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Let’s talk about our samurais for a bit shall we?

They are Sophia’s door to the unknown world. What is the unknown world? Well, it is a world out of the routine she built for herself, out of her zone of confidence. Their role is changing now because I won’t be able to have a bus for the short movie, too expensive. Soit seems that they’ll be waiting at a bus stop and they’ll be following her as she’ll start to walk her way out of the city. They’ll follow, bringing Sophia to worry, fear and mybe, eventually, accept them. Once out of the city, they’ll be her only link with her routine. She’ll come to understand that she needs to be reassured, she needs to have someone by her side, anyone. Finally she’ll understand that anyone is not always a good thing and she’ll come to realize that the most important thing for her right now is to stand by herself, to gain confidence and lose a bit of her depence.

Once she achieves this, they’ll bow, turn around and leave.

They represent the beginning of Sophia’s arc.

I understand that it might look starnge to see them behave like some sort of angels who come there next to her and by saying nothing will solve some of her problems. I don’t think they’ll solve anything though and they’ll be as much of a burden as they’ll be opening her eyes. Who on Earth would want to have two people following them everywhere, hence people dressed like samurai? Well, I’m sure some people would, it’s kind of reassuring to have someone by your side, always. But that is what Sophia needs to leave behind. She does not only need someone by her side, she depends on this person to make the decisions, to drive her life. And nobody should let anyone drive their life.

I haven’t decided yet how far they’ll go with her, I am still in the process of writing. Plus, I have been looking around for my cast and props as I write. Is it wrong? Should it be about the story before anything? I can’t say right now because, yes I get influenced for my writing depending on what I can get and what I can’t, but I do write a movie towards geting it made and that’s what it’s all about isn’t it? Getting the movie made.

Music listened while writing this post: ‘Des’Ree – Kissing You’