Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13493003-20130915225543/@comment-6192846-20130915232608

Story of Evil.

Both the songs and the characters have evoked much more open sympathy, tears, and sadness than what Original Sin has pitched at me. Of course, Story of Evil has the advantage of novels to give a narrative format to its story and has far less missing details.

Still, the tragedy of Riliane and Allen is more than just theirs. The situation sucks for everyone in that story and is far more layered. This gives it a degree of realism, and no matter which side wins, everyone loses. Clarith is being abused by the people of Elphegort. You hear that sentence alone and you think "K, they are the bad guys". But then you have said nation getting absolutely slaughtered (even its innocent, normal people) because one girl got her pride hurt. "K, she's now the bad guy." But then you begin to sympathize with her and your like, "Okay, WHO IS THE BAD GUY?!" And this is me presenting it in a linear manner.

Characters like Mariam, Germaine, Allen, Riliane, and Clarith are immortalized for me by their life of suck caused by the events that transpired. The story also has some unexpected twists, which helps with the interlacing relationships that makes it all come crashing down together.

Original Sin Story has some of that too. The more I listen to her song, the more sympathy I feel for Meta. Elluka's death and Kirill's suffering also are somewhat growing on me. The others? Not so much. I care nothing for Milki or Li. Both actually seem like I should dislike them. Irina has her shining moments but they are for villainy, not tragedy. Seth is in that same boat. We don't even know about Pale and I care not for Adam and Eve's parenting problems.

I think the problem is that this story is played out as more of a macabre than a tragedy. The only songs I feel were supposed to portray sadness are Escape and Recollective, which both succeed, but not to the extent of the others imo. I find Original Sin to be more like a classical epic than a tragedy. That's how I see it.