I do get the objection, I do. Thing is, the way the Slayer thing works, there can be no history, nothing handed down from one generation to the next. (Big objection here to the [not a] scythe and Robin's bag of tricks, but I'll glide past.) The only way to provide a history, a knowledge base and a support structure is by coming up with a Council-like thing, but inevitably, the permanent institution (Council) sees itself as controlling the transient party (Slayer) rather than equal partners or a subservient organization. I can't help comparing it to Yes, Minister, which I've borrowed and am working through. The Secretary gets assigned by the PM to head the Department, but the Permanent Secretary, who was there before the Secretary and will be there after he's gone and knows how everything works. There's just no way for one Secretary/Slayer to learn everything that the Department/Council knows, and even if she does, this does no good for the next Secretary/Slayer.
Props to Joss, he created a superhero system with a built-in angst system. Spiderman, the Teen Titans and the New Mutants never mourn the idea that they're guaranteed a young and painful death and thus lose this possibility of plot.
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Date: 2005-05-25 09:07 pm (UTC)Props to Joss, he created a superhero system with a built-in angst system. Spiderman, the Teen Titans and the New Mutants never mourn the idea that they're guaranteed a young and painful death and thus lose this possibility of plot.