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Day 6 Assignments
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Megan’s Show Relationship Map – Day 1
What I learned doing this assignment is… that it’s not just the main characters who have detailed relationship maps. I’ve noticed many of the supporting characters also developing in their relationships with the main characters: Josie and the Pussycat Dolls with both Archie and Veronica, Hermione Lodge with her daughter, Betty with her parents, Betty with Polly.
TITLE: Riverdale
BETTY AND ARCHIE
Surface: Archies best friend
Common Ground: High school students who want the best for Riverdale and their friends
Conflict: Betty wants a relationship with him; he doesn’t
History: Best friends and neighbors since childhood; at one point as children he promised to marry her
Subtext: Unrequited love
Relationship Arc: From best friends to . . .?
BETTY AND VERONICA
Surface: A budding friendship
Common Ground: Female high school students
Conflict: They both like Archie more than a friend..
History: They seem to have just developed a new friendship when Veronica moved to town
Subtext: Competition
Relationship Arc: From strangers and competition to friends
BETTY AND JUGHEAD
Surface: A fellow writer and investigator
Common Ground: High school students who like to write
Conflict: The struggle to maintain a friendship when Jughead likes her and she likes Archie (love triangle)
History: Childhood friends; she seems more open and real with Jughead than with anyone else
Subtext: Tension (romantic for him, disinterest for her)
Relationship Arc: From friends to potential lovers?
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Tom’s Show Relationship Map
What I learned… I coined a type of subtext called “cosmic siblings,” and I am really excited to see how that unfolds. Additionally, I feel like I am starting to see plot points emerge in new ways by exploring how these characters connect.
ASSIGNMENT 1: The Good Place
Eleanor & Chidi
Surface: Soul Mates
Common Ground: Live together
Conflict: Chidi is a good person and belongs in the good place, Eleanor was placed there wrongly
History: Chidi has agreed to teach Eleanor how to be a good person
Subtext: Conspirators
Relationship Arc: They go from being told they are soul mates, to Chidi being forced to helped Eleanor stay there even though it means he’ll never actually meet his real soul mate
Eleanor & Jason
Surface: Friends
Common Ground: Neither of them actually belong in the good place
Conflict: Jason is an idiot and risks getting both of them sent to the bad place
History: Jason “discovered” that Eleanor doesn’t belong there and they are trying to figure out how to stay in the good place
Subtext: Conspirators
Relationship Arc: Jason and Eleanor had no relationship while Jason was pretending to be a Buddhist monk taking a vow of silence, but once he discovered her they have been allies trying to figure out how to beat the system
Eleanor & Michael
Surface: Mentor/Mentee
Common Ground: This is Michael’s first attempt at building a neighborhood and this is Eleanor’s first in the afterlife
Conflict: Eleanor is hiding the truth about who she really is from Michael
History: Michael is the first person Eleanor (and everyone meets) when they arrive in the good place, he has been a guide for her helping her get acclimated
Subtext: Michael is a supreme being and Eleanor is a below-average human who is trying to get the upper hand on him
Relationship Arc: As Eleanor’s presence continues to threaten the neighborhood, Michael unknowingly recruits her to be his assistant to get to the bottom of the anomaly
ASSIGNMENT 2: My Show
Florida Man and Trish
Surface: Fellow support group member
Common Ground: Share some beliefs regarding their distrust of the gov’t
Conflict: Florida Man sees Trish’s far right views as half the problem
History: Florida Man has been to some of Trish’s rallies observing and coming to his own conclusions about the state of the union
Subtext: Untrusting Allies
Relationship Arc: Florida Man becomes a common ground for the feud between Trish and Poe
Florida Man and Poe
Surface: Fellow support group member
Common Ground: Share some beliefs regarding their distrust of the gov’t
Conflict: Florida Man sees Poe’s far left views as the other half of the problem
History: Florida Man has been to some of Poe’s rallies observing and coming to his own conclusions about the state of the union
Subtext: Untrusting Allies
Relationship Arc: Florida Man becomes a common ground for the feud between Trish and Poe
Florida Man and Janitor
Surface: Watchful observers of one another
Common Ground: The Janitor has abducted Florida Man in the past
Conflict: Florida Man suspects that the Janitor is more than meets the eye
History: Florida Man has participated in the Janitor’s experiments and although he’s had his memory wiped, fragments have remained from the experience
Subtext: Teacher/Student
Relationship Arc: Florida Man goes from being suspicious of the Janitor to realizing through him that this isn’t his first abduction
FM and Angela
Surface: Fellow support group member
Common Ground: While on different ends of the spectrum they are both misfits of the group in terms of there appearance
Conflict: Angela pushes everyone away and comes off as dismissive and rude
History: Their history begins when they meet at the support group
Subtext: Cosmic siblings
Relationship Arc: FM and Angela start off at odds because of Angela’s standoff nature but eventually grow into a protective sibling relationship
FM and Peter Cetera
Surface: Fellow support group member
Common Ground: Both are musicians
Conflict: Peter Cetera attempts to claim territorial dominance over everyone, and pushes extra hard when FM says he’s a musician
History: Their history begins when they meet at the support group
Subtext: Rivals
Relationship Arc: FM and Peter Cetera get started on very turbulent waters and things get worse before a certain level of respect develops
FM and Jenny
Surface: Fellow support group member
Common Ground: Jenny is homeless and FM recently lost his family home
Conflict: FM feels conflicted with Jenny in the sense that he feels an immediate attraction but she seems uninterested
History: Their history begins when they meet at the support group
Subtext: Lovers
Relationship Arc: FM and Jenny start as friends who just so happen to sit next to each other in group and grow to genuinely care about each other
Claire and Eddie
Surface: Co-collaborators of the group
Common Ground: They are both running the experiment and not from earth
Conflict: Eddie and Claire are in competition for a fellowship with the Janitor
History: Eddie and Claire are long-time rivals and were top students of the Janitor
Subtext: Rivals
Relationship Arc: Eddie and Claire start as competitors and develop a high level of respect brining them together at the conclusion of the experiment
Claire and Janitor
Surface: Unconnected to anyone
Common Ground: The Janitor is Claire’s mentor and oversees the entire experiment
Conflict: Claire questions the ethics behind the Janitor’s experiment
History: The Janitor is Claire’s teacher
Subtext: Mentor
Relationship Arc: Claire becomes distrustful of the Janitor, ultimately to realize that his wisdom and heart were true
Claire and Jenny
Surface: Jenny is one of the group getting support from Claire and Eddie
Common Ground: Jenny is the centerpiece of the entire experiment
Conflict: Claire and Eddie must ultimately tell Jenny that she is going to die
History: Studying the space/time relationship and human violence that have seen Jenny’s entire life unfold
Subtext: Guinea pig
Relationship Arc: Jenny goes from just being another of Claire’s attendees to the focal point of the entire experiment
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Binge-Worthy TV – Lesson 6
What we learned during this assignment is there are always deeper levels in the characters on these shows and they are sometimes revealed slowly. We also were surprised how deep you can go when you start thinking about it and how we are already starting to get show and arc ideas just from doing an exercise like this.
Example Show: The Righteous Gemstones
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</div>ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Judy & Eli
Surface: Father/daughter
Common Ground: The family business/church
Conflict: she wants meaningful work with the church & Eli doesn’t think she’s worthy.
History: Daddy’s little girl
Subtext: Resents Eli for overlooking her
Relationship Arc: didn’t see her talent to seeing her Mother’s talent in her
Judy & Jesse
Surface: brother/sister
Common Ground: family business/church
Conflict: sibling rivalry
History: Jesse ruined her birthday
Subtext: Competition, Jesse thinks the meaningful roles in the church are “man’s work”
Relationship Arc: worthless to valued ally
Judy & BJ
Surface: engaged couple
Common Ground: undervalued / both want more attention from Eli
Conflict: control
History: Judy controls BJ, she also lies to the family about him spending the night with her out of wedlock
Subtext: she lied to him about being over experienced with sex
Relationship Arc: together to break up to reconcile
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show
Our Show: Couple Goals
Liz & Eric
Surface: marriage
Common Ground: marriage/swinging
Conflict: she is confrontational, he avoids conflict. She wants to be out about their lifestyle, he wants to keep it private
History: they are ride or die, they protect each other
Subtext: she has a need to be authentic and out about their lifestyle
Relationship Arc: in the closet swingers to totally out
Liz & Michelle
Surface: best friends
Common Ground: own the hair salon together
Conflict: love & relationships
History: they’ve been friends since kindergarten and tell each other everything
Subtext: Being a swinger is the only thing Liz has hidden from her. Michelle is has some secret jealousy of Liz and Eric’s relationship
Relationship Arc: best friends to estranged due to Liz rejecting Michelle’s want of having a threesome with her and Eric.
Liz & Teresa
Surface: sisters
Common Ground: grew up with the same abusive Mother
Conflict: jealousy & competition
History: Teresa is the perfect sister, Liz is the black sheep
Subtext: they are the only ones other than their Mother who know their Dad is a cross-dresser
Relationship Arc: combative/competitive to some cooperation
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Megan’s Show Relationship Map – Day 2
What I learned doing this assignment is… that I definitely struggle the most to identify subtext. For me, it’s hard to imagine what problems these characters might have before they’ve truly begun to interact with one another. Feels more like a brainstorming session than anything. Not sure whether I’ve really generated anything useful yet though.
TITLE: Dear Future Self
LEXIE AND BETSY
Surface: Childhood best friends despite being “opposites”
Common Ground: Friends
Conflict: Growing apart due to their differences: Betsy getting more into sports, Lexie into academics
History: Childhood best friends; Betsy was often Lexie’s defender
Subtext: Tension: Lexie is realizing it may be time to move on from this childhood friendship
Relationship Arc: From best friends to acquaintances
LEXIE AND CERISE
Surface: New friends but growing close fast
Common Ground: Friends, both quieter; both struggle with their father’s issues (Lexie: alcoholism; Cerise: overprotective)
Conflict: Lexie doesn’t think it’s fair for Cerise to be bullied into helping Betsy cheat to stay on the basketball team
History: Newly developing friendship; Cerise has just moved to town
Subtext: Awkwardness at Cerise’s displacement of her former best friend but thrilled to find someone who “gets her” so well
Relationship Arc: From strangers to friends to best friends
LEXIE AND ALEXIS
Surface: An older, wiser version of Lexie; a better “big sister” than her own sister; a mentor
Common Ground: They are the same person and understand how one another thinks and feels better than anyone else in the world
Conflict: Personality conflict: Lexie is still naively innocent and therefore supremely annoying to Alexis; Alexis is too cold and callous for Lexie.
History: The two connect through an email sent to Lexie’s future self (parallel universe)
Subtext: Alexis’s disgust for Lexie; Lexie’s fear of becoming Alexis
Relationship Arc: From nonexistent to dependent on one another to make important life decisions (one’s choices massively affects the other’s life)
ALEXIS AND BRETT
Surface: Partners
Common Ground: Hardworking, fiercely dedicated agents who share a sense of humor
Conflict: Brett has developed feelings for Alexis that she does not return
History: They’ve been working together as part of an undercover team for the last 18 months
Subtext: Romantic / Sexual tension?
Relationship Arc: From partner and would-be romantic interest to betrayer?
ALEXIS AND STERLING
Surface: Coworkers
Common Ground: Both fiercely dedicated agents; both prioritize work over life; both are single women with no children
Conflict: Sterling constantly jockeys with Alexis for positioning in the department
History: Started as partners; unable to work together; now coworkers and competitors . . . in every way.
Subtext: Competition
Relationship Arc: From competitor to savior?
ALEXIS AND HUNTER RIDGELY
Surface: Owner of a local shooting range
Common Ground: Both gun enthusiasts; similar political inclinations
Conflict: She finds him attractive but has sworn off dating; he finds her intriguing and wants to figure out why; she gets nervous the more he tries to get to know her, afraid he will discover her secrets
History: Alexis met him three months ago when she discovered the shooting range
Subtext: Interest / Disinterest
Relationship Arc: From strangers to friends
BETSY AND COACH SIMPSON
Surface: He is the varsity basketball coach. She’s a freshman but he wants her to play varsity.
Common Ground: Both eat, sleep, and breathe basketball
Conflict: He sometimes pushes Betsy beyond her breaking point, causing her grades to suffer
History: Coach saw Betsy playing on the freshman girl’s team and talked her coach into moving Betsy up to his varsity team.
Subtext: She reminds Coach of his dead daughter. He pushes Betsy the way he used to push his daughter Claire before she died in a drunk driving accident four years ago.
Relationship Arc: From strangers to coach/player to the father figure Betsy no longer has (deadbeat dad); she wants nothing more than to please him
BETSY AND MARGO
Surface: Snotty cheer captain who makes Betsy’s life hell
Common Ground: Both attend the same school; both are extremely involved in athletics (Betsy in basketball, Margo in cheer)
Conflict: Prank war initiated by Margo and the cheerleaders
History: Margo and Betsy met on the first day of freshman year; Betsy insulted Margo and Margo’s had it out for Betsy ever since
Subtext: Jealousy; both girls wish they could be more like the other (Margo is pretty and popular; Betsy has real friends and a close-knit family)
Relationship Arc: From strangers to enemies to frenemies
BETSY AND MARCUS
Surface: Betsy’s 7-year-old brother
Common Ground: Same family; both experienced their father running off; both enjoy sports
Conflict: Betsy can sometimes be stifling and overprotective to Marcus, like a second mother
History: Siblings; Dad ran off with a waitress right after Marcus was born; Betsy is very attached to Marcus and protective of him
Subtext: Hurt: both try to act like everything is normal but neither has really dealt with their father’s abandonment
Relationship Arc: From siblings to support system
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Suzanne’s Show Relationship Map Part 2
Title: Escaping to
Hazel and Maelle
Surface: strangers who become friends
Common Ground: both tourists, both enjoy bars and restaurants and are interested in NOLA’s spiritual side
Conflict: Maelle’s health improving
History: none
Subtext: Hazel is waiting for Maelle to “ripen” in order to kill her/put her out of misery
Arc: from potential victim/predator to equals
Maelle and Zephyr
Surface: barkeep and tourist
Common ground: interest in “spiritual” matters
Conflict: Maelle wants to talk to her dead friend/Zephyr refuses to channel
History: none
Subtext: Maelle is learning what is/isn’t good for her. Zephyr is trying to help her stand strong; help her resist Hazel
Arc: from strangers to allies
Zephyr and Hazel:
Surface: barkeep and tourist
Common ground: Maelle
Conflict: Zephyr encourages Maelle to heal; Hazel wants her to continue her descent
History: none
Subtext: Zephyr doesn’t trust Hazel, but doesn’t know why
Arc: from co-conspirators to enemies
Hazel and Dadpilot:
Surface: holiday hook-up
Common ground: interest in Aisland
Conflict: very deliberately, none
History: none
Subtext: he is using her to get into the group; she’s using the group to get to the Aisland; their mutual self-hatred plays out in increasingly rough play
Arc: from lovers to murderer/victim
Zephyr and Giorgio
Surface: helping hand
Common ground: the Aisland
Conflict:
History:
Subtext: he is trying to get into the group, she allows it because she knows he knows/there’s more to him than he’s saying
Arc: from have/have not to equal outlaws
Hazel and Dadpilot:
Surface: acquaintances
Common ground: the conspiracy
Conflict: when she learns, she wants him held accountable, even if it betrays the conspiracy
History: he (accidentally) killed her best friend which triggered the wreck of her known life
Subtext: from both of them: “you’re worthless, why did YOU survive?”
Arc: from casual knowledge to despised to forgiven
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Sharilyn’s Show “8Bytes” Relationship Map
What I learned doing this assignment is…making character connections provides the basis for their actions to situations.
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Sharilyn’s Show Relationship Map
What I learned doing this assignment is…making character connections provides the basis for their actions/reactions to situations.
ASSIGNMENT 1 for “Big Little Lies” Madeline to Chloe
Surface: Mother to 6yr. old daughter
Common Ground: home, school, nice-guy father/hubby Ed
Conflict: She can’t hide anything from her
History: Chloe is her “mini-me” Queen bee
Subtext: Chloe anticipates her mother’s “moves”
Relationship Arc: “Don’t be like mommy”
ASSIGNMENT 1 for “Big Little Lies” Madeline to Bonnie
Surface: Her Ex’s 2nd wife
Common Ground: School, Ex-Nate
Conflict: Competition for Abby’s attention; jealous of her youth, beauty, Zen-cool-ness
History: She fills in Nate’s gaps which Madeline never could
Subtext: Embodies Madeline’s insecurities
Relationship Arc: Madeline can learn something from Bonnie
ASSIGNMENT 1 for “Big Little Lies” Madeline to Joseph
Surface: Community Theatre Director
Common Ground: Theatre, coffee shop, car
Conflict: He wants a relationship with her and she doesn’t
History: Their one time tryst
Subtext: Reveals her dissatisfaction/”just settling” w/nice-guy Ed
Relationship Arc: Maybe we can be something to one another?
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Sharilyn’s Show “8Bytes” Relationship Map
What I learned doing this assignment is…making character connections provides the basis for their actions/reactions to situations.
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” ERIN to Mi-Ya
Surface: Mi-Ya is Erin’s Muumuu maker
Common Ground:fashion mags; her bedroom, school
Conflict: Doesn’t see the harm in Erin being hacked if she takes advantaged of it
History: Elementary school bullying for being different, fashion show for fat girls
Subtext: “Get over yourself!”; jealousy
Relationship Arc:
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” ERIN to Gina
Surface: Porn Press
Common Ground: Dark Web, her bedroom, Chubby Chasers
Conflict: Monetizing her body parts
History: Overeating; fat camp
Subtext: Demoralizing Erin
Relationship Arc: Remember what it is to be the fat girl
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” ERIN to Walley
Surface: Hacker Antagonist
Common Ground: Dark Web, Erin’s Bedroom, Chubby Chasers, phone camera
Conflict: Invasion of privacy
History: Fat fetish
Subtext: Objectifying
Relationship Arc: Realizing he doesn’t have to hack to get his power back
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” PATTY to Erin
Surface: Model; Bestie 31
Common Ground: Erin’s Bedroom, fashion mags
Conflict: In cahoots w/Gina on the low for free press and an “in”
History: Besties since Community Daycare days; their shared baby
Subtext: Both her male and female “genderization” vulnerable to Erin only
Relationship Arc: From surface rejections to purposeful introspection
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” PATTY to Mi-Ya
Surface: Styling partner; bestie #2
Common Ground: Erin’s bedroom; fashion mags, the mall, cat car
Conflict: Business tactics
History: Besties since 3rd grade; fashion sense for the fat and freaky
Subtext: The ease of womanhood
Relationship Arc: Goes from partner to competitor
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” PATTY to Gina
Surface: Legit Porn reporter
Common Ground: Porn Palace Office
Conflict: Need each other but don’t trust each other to pub each other
History: Lesbian attraction?
Subtext: Still figuring herself out
Relationship Arc: From mistrust to just enough to lust
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” WALLEY to Mac
Surface: Mac is his assistant
Common Ground: His Garage; basement
Conflict: On-the-job training too close for her comfort
History: B-actress who’s laid down on her share of the casting couch
Subtext: Sexual tension keeps them from really making it big
Relationship Arc: From his lecherous come-on’s to a mutual respect
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” WALLEY to Gina
Surface: She is a legit Porn reporter
Common Ground: Porn palace office, Dark Web
Conflict: Neither validates and or recognizes the other’s work
History: competition to get out the “next best thing”
Subtext: Intimidation
Relationship Arc: From her belittling him to both accepting the challenge
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” WALLEY to the Chubby Chasers
Surface: They subscribe to his channel; support, “friend,” fans
Common Ground: the Dark Web
Conflict: High demand for Erin posts
History: the former bullies are now his subcribers
Subtext: He is empowered b/c they need him to feed their fat fetish
Relationship Arc: from demanding customers to co-conspirators
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” MS. CHEN to Mi-Ya
Surface: Mother to Daughter
Common Ground: Erin’s bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, cat car
Conflict: Generation gap
History: Baby Daddy issues
Subtext: “I know what’s best for you”
Relationship Arc: from viewing her as her little girl to appreciating her journey to womanhood
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” MS. CHEN to Stu & Lu
Surface: Chosen Family
Common Ground: Erin’s Bedroom, the kitchen
Conflict: Helicopter Parenting vs “Adulting” Erin
History: Community Center Daycare
Subtext: We’re all in this together
Relationship Arc: friendship boundaries
ASSIGNMENT 2 for “8Bytes” MS. CHEN to Johnny
Surface: Nemesis
Common Ground: Living room, porch, community center
Conflict: Influence. competition, credit for Erin’s weight loss
History: Both worked at the Community Center
Subtext: She feels he thinks he knows what;s best for Erin
Relationship Arc: From competitors to co-workers
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Evelyn’s M1-L6-A1&2 Assignments – What I learned from doing this assignment: Hal’s Character Relationship Map was very helpful in keeping all the major characters straight in my mind & will be useful in developing my projects. I will also use this map with the characters that Mira Santiago interacts with in Verdi’s opera “La Traviata.”
A1 – Main Character: Madeline Martha Mackenzie in “Big Little Lies”
Madeline & Renata:
Surface: Friends, but also enemies
Common Ground: Two mothers of kids in the same school & class who want the best for their kids.
Conflict: Rivals for social power in Monterey
History: A seesaw of one upmanship to see who will win each round.
Subtext: Renata, the “Alpha female,” wants to punish Maddie, the social conscience, who fights her.
Relationship Arc: Surface pleasantries devolve into outright hostilities before the two resolve their differences.
Madeline & Abigail:
Surface: Mother/Daughter
Common Ground: Typical mother/daughter relationship with power plays on both sides.
Conflict: Maddie tries to control Abigail’s choices to keep her from making the same mistakes she did. Abigail rebels, pushes her mother’s buttons as she strives to make her own decisions.
History: They love each other, but Madeline wants the status quo, while Abigail wants change and freedom to make her own choices and mistakes.
Subtext: Madeline fears she’s losing her daughter as she grows up, so tries to hold on tight, as Abigail stretches her wings farther and farther in a test of her mother’s love.
Relationship arc: Conflict causes Abigail to go and live with her dad, but she returns home, realizing that Madeline is not immortal, and that Madeline is a better role model for her than her dad is. Madeline realizes that Abigail still loves her but needs to stretch her wings.
Madeline & Ed
Surface: Husband & wife relationship with ups and downs.
Common Ground: Madeline and Ed enjoy a companionable marriage with similar family values, but she married partly for stability and security, as Ed is the total opposite of her first husband, Nathan. Ed deeply loves Madeline but feels he’s second best in her eyes and resents it.
Conflict: Maddie cheats on Ed with Joseph, but is ashamed and remorseful; she lies, and hides the affair from Ed. He is livid when he finds out, and retreats from the marriage for a time, not trusting her anymore. Madeline fears she has destroyed her marriage and family and sets about to repair the relationship.
History: Madeline and Ed are basically happy with their marriage arrangement, but each feels something is missing. Madeline holds back on sex with Ed, and he doesn’t know if she will ever be as intimate with him as he wants her to be. When he learns she has betrayed him, he mopes and retreats from the relationship until she convinces him she has changed and is 100% into their marriage.
Subtext: Madeline wants her marriage, herself, and her family to be perfect, though they aren’t. She fears losing control of her sexual impulses will end up hurting her family or losing them. Ed wants more intimacy (emotional and mental as well as sexual) but puts up with the lack for a while.
Relationship arc: Casual intimacy leads to internal conflict and betrayal. When Madeline realizes how much she loves Ed, she does everything she can to repair the relationship and regain his trust, and they both come out stronger in the end.
A2 – Evelyn’s Main Character Relationship Map – “Opera Aloha”
Mira Santiago & Wynston Irving Trapnell:
Surface: She’s amused by the charismatic charmer, but she’s wary of men because she’s just come off a romantic fiasco and vows celibacy. He’s attracted to her and wants to bed her. He sees her as a challenge.
Common Ground: They both love opera and Hawaii. Both are afflicted by past relationship failures; he describes himself as one of “The Walking Wounded,” and she has sworn off men.
Conflict: She wants love and security; he wants sex and fun with no strings.
History: They only just met, so there’s no history. “Love” at 2nd sight for her.
Subtext: A lot of what he says is “double entendre.” A lot of what she says is teasing back.
Relationship arc: A humorous start to their relationship, then full steam ahead, and finally, he does what he always does to lovers, punishes her by saying goodbye, though it’s really him punishing all the women in his life who hurt him, especially his ex-wives for divorcing him and getting custody of their kids.
Mira Santiago & Jake Sutherland:
Surface: He’s a successful cookbook writer. His good qualities are invisible to Mira when they meet. He is bowled over by her singing and personality.
Common Ground: Kris introduces them, hoping to matchmake. Mira & Jake share similar family values, if only Mira would give him a chance, but she’s too involved with Wyn to notice. Besides, Jake’s hippy appearance does not appeal to her.
Conflict: Opera is her life; Jake hates opera until the opening night performance of “La Traviata”. He is bowled over and tells Kris he’s in love, but Kris tells him he’s too late, that she’s already taken. Jake knows Wyn is bad news and tries to protect Mira without scaring her. Mira dodges Jake at every opportunity.
History: After learning that she and Wyn are an item, and witnessing Wyn’s two-timing of Mira with Daphne Dee Bliss, Jake sets out to save Mira, and woo her, but anonymously.
Subtext: Jake hides his love, because he’s ashamed he’s let himself go during the past year after Daphne Dee Bliss left him and he knows he needs to shape up.
Relationship arc: He transforms himself, gains confidence, and devises a scheme so Mira will get to know him. She doesn’t recognize him when they meet months later after his transformation, and though she thinks him kind and sweet, still reeling from her breakup with Wyn, she rejects Jake until almost the end of the first series, when she learns the identity of the mysterious sender of gifts that have been following her from Hawaii to New York, and from Florida to Vienna, Austria.
Mira Santiago & Daphne Dee Bliss
Surface: They meet at the opera fundraiser and have nothing in common. Daphne Dee Bliss is an interior designer from Texas with her own company. Her specialty is renovating homes and selling fake art and antiques to wealthy, unsuspecting bachelors.
Common Ground: Mira and Daphne Dee are both involved with Wyn, but Mira doesn’t know it.
Conflict: At the opera fundraiser at the Honolulu mansion of Opera Aloha patron Sheila Yee, Mira notices Daphne staring at her all evening, but has no idea that Daphne is her rival for Wyn. Jealous Daphne Dee “accidentally” pushes Mira into Yee’s swimming pool, ruining Mira’s concert gown.
History: No relationship until Daphne learns Wyn is romancing Mira and vows revenge.
Subtext: Daphne Dee fawns over Mira’s singing while plotting to lure Wyn away from her.
Relationship arc: Rivals for love.
Daphne Dee Bliss & Wynston Irving Trapnell:
Surface: Friends, but each other’s victim.
Common Ground: Wyn and Daphne Dee are colleagues, friends, and lovers. Wyn is the architect of Opera Aloha’s state-of-the-art opera house, and Daphne Dee is the opera house’s interior designer.
Conflict: She wants to marry him for his money. He wants her for sex, not marriage.
History: He’s worked with her on the opera house designs, admires her talents, some of which are in the bedroom. She prefers older men, but subconsciously punishes them instead of her father who disowned her when she was 16 for getting pregnant and having an abortion.
Subtext: Each tries to win for the wrong reasons.
Relationship arc: Colleagues to lovers to spouses. They truly deserve the misery they will bestow on each other.
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