Long Term Character Development
Mar 13, 2021 19:30:55 GMT -5
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Post by Angusdacat on Mar 13, 2021 19:30:55 GMT -5
I know there's not "long term" anything anymore but something that was on my mind today was how Triple H's career actually follows a linear narrative.
If you start in the DX days, and go from a kayfabe perspective, Triple H begins as an anti-authority anarchist who drugs the bosses daughter into marrying him. Then, he actually falls for her and through this begins to align more and more with authority figures when opportune to do so. We have a slight detour with evolution, but if your favorite wrestler returned and you had the opportunity to create a new group with him as tribute you would too. It could even be argued that the inauthenticity felt by Triple H being in the Flair role is what pulled him back towards finding himself again. This brings us to the reform of DX, which serves as a representation of one's midlife crisis - he tries to be what he was in his glory days but eventually comes to terms with the fact that you cant recreate that magic. Our story of Triple H ends with him fully transitioning to a mature, yet hardened, authority figure who has settled into a career to take him to retirement.
Thus, Triple H becomes the same authority he rebelled against, but with added knowledge and experience of life on both sides to make him a tough-parent towards his "kids" in NXT
Yeah this is one of the more extreme examples, and most of this wasn't intended or planned, but even so, are there other examples of wrestlers having long term character development that actually forms a through-line?
If you start in the DX days, and go from a kayfabe perspective, Triple H begins as an anti-authority anarchist who drugs the bosses daughter into marrying him. Then, he actually falls for her and through this begins to align more and more with authority figures when opportune to do so. We have a slight detour with evolution, but if your favorite wrestler returned and you had the opportunity to create a new group with him as tribute you would too. It could even be argued that the inauthenticity felt by Triple H being in the Flair role is what pulled him back towards finding himself again. This brings us to the reform of DX, which serves as a representation of one's midlife crisis - he tries to be what he was in his glory days but eventually comes to terms with the fact that you cant recreate that magic. Our story of Triple H ends with him fully transitioning to a mature, yet hardened, authority figure who has settled into a career to take him to retirement.
Thus, Triple H becomes the same authority he rebelled against, but with added knowledge and experience of life on both sides to make him a tough-parent towards his "kids" in NXT
Yeah this is one of the more extreme examples, and most of this wasn't intended or planned, but even so, are there other examples of wrestlers having long term character development that actually forms a through-line?
I dont know good luck 
