[OOC] Notes/Impressions of CFUD
This is more a compilation of notes explaining Casshern's reactions to CFUD, his mission in general and his current outlook. I'm using this more of a general reference for my play. (I like how this all looked so much better in my head)
I think I need to start off by explaining how wide a gap there is to the world Casshern is from and the world he is in now. Before episode nine, I was pretty sure plant-life did not exist! The only animal ever seen on screen to date is a lizard (which promptly got eaten). To Ringo, the most ingenuous thing she has ever seen is a glass bottle. So understandably, Casshern doesn't know much in terms of biology and ecological systems at all! So he's not being dense or naive when he points out things that are/seem to be common sense/knowledge. He really doesn't know! And he does want to learn. Casshern doesn't enjoy living in a state of ignorance. He makes persistent efforts to learn his past/what he is, even when these answers would cause him more grief in the future. That being said, he hasn't really processed the concept of lying. That everyone might not be telling him the truth! While the characters of Casshern Sins are complex in nature, they are incredibly straightforward. The idea of someone lying/not telling him the "whole" truth hasn't really entered his head.
But Casshern does have principles! Basic ones, but they exist. He doesn't want to hurt people, he wants to protect them, he fundamentally wants to be the cause for the betterment of the world, to save it from the mistakes he has made. Casshern has never stopped blaming himself, not once, since he discovered he was the reason for the ruin of his world, the cause of Luna's death. And while this is not the world from whence he came, Casshern is still aware of the weight of his sins can't be easily shrugged off or forgotten, so he tries to help the people of CFUD in whatever way he can. And to him, no sacrifice is small enough. He is willing to die for every single person in camp. Please note! Casshern no longer has the death wish he was harbouring in the beginning. He doesn't want to die (anymore. For now. Uhm), he wants to first atone for his sins and find out his past! But if him dying means someone else out there is safe, is happy, then he'd do it in a heartbeat, simple as that.
On the concept of happiness, Casshern is not really in tune with himself. He's very selfless and very new to the world. Someone once said on a blog that "Casshern was like a newborn child". That, I find, sums up his mentality very neatly. Just picture a child, a blank slate, being told his life is the cause of everything bad in the world! That is how Casshern started. So the idea of a personal happiness, one where he enjoys for the sake of himself and no one... doesn't exist! He's never been given cause to ever think like that and people in camp have started prodding that. He's still very confused over the idea of being considered, being welcomed. Thinking about himself would be a very, very big step.
Thoughts? Questions? I would love to discuss this with anyone.
I think I need to start off by explaining how wide a gap there is to the world Casshern is from and the world he is in now. Before episode nine, I was pretty sure plant-life did not exist! The only animal ever seen on screen to date is a lizard (which promptly got eaten). To Ringo, the most ingenuous thing she has ever seen is a glass bottle. So understandably, Casshern doesn't know much in terms of biology and ecological systems at all! So he's not being dense or naive when he points out things that are/seem to be common sense/knowledge. He really doesn't know! And he does want to learn. Casshern doesn't enjoy living in a state of ignorance. He makes persistent efforts to learn his past/what he is, even when these answers would cause him more grief in the future. That being said, he hasn't really processed the concept of lying. That everyone might not be telling him the truth! While the characters of Casshern Sins are complex in nature, they are incredibly straightforward. The idea of someone lying/not telling him the "whole" truth hasn't really entered his head.
But Casshern does have principles! Basic ones, but they exist. He doesn't want to hurt people, he wants to protect them, he fundamentally wants to be the cause for the betterment of the world, to save it from the mistakes he has made. Casshern has never stopped blaming himself, not once, since he discovered he was the reason for the ruin of his world, the cause of Luna's death. And while this is not the world from whence he came, Casshern is still aware of the weight of his sins can't be easily shrugged off or forgotten, so he tries to help the people of CFUD in whatever way he can. And to him, no sacrifice is small enough. He is willing to die for every single person in camp. Please note! Casshern no longer has the death wish he was harbouring in the beginning. He doesn't want to die (anymore. For now. Uhm), he wants to first atone for his sins and find out his past! But if him dying means someone else out there is safe, is happy, then he'd do it in a heartbeat, simple as that.
On the concept of happiness, Casshern is not really in tune with himself. He's very selfless and very new to the world. Someone once said on a blog that "Casshern was like a newborn child". That, I find, sums up his mentality very neatly. Just picture a child, a blank slate, being told his life is the cause of everything bad in the world! That is how Casshern started. So the idea of a personal happiness, one where he enjoys for the sake of himself and no one... doesn't exist! He's never been given cause to ever think like that and people in camp have started prodding that. He's still very confused over the idea of being considered, being welcomed. Thinking about himself would be a very, very big step.
Thoughts? Questions? I would love to discuss this with anyone.