Saturday, June 17, 2006
Butterfly
[Brainstorming notes to consider while making revisions in the next draft. Some themes and elements need more work to cement them into story.]
Why a butterfly? From the beginning, the blue-black butterflies have been powerful images for this story. I knew butterflies from the very beginning. Why, though?
It goes back to her father. The years in his research lab, when she was his princess and he was the brilliant genius who could save anybody. Save the world. Did he collect them? Did he tell her a story about them? Something. It became HERS though, over time. Her signature. Perhaps something tied to her mother's death. I've often seen butterflies about dead animals, a beautiful yet gruesome picture. She could consider it some kind of sign, though. She feels guilty about her mother's death, but her strength at that time defined her. She became BEAUTIFUL DEATH because of that first mercy killing.
So I think the butterfly is tied to her mother, not her father. I think that makes it more powerful. The royal-blue color was from her father -- it matches their eyes. But the symbol itself is tied to her mother's death.
It needs to carry through the story, though. At another dark moment or moment of death, she needs to see the butterfly, or recognize it in some way.
Also, there's something about Icarus. How did he know about the butterfly? It's likely something she told him, and he latched onto it as a trademark for her personality in the Cities. I've long been playing with the idea that he's betraying her somehow. That he gave or continues to give Zeus information about her. Then when Zeus began his manipulation via the virus, he created her trademark wings in her power. But why would he do this if the butterfly sign came from her mother? Not really sure yet. Keep thinking. The pieces will fall into place eventually.
From dream interpretation:
A dream of a butterfly could be telling you to settle down and not to flit from person to person or it could have to do with social situations.. The bigger and more beautiful the butterfly, the more of an impression you will make on society, or at a special function that you must attend. Use the other symbols in your dream to get you on the right track. Link
More: (emphasis mine)
A butterfly within a dream often symbolizes the onset of a period of transformation
Symbolic of a life cycle
Learning to release the past and embrace the new
Living in the present
A need to slow down and reflect on your growth thus far
Beauty, lightness, freedom, sensitivity
A disfigured butterfly may symbolize having outgrown your present situation or cycle
Failure to commit or invest time in something, flitting around
Someone who is unable to stick to one interest, place or occupation for a reasonable period of time
Butterflies in the tummy are indicative of nervousness, anxiety, worry or stress
A person who never settles with one interest or in one place for long
The colour of the butterfly may provide further interpretational clues.
Link
More (ignoring the stuff on infidelity)
butterfly is a symbol of changeability. It may imply that you are going through an inner change like caterpillar transforms into a butterfly! And this change is going to be positive. Link
Why a butterfly? From the beginning, the blue-black butterflies have been powerful images for this story. I knew butterflies from the very beginning. Why, though?
It goes back to her father. The years in his research lab, when she was his princess and he was the brilliant genius who could save anybody. Save the world. Did he collect them? Did he tell her a story about them? Something. It became HERS though, over time. Her signature. Perhaps something tied to her mother's death. I've often seen butterflies about dead animals, a beautiful yet gruesome picture. She could consider it some kind of sign, though. She feels guilty about her mother's death, but her strength at that time defined her. She became BEAUTIFUL DEATH because of that first mercy killing.
So I think the butterfly is tied to her mother, not her father. I think that makes it more powerful. The royal-blue color was from her father -- it matches their eyes. But the symbol itself is tied to her mother's death.
It needs to carry through the story, though. At another dark moment or moment of death, she needs to see the butterfly, or recognize it in some way.
Also, there's something about Icarus. How did he know about the butterfly? It's likely something she told him, and he latched onto it as a trademark for her personality in the Cities. I've long been playing with the idea that he's betraying her somehow. That he gave or continues to give Zeus information about her. Then when Zeus began his manipulation via the virus, he created her trademark wings in her power. But why would he do this if the butterfly sign came from her mother? Not really sure yet. Keep thinking. The pieces will fall into place eventually.
From dream interpretation:
A dream of a butterfly could be telling you to settle down and not to flit from person to person or it could have to do with social situations.. The bigger and more beautiful the butterfly, the more of an impression you will make on society, or at a special function that you must attend. Use the other symbols in your dream to get you on the right track. Link
More: (emphasis mine)
A butterfly within a dream often symbolizes the onset of a period of transformation
Symbolic of a life cycle
Learning to release the past and embrace the new
Living in the present
A need to slow down and reflect on your growth thus far
Beauty, lightness, freedom, sensitivity
A disfigured butterfly may symbolize having outgrown your present situation or cycle
Failure to commit or invest time in something, flitting around
Someone who is unable to stick to one interest, place or occupation for a reasonable period of time
Butterflies in the tummy are indicative of nervousness, anxiety, worry or stress
A person who never settles with one interest or in one place for long
The colour of the butterfly may provide further interpretational clues.
Link
More (ignoring the stuff on infidelity)
butterfly is a symbol of changeability. It may imply that you are going through an inner change like caterpillar transforms into a butterfly! And this change is going to be positive. Link
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