Definitely technology. Much variety in that and definitely requires reasonable knowledge of what you're working with.
Same can be said for magic...but that's pretty easy to work with in comparison to real technology.
Unfortunately in TV series, the characters that are on the spotlight will almost always be good looking. Why? Cause it's TV and people pay to watch good looking individuals. Unfortunately this is often the case and I am sure there are some shows out there that might have a monstrous looking...
I mean...in mainstream pop culture, we have Twilight, True Blood, Warm Bodies, Hemlock Grove, Once Upon a Time, etc depicting these inverse roles, so I would disagree with there not being enough mainstream attention. Beauty = good I'm pretty sure we've had some series already played off...hell...
The act of inverting symbolism is interesting when the idea has never been bought up or depicted by a mass or those that are interested. However, the act of inverting light to be bad and dark to be good has been done quite amount of times that, well in my opinion, becomes a bore.
Monsters are...
Being nasty in appearance is only the basic part of being a monster.
If you're wanting to make something that people can relate to and be some sort of gentleman that fits perfectly into society, I wouldn't call that a monster. By definition, not only is a monster considered ugly and...
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Hello, Dark here. Today I bring upon a question that affiliates with the combative side of roleplay. I am curious to hear from the community what they think is the deadliest weapon around within roleplay and what would be their reason behind it. Perhaps even share some experiences?
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If you are referring to characters that are monsters in terms of being beast like and having a horrifying appearance, it's because of various reasons.
1) Whether you agree or not, most roleplayers like to identify with their characters, so often we will see humanoid characters with somewhat...