Post #4: Stereotypes

 Blog #4

#1: Chosen Character

I decide to choose Maxwell from the Scribblenauts series for the character that I wanted to play some Tropes with. 


#2: How Fits with Tropes

When looking over a lot of the reading, I noticed as he fits fairly well with some of the tropes that were listed such as:
  • Justified: He fits this through himself being one of the only two people who holds the notebook that can save the world. The other being his doubleganger. This gives a in universe reason why he is in the story.
  • Inverted: He fits with this due to him being blamed for crimes throughout the story but in the end the crimes carried out were do to his doubleganger that posed as Maxwell which convinced others he was responsible making him the victim like the reading explains about the butler example
  • Enforced: The creators give the player multiple ways to solve the puzzles which implies that they like to make the player enjoy the imaginative side of the game.
  • Played for Drama: The reason Maxwell needs to get stars and carry out these tasks is due to his sister being trapped in stone unless he gets enough stars. In this way it connects to the drama aspect of what motivates the main person within the story. (Playing with Trope)

#3: Playing With Tropes

Some ways in which I could play with the trope is by swapping certain aspects of the character that may change the way the character is seen. Such examples could be changing Maxwell from being inverted to being double subverted where the creator makes him out to be a great person and innocent to later find that it was all an act and he has grand bad intentions bring out a twist in character. Or perhaps there was no actual Drama behind the character and instead he is doing this simply for his own enjoyment, it could lead to Maxwell following a different path without the factor of saving his sister.

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