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Tropes and Scope [Class 2, Period Three]
"Hello, class!" Belle called cheerfully, as the students assembled in the Danger Shop. Today, they would find themselves not in last week's nondescript classroom, but in a possibly familiar set of cliffside ruins. Belle herself was perched on a crumbling bit of stone, a group of swords and some strips of cloth laying on the ground beside her. "Now, last week, we talked about what types of stories you all like to read, and one of the most popular answers was action and adventure -- which, to be perfectly honest, is my favorite, too. We're going to spend a couple of weeks running through some of the great patterns you find in each genre before moving onto the next, and I figured...well, what better way to kick off action than with action?"
She hopped off her sword, selecting two cloths -- one black, and one white. "How many of your favorite books, plays, or movies," she was still trying to act like that concept wasn't unfamiliar to her, but it was hard, "feature a great fight between two opposing forces? Sure, our favorite stories might deal with one man against many, or two armies running at each other at full force, but oftentimes, it comes down to one versus one. I borrowed this setting because from what I understand, there's a film with a famous swordfighting scene that takes place here, and while the color scheme is off -- black is usually signifying evil, while white stands for good -- I thought it might work for our purposes today."
She started to move through the class, alternating between passing out white and black cloths, along with a list for each student. "Tie these around your wrist or waist or into your hair -- I don't particularly care. Team White, you stand for the good, the right, the moral high ground. Team Black, you oppose them -- you stand for personal gain, for evil, for selfishness. Remember these things as you fight, because they should influence your choices. I want you to team up, and everyone grab a sword. While the ends are blunt and you won't hurt yourselves, I want you to reenact a classic swordfight using as many of the tropes on that list as possible. Afterwards, I want you to think about how many times in your life you've seen those actually used. It's probably more than you think."
She hopped off her sword, selecting two cloths -- one black, and one white. "How many of your favorite books, plays, or movies," she was still trying to act like that concept wasn't unfamiliar to her, but it was hard, "feature a great fight between two opposing forces? Sure, our favorite stories might deal with one man against many, or two armies running at each other at full force, but oftentimes, it comes down to one versus one. I borrowed this setting because from what I understand, there's a film with a famous swordfighting scene that takes place here, and while the color scheme is off -- black is usually signifying evil, while white stands for good -- I thought it might work for our purposes today."
She started to move through the class, alternating between passing out white and black cloths, along with a list for each student. "Tie these around your wrist or waist or into your hair -- I don't particularly care. Team White, you stand for the good, the right, the moral high ground. Team Black, you oppose them -- you stand for personal gain, for evil, for selfishness. Remember these things as you fight, because they should influence your choices. I want you to team up, and everyone grab a sword. While the ends are blunt and you won't hurt yourselves, I want you to reenact a classic swordfight using as many of the tropes on that list as possible. Afterwards, I want you to think about how many times in your life you've seen those actually used. It's probably more than you think."
Re: Listen to the Lecture [Tropes 2]
To you, Karla. Only to you.