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Mar. 2nd, 2015 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwilde Brainstorming behind the cut for a story idea I have...
The story concept is basically people who discover they are psychopomps. Love the idea but I haven't really thought of a good story to go with it. Some fo the things on the beat sheet are exploring various afterlives with a truly respectful tone. On the fence if I would bother with either of the big two (three?) since they tend towards believing that nothing else is relevant and so showing a Christian soul lost in saw Valhalla and in need to guidance or a druid soul lost in the Muslim afterlife seems as if it would be disrespectful to me.
Anyway, an idea just occurred to me (after seeing this webcomic (link has animated gifs, no screamers though)) for a possible plot or at least a reason for the need for psychopomps, aside from the odd soul being lost. What if souls that don't make it to the afterlife leave a residue that affects mental states. Sort of like emotional ectoplasm. I know Ghostbusters touched on this in the sequel, but that seemed more a special case than a regular occurrence.
I would need to be careful with this idea as I wouldn't want to come off as saying ghosts are the cause of depression.
The story concept is basically people who discover they are psychopomps. Love the idea but I haven't really thought of a good story to go with it. Some fo the things on the beat sheet are exploring various afterlives with a truly respectful tone. On the fence if I would bother with either of the big two (three?) since they tend towards believing that nothing else is relevant and so showing a Christian soul lost in saw Valhalla and in need to guidance or a druid soul lost in the Muslim afterlife seems as if it would be disrespectful to me.
Anyway, an idea just occurred to me (after seeing this webcomic (link has animated gifs, no screamers though)) for a possible plot or at least a reason for the need for psychopomps, aside from the odd soul being lost. What if souls that don't make it to the afterlife leave a residue that affects mental states. Sort of like emotional ectoplasm. I know Ghostbusters touched on this in the sequel, but that seemed more a special case than a regular occurrence.
I would need to be careful with this idea as I wouldn't want to come off as saying ghosts are the cause of depression.
