My Life As A Writer: It Ain't Hard To Entertain While Being Interesting

Sabaton put up a new lyric video for "The Red Baron" today.

Fantastic video for a fantastic video about a fantastic hero who should be celebrated.

What if I told you that this man was an inspiration for another famous red-clad war hero?

I don't know if that's true or not, but damn if it doesn't feel right.

Which leads to a point about Star Knight: many in Galactic Christendom believe Char Aznable existed, with some actually making this connection in some form or another. As with other historical or pseudo-historical figures from before the Cataclysm, Char's story is just so compelling that people want to believe that he existed and so this folk belief got traction- especially during an era marked by wars against inhuman powers requiring heroic struggle to overcome.

"But that's silly!"

Uh-huh. Two words: Robin Hood.

While he's not venerated as a saint (officially) like Simo Hähyä or Ichiro Itano, he's seen as an aspirational figure and many model themselves after him. I make this clear with Dashing Jack, as [REDACTED] is definitely invoking that image and associated mythology, and Jack has own reasons for going along with it.

That's how you (a) use a Char clone, (b) comment on the trope, (c) do something interesting with it while (d) respecting the original and (e) entertaining the audience. If Sunrise could do that with Full Frontal in Unicorn, I can do that with Jack.