PART 1
My fan fiction extends each two part of the movie
scene. One is part of Act 1: Call to adventure and the other is part of Act 3: Return
with the elixir. (Vogler’s The Three Act Structure and the Mythic Structure)
ACT 1 (Call to adventure part
of the movie)
The night before Ged went to training to become a
wizard. He exchanged a final greeting with Diana under the tree on a hill near
the lake. They buried their rings under the ground.
“Are you ready to go?” Diana said.
“Yes,” Ged said.
Diana draws a small box from her pocket.
“We put our rings in it and bury it here, and in two years’
time let`s meet here again and open the box. Okay?” Diana said.
Hopefully, they will put the rings on each other`s
fingers again on that day, together.
Ged looks at her with a smile, then nods his head, and
he thinks that ‘this is her way of saying goodbye’, and he keeps repeating in his
mind that two years isn`t too long. Then he decided to make Earthsea peaceful before
those two years pass.
“How much will we change in two years? I want to meet
you soon, so I would like to…put your ring in your finger again,” Diana said.
“Yes… don`t worry, I will,” Ged smiled and said.
They made a promise to meet two years later, and then
they separated. When they meet then, they may be different from what they are
now. They may become closer or stay forever apart. They can only choose one.
ACT 3 (Return with
the elixir part of the movie)
Through the Ged and Tenar combined the powerful amulets,
the Nameless Ones had been restrained deep beneath the Temple on the Island of
Atuan again. Earthsea was at peace.
After the victory Ged and Tenar rebuilt the city of
Atuan temple, Roke Academy, and all of the ruined Islands from the war over more
than three years. Since then, Tenar become the high priestess of Atuan again. Tenar
wants to marry Ged and to live together because she loves him and his struggle
to keep the peace together in the Atuan. However, Ged wants to return to his
village, then he wants create a magic academy in his hometown to teach magic to
whoever wants to protect Earthsea`s peace by using the magic power. In
addition, even though he is a year late with his promise to Diana, but he wants
to return to lovely Diana, his father and the people of his village. In spite
of Tenar`s persuasion, Ged had a strong will to get back to his village, Tenar
sent Ged to his village with a promise to see each other again.
Ged and Vetch pack up their baggage, then sail across
the sea to get to Ged`s village. On the sailing boat back to his hometown Ged
just thinks a minute that ‘when I meet her again, I will show her a different
me for her and my future`s sake’.
Ged kept himself more busier than anyone else over the
three years.
Meanwhile, when the news comes, which Ged saved
Earthsea from the evil king, Tygath and the Nameless Ones, Diana, Ged`s father
and village people are very glad. His father is very proud of his son`s achievements.
Diana thinks that she may be able to meet him in the near future. The time flow
from those three months, six months…one year…and more than two years. Ged
didn`t come despite Diana`s continued waiting. No one knows when Ged will come.
Finally, Diana began to think that Ged had a beautiful life without her, so she
left the Ten Alders to forget the Ged and make a new life. Diana says goodbye to
the village people, and leaves the town without telling anyone where she is
going or why she leaves, only a letter to Ged.
Dear loving Ged
Ged of Ten Alders!
Where are you now?
Can you hear my voice in
there?
Ged, I'm sorry.
I really can`t forget you
in here. It`s stronger than me. Ged.
I'm really sorry. I can`t
stay here no more. I thought I was different, but I`m just a helpless girl. Ged.
I will pray for your happiness no matter where I am. God bless you Ged.
Finally, Ged and Vetch arrived in their hometown. His
father and the village people welcome their return home with glory. Every
person of the village came to meet Ged, but Ged can`t find the one he was
looking for.
Ged greets his father with a smile, then asks “where
is Diana?”
“Good job my son. Unfortunately, Diana had left the
town a year ago. She didn`t leave any information to us except this letter”
Father said.
Ged falls into a silence for a minute. His head is filled
with a mishmash of jumbled thoughts.
After that, he tries to visit a number of Islands in Earthsea
to look for her, but he can`t find Diana any where.
Two years passed.
Ged recovers his sense. Then he founded his magic academy.
Ogion, Vetch and Marion regained their magical ability and worked together in magic
academy. Ogion and Ged managed the magic academy together for the peace of the Earthsea.
Later, the magic academy became the most famous academy in Earthsea. There are
many people come to magic academy not only those from Ten Alders, but from all
across the Earthsea Islands.
In that time, Ged met an old man, Alfred of the town. Alfred
asks Ged about Diana.
“Did you forget about Diana?”Alfred asked.
“I believe that if we were destined to meet, we would
meet by chance somewhere,” Ged said.
“Do you know what destiny is? Destiny builds a bridge
of opportunity for people,” Alfred said.
One day, a pigeon flies to Ged and says that ‘a red
dragon invades one of the Earthsea Islands, the dragon traps many people in a ruined
castle. There also includes your aunt. They need someone who know the dragon`s
true name to restrain it. Ged changes to sparrow hawk, then flew to the Island
directly. Ged says the true name of the dragon`s and the dragon recoils,
restrained once more. After that, Ged saves all of the trapped people including
his aunt, Dorothy.
“Oh you’re my savior. How long it`s been? My naughty nephew,
but now you look like a great man,” Dorothy said.
“Thanks, you still look young. How have you been?” Ged
said.
“I am always good; anyway, I would like to introduce
to you to someone. Maybe you guys can become friends?” Dorothy said.
Then he saw her, and they exchange looks of
astonishment with each other for a moment that felt like a minute.
“Her name is Diana”, Dorothy told him.
Part 2: Commentary
I chose to do my fan fiction on Earthsea (2004) by Robert
Lieberman. My fan fiction replicates on Vogler’s (1998) mythic structure, which
is ‘The Three Act Structure and The Mythic Structure’, and character archetypes.
Among them, I mainly focus my fan fiction on part of Act 3: Return with Elixir,
and also do briefly flash back to part of Act 1: Call to Adventure, to help
establish the new story (Vogler, 1998).
First of all, through Vogler’s (1998) mythic structure,
I wrote two new stories, one is the extension story, Act 3, that takes place at
the end of the movie after Ged and Tenar completed the mission which restrained
the Nameless Ones into the tomb of Atuan again by combining the powerful
amulets. After they finished the journey, Ged restored the Earthsea Islands
with Tenar. Then he left Tenar because he wanted to meet Diana again. The
reason for this was because Ged and Diana had made a promise, which I wrote as
a new story in my fan fiction Act 1, before Ged left the Ten Alders.
Secondly, I set up my new extension story when Ged was
called to adventure in the movie. The new story was inserted the night before Ged
was to leave the hometown to be a wizard. Act 1 gave a clue why Ged wanted to
come back after completing all of his missions.
Thirdly, I chose ‘the third person/omniscient view point’
which describes all of the events and characters not by an inside character but
by an outside /omniscient person. In addition, I also used dialogic and epistolary
style in my fan fiction.
Lastly, I included Vogler’s (1998) character
archetypes. Moreover, I put both same characters and new characters in my fan
fiction.
Ged carried on as the protagonist of my story. He
protected not only Earthsea`s peace but also the promise of a lovely
girlfriend.
Ogion and Marion were Ged`s mentors. They helped not
only to develop Ged`s magic skills, but also to grow to be the proprietor of
the best magic academy.
Diana was the threshold guardian. She provided an essential
test, by leaving Ged`s hometown, to tested Ged’s commitment and worth in his
pursuit of her (Vogler, 1998).
There were three heralds in my fan fiction: Alfred, pigeon
and Dorothy. Alfred gave a tip to Ged by his years of experience. Pigeon announced
an important event verbally to Ged (Changingminds, n.d.); that he could meet
Diana again. Dorothy introduced the importance of relationship between Ged and
Diana (Changingminds, n.d.).
The dragon played roles both as shapeshifter and as shadow.
The dragon had dramatic function in re-introducing Ged to Diana, and dragon
embodied fantasy figure (Vogler, 1998). In addition, the dragon also represented
the darker side of character in my fan fiction (Vogler, 1998).
According to those reasons, my fan fiction narrative
was developed with consideration to the components of Vogler’s (1998) mythic
structure and character archetypes.
References
Changingminds. (n.d.). Vogler's
archetypes. Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/characters/vogler_archetypes.htm
Vogler, C. (1998).
The writer’s journey: Mythic structure for writers. Studio City, CA:
Michael Wiese Productions.
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