Taming Horses
‘Rapid City’ is about (among other things) power. It is about different individuals and their relationships to power. It is about what you do with the power you have and how you feel about the power you have.
These relationships are literal when it comes to the superheroes on the page, but they are also metaphorical for those of us doing the creating. You know, we have certain powers over this work, and our efforts, and we are responsible for how we use them. Power, glory, responsibility, duty, penalty….all that stuff. How we use our powers (for example: the power to draw awesome pictures), will determine the fate of “Rapid City”. See what a cool metaphor that is?
Different characters were created to represent different attitudes toward power.
The werewolves who turn up early in the first act are there to show the results of power gleefully unchecked. Not just loose, but wantonly running rampant. Power with no control.
Meanwhile, in the real world, pressure and time conspire against us and Jason found himself having trouble getting ahold of that creative energy. The power was in there, it just wasn’t doing what it was supposed to.
Back in “Rapid City”. The wolves must have an opposite. If they are power with no control, then there must be someone who has no power but complete control.
Enter Hector. One of the very few ‘normal’ humans in the main cast of characters. Hector represents control. He sees all use of power as excessive. Through training, focus, and determination, he turns the tables on those with powers. Exploiting their abilities as weaknesses.
They are the opposite ends of the spectrum. Power and control.
So, when Jason finds himself needing to not only tap into his power, but control it to get some work done…who comes out on his sketch pad?
Hector.
Hector, putting a beat-down on those wolves.
Hector, Tamer of Werewolves.
Josh
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