Showing posts with label Week 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 7. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Week 7 Story Planning: A New Face in This Part of The Wild West

A New Face in This Part of The Wild West

Talented, handsome, witty, and bold. 

His voice was deep and raspy. His breath smelt of sweet tobacco from the cigar he typically kept in the mouth. He spoke words slow and sweet paying attention to those who observed him, but he rarely spoke at all. His lips pursed together to form a line, and his brow was usually furrowed. He was tall and slender, his clothes hung a little loose, but he was toned and strong.

His skin was thick and dark, tanned by the sun. His golden color contrasted his eyes. They were a foggy green, beautifully unique. His hair was brown and covered by his hat, but his beard was blond, bleached by the sun. 

He was slow to anger but quick to draw. He could sling pistols better than anyone who ever crossed him, and that was exactly what he was traveling across the West to do. 

"Bad guys go runnin' Whenever he's in town. He's the rootinest, tootinest. Shootinest, hootinest cowboy around", and His name was Eastwood. Arjuna Eastwood. 



Image Information: Arjuna
Author: Illusion
Source: Wikimedia

Image Information: Clint Eastwood (Arjuna)
Author: Sergio Leone
Source: Wikimedia



Authors Note:
I wanted to take what I had gathered from the Mahabharata and developed my first character for the Wild West. I took an interest in Arjuna and want him to be the town heartthrob. (Maybe Rama will be in my storybook). I think that I needed a strong male character to carry over into my story book. If you have any suggestions on character development for Arjuna, PLEASE tell. 

Side thoughts for continuation: 
Arjuna was famous in several towns throughout the western region. Arjuna was known for defending towns that were being attacked by the Indian people. 

It wasn't that Arjuna disliked the natives. He didn't enjoy taking down their tribes, but he needed to make a living. You see, a man like Arjuna makes of list of his priorities and will let nothing and no-one stand in his way. Arjunas momma was back up North, and she was sick. Really sick. Arjuna had made it his life mission to provide for her in any way he can, and shooting down Indian tribes for the western towns paid well. Real well. 


On a quiet, smoldering, dusty afternoon Arjuna rode his trusty horse Cantu into a city he'd never visited, El Santo.

Source:
Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition
http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/mahabharata-online-public-domain-edition.html

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/randy+newman/woodys+roundup_20804643.html

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Reading Notes: Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition Part D

Reading Part D

Bhishma Falls

Bhisma as an elephant. I have alway loved the images of the Indian Elephants. Bhisma wouldn't kill a women.. UNTIL HE DID. (A Story?) 
Arjuna went forth on the 10th day and made a woman into a male. I like Arjuna.

Drona in Command

Arjuna seems like the hero in a lot of common stories. I like that.
This seems like a gladiator scene. With the fighting and animals. I wonder if that could be translated into the Wild West smoothly.

Abhimanyu and Jayadratha

The scene of a shattered chariot but still fighting reminds me of a horse carriage in the west getting shot down but the men still fighting, maybe for honor or for a woman. 
A story inspired by this one about the description of death... It might be unique.

Ghatotkacha

Brothers fighting against brother and fathers killing sons. 
What a war scene. A night filled with horrors. How would Arjuna successfully call peace for sleep?
A great Wild West fighting scene would be ideal with this story.

Death of Drona

The son of Drona kept his father undefeated.

Bhima and Duhshasana

The great war in these stories could provide small details for a new story, or I could take the general idea of war to develop my story.
Bhima cutting off a head and drinking blood... GROSS.

Arjuna and Karna

Arjunas arrows could become bullets in the Wild West. 
Arjuna could keep his bow and be a tribal Indian.

Duryodhana in the Lake

Karna was slain. 
The 18th day of the war was waged.
Son of Drona was one of the survivors as well as hidden Duryodhana. 
The idea of retiring to the jungle (dessert) and meditate.

The Raid

Duryodhana was dying on the battlefield.
The Pandavas were attacked while they were sleeping.
Personifying the stars.
Casting their bodies into the flames.. (like a bible story)

Ashwatthaman's Jewel

Draupadi mourns the death of her brother and sons.

Mourning

Wives weeping for dead husbands and mothers moaning for their sons... Good imagery for the battle to be held in the Wild West. 
Bhima lives on at this point.

The Pandavas and Bhishma

Pandu princes revisit the man lying on the field of battle waiting to die. 
Can I write reincarnation into the Wild West?
Terrible 12-year drought, bones everywhere.
Men eating humans.
Morbid ways of the Cowboys maybe?


King Yudhishthira's Horse
Parikshit
Horse Sacrifice
The Mongoose
The Forest and its Ghosts
Death of Krishna
The Pandavas Depart
The Afterlife


Image Information: Duryodhana Showing his Army to Drona 
Author: Ramanarayanadatta astri
Source: Wikimedia
Source:

Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition
http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/mahabharata-online-public-domain-edition.html