nolrai

nolrai — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:58 +0000

http://lesswrong.com/lw/nb/something_to_protect/ Talks about this and is rather moraly condemning of the American superhero moral stance. I think rightly!

By: Anime

Anime — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:03:51 +0000

the 3rd girl the small one shes so cute whats her name?

By: Venus Rozen Power

Venus Rozen Power — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:50 +0000

Maybe you should take examples from more archetypical magical girls. For example: Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon has a very personal motivation, in the manga this motivation is much stronger, I mean protecting the whole universe, because if does not do it, she will lose EVERYTHING, her family, her friends, her destinated future, her happynes, and as hinted by Sailor Cosmos "The whole Universe was destroyed by Sailor Chaos to the point of that nothing could be saved". And of course Usagi can´t let this happening.
Ahiru from Princess Tutu has another very personal reason, she retrieves the pieces of the prince's heart because that's the role in the story that Drossellmayer planned for her, but also because she wants Mytho/Sigfried/The Prince happy again so he can have what any normal human has: Feelings.
You could make it a romantic motivation directd to a personal love interest, and saving the world for being happy with him, like in Wedding Peach or (partially) the relationship between Coco and Nozomi in Yes! Precure 5.
Well I don´t know if this kind of motivations fit in the hero system but I hope they result useful for your character.

By: Kikaifan

Kikaifan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:24 +0000

Oh man, I used to run a semiretired Dark Magical Girl in Ewen Cluney's Magical World using BESM. Good times.

You could go the opposite direction from Lina, make her rabidly loyal to a particular individual or group. Like the Wolkenritter.

By: Della

Della — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:09:14 +0000

As a fellow roleplayer, I agree with the "Lacking Motivation" part. My game of choice is Exalted, where you are REQUIRED by the system to select a motivation for your character: something epic, like defeating that archvillain or saving the world from the forces of Madness or Entropy or creating an invincible army or the perfect utopia or whatever. Most magical girls DO in fact have a Motivation, but it's often more subtle and low-key. Most just want to live in peace, make friends, and do good. Especially do good. It's not really low-key, now that I think about it: it's more generic. It's not a definite goal. You could either find a reasonable, definite "offensive" Motivation (like The Villain Must Be Stopped), a more "defensive" one (Protect The Peace Of My Town / The Earth / Whatever), or just be, like most other magical girls, someone who does what's right not because of some deep-rooted reason or tragic past, but simply because it's the good thing to do.

By: Balorn

Balorn — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:15:34 +0000

"I was then told that this character lacked motivation." Apparently superheroes aren't allowed to know that being granted power also grants responsibility unless it's repeatedly pounded into their head. Knowing it before losing (or almost losing) someone or something important means they're too genre-savvy to be considered a "regular" superhero.