I'm curious, have you looked at the Knight of Wands for Deon? I think the card, as you said, works super well for Dusty, but that of the reversed card match up with Deon at Long December:
The Knight of Wands reversed indicates delays and frustration, getting nowhere, and feeling anger at obstacles and at being denied what you want to have. This card, in the reversed position, represents a loss of personal power or the negative use of power. It can indicate that you are trying to camouflage or compensate for your inability to control this situation. Accompanying emotions would involve a loss of self-esteem and pessimism.
Also, I am amused that one of the health issues for the King of Wands is wheelchair. X3333.
I think part of why I like Deon and Mara is how well their particular drives gel together. For two ridiculously driven people, it is very surprising that there isn't a constant posturing between the two for dominance. I believe Shot Wars started out that way, but it eventually became a code for a deeper sort of connection, a friendly rivalry that deepened into a more satisfying allegiance of their awesomeness. So while there is undoubtedly a lot of competitiveness with the two, their drives frequently run parallel with one another, encouraging the other rather than pushing the other down. You can see this working in a positive light during the Running log. I think it makes the eventual fallout over Deon leaving that much more painful, because from Mara's standpoint, she just got run over by Deon's chariot and the dumbass is too stupid to realize she's been left behind. XD
What makes the whole thing exciting, obviously, is the opportunity for growth Long December offers. I think it really is a huge turning point for them both, an opportunity to escape the negative paths both are on and actually help one another onto a more mature and positive growth cycle. And I really think the beauty of the two characters is they wouldn't *have* to be on a romantic journey for this growth to happen. Because there's friendship there, strengthened by Shot Wars and Fighting The Good Fight and Sharing with one another.
And from Mara's standpoint, Deon being the Chariot completely validates her attraction to him. Because Deon is undeniably this masculine, confident, champion figure, the type of guy you KNOW is going to change things but isn't going to let them change him. So there's a false sense of stability to Deon, that no matter what happens he'll be on the couch with a warm beer and some snarky comment one minute, out killing the bad guys the next. Because Mara can't see the Devil card in Deon, and I think if she'd had more of a hint of the baggage he was carrying around, she'd never have gotten herself tangled up with him in the first place. Which would have been a HUGE loss all around, so I'm pretty happy they were both drunk XD
I think around Deon, Mara actually feels like a woman, which is incredibly overwhelming/addicting when you think of Mara's issues with control and abandonment. She doesn't think she has to worry about either with Deon, which lets her reach out more with him than she would with anyone else. She can just be herself with Deon, doesn't have to put on fancy clothes for approval, doesn't have to watch her tongue, doesn't have to be "normal" to fit in. But this is a false sense of security, because both of them have their demons that are holding them back, and what they are doing isn't really being adults so much as avoiding/being oblivious to their issues. Which really makes Deon an interesting character to foil against Dusty and Mara against Tasha.
I'm starting to get super tired, so I'm going to stop babbling about Deon and Mara because you've heard it all anyway and I can't figure out how any of this relates to Deon's cards anymore XD.
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Date: 2010-05-14 02:55 pm (UTC)Perfect cards *___*
I'm curious, have you looked at the Knight of Wands for Deon? I think the card, as you said, works super well for Dusty, but that of the reversed card match up with Deon at Long December:
Also, I am amused that one of the health issues for the King of Wands is wheelchair. X3333.
I think part of why I like Deon and Mara is how well their particular drives gel together. For two ridiculously driven people, it is very surprising that there isn't a constant posturing between the two for dominance. I believe Shot Wars started out that way, but it eventually became a code for a deeper sort of connection, a friendly rivalry that deepened into a more satisfying allegiance of their awesomeness. So while there is undoubtedly a lot of competitiveness with the two, their drives frequently run parallel with one another, encouraging the other rather than pushing the other down. You can see this working in a positive light during the Running log. I think it makes the eventual fallout over Deon leaving that much more painful, because from Mara's standpoint, she just got run over by Deon's chariot and the dumbass is too stupid to realize she's been left behind. XD
What makes the whole thing exciting, obviously, is the opportunity for growth Long December offers. I think it really is a huge turning point for them both, an opportunity to escape the negative paths both are on and actually help one another onto a more mature and positive growth cycle. And I really think the beauty of the two characters is they wouldn't *have* to be on a romantic journey for this growth to happen. Because there's friendship there, strengthened by Shot Wars and Fighting The Good Fight and Sharing with one another.
And from Mara's standpoint, Deon being the Chariot completely validates her attraction to him. Because Deon is undeniably this masculine, confident, champion figure, the type of guy you KNOW is going to change things but isn't going to let them change him. So there's a false sense of stability to Deon, that no matter what happens he'll be on the couch with a warm beer and some snarky comment one minute, out killing the bad guys the next. Because Mara can't see the Devil card in Deon, and I think if she'd had more of a hint of the baggage he was carrying around, she'd never have gotten herself tangled up with him in the first place. Which would have been a HUGE loss all around, so I'm pretty happy they were both drunk XD
I think around Deon, Mara actually feels like a woman, which is incredibly overwhelming/addicting when you think of Mara's issues with control and abandonment. She doesn't think she has to worry about either with Deon, which lets her reach out more with him than she would with anyone else. She can just be herself with Deon, doesn't have to put on fancy clothes for approval, doesn't have to watch her tongue, doesn't have to be "normal" to fit in. But this is a false sense of security, because both of them have their demons that are holding them back, and what they are doing isn't really being adults so much as avoiding/being oblivious to their issues. Which really makes Deon an interesting character to foil against Dusty and Mara against Tasha.
I'm starting to get super tired, so I'm going to stop babbling about Deon and Mara because you've heard it all anyway and I can't figure out how any of this relates to Deon's cards anymore XD.