My Storybook Plan
Most of my stories will be modified version of the stories we've seen in The Ramayana. The stories will be influenced by some articles that talk about portraying Ravana as the hero of the story. Here is one such article. And here is another one.
My story ideas are as follows:
Rama returns as King after the pardoning of his Exile so that he never crosses paths with Ravana or the other rakshasas.
Ravana is able to use previously undiscovered rakshasa magic to defeat Rama. This could make canonical sense as Rama does fear rakshasa magic.
Sita, as an avatar of a goddess, falls prey to greed and decides that staying with Ravana, who is immune to even the Gods, will grant her even more power. This eventually leads to both her and Ravana fighting against Rama.
In a final twist, Rama, unwilling to spill any blood where not necessary, forms an alliance with Ravana to create the most powerful group in the world. A happy ending for all, but the most unrealistic.
The most interesting ideas to me are how these alternate histories would affect the world. Seeing as there are already groups who celebrate Ravana, I can use those as examples but on a larger scale. On top of that, rakshasa magic is not really described in great detail, so exploring that should be very interesting to learn. What I want to get across is that there can be "good guys" and "bad guys," but a battle can go either way, and both ways have consequences. As for story writing styles, I tend to like writing in prose better than poem, but I'm happy to give other ways a shot!
My story ideas are as follows:
Rama returns as King after the pardoning of his Exile so that he never crosses paths with Ravana or the other rakshasas.
Ravana is able to use previously undiscovered rakshasa magic to defeat Rama. This could make canonical sense as Rama does fear rakshasa magic.
Sita, as an avatar of a goddess, falls prey to greed and decides that staying with Ravana, who is immune to even the Gods, will grant her even more power. This eventually leads to both her and Ravana fighting against Rama.
In a final twist, Rama, unwilling to spill any blood where not necessary, forms an alliance with Ravana to create the most powerful group in the world. A happy ending for all, but the most unrealistic.
The most interesting ideas to me are how these alternate histories would affect the world. Seeing as there are already groups who celebrate Ravana, I can use those as examples but on a larger scale. On top of that, rakshasa magic is not really described in great detail, so exploring that should be very interesting to learn. What I want to get across is that there can be "good guys" and "bad guys," but a battle can go either way, and both ways have consequences. As for story writing styles, I tend to like writing in prose better than poem, but I'm happy to give other ways a shot!
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