Week 5 Planning: Kings and the Sons

I am going to combine my reading notes Part A and Part B for my story next week discussing the attempted rebellion of two kingdoms. I went two separate directions in both of my reading notes, but after brainstorming about it I think I have the plot that I want to do. In reading A I discussed King Dashartha having four sons who will ultimately grow to hate him and branch of into their own kingdoms. But after thought and also after part B reading, I want to combine the kings and combine the sons from both of my readings. Part B I focused on Dave breaking up with Nina, while he didn't know Nina was pregnant with his son. So my plan for next week is to go forward in time to where King Dave's sin has been born and have him cross paths with King Dashartha's four sons. They will form an alliance and plot against the two kingdoms under King Dashartha and King Dave. The two king will then catch wind of this information and have to form their own alliance. It will cause a dual kingdom rebellion inside the royal families, so like a combined civil war between two countries, which I think would be a fun angle to write a story about. I would have to come up with a way for the 5 combined sons to gather an army to defeat the Kings. I am thinking about having them talk in secret to the actual armies of the kingdom, telling them the news of a rebellion. This will also play into the fact that the kings find out the rumor of rebellion, by a loyal soldier telling them the news. I am excited for this upcoming story, and am planning on making some ad hoc changes.


Bibliography: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (Link)

The Alliance of the two Kings (Wikipedia)

Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B

When Dave broke up with Nina by email, I immediately thought this was a good plot to revolve around. This is one of the top things not to do when you break up, but Dave decides to do it anyways. Sita told Rama in the story that she is pregnant, but I think I am going to change that to Nina being pregnant to spark up the story. I might make Dave a King and Nina can't have children, but when he breaks up with her, she discloses she's pregnant with a boy (aka the heir to Dave's throne). This week I am going to focus on changing names from the original just to include a different aspect to my stories.

Bibliography: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (Link)

Dave Begging For Nina: (Wiki Commons)

Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part A

This weeks reading was very interesting and I am excited to develop a story off of it. King Dashartha has three wives and four sons, making it a good family to develop a plot around. I am brainstorming about some family instances that could make the family turn against each other. It would be cool to have the four sons try to stake their claim to another kingdom by branching away from the family. I also like the idea of incorporating the half man half monkeys to draw some chaos to the story.

Bibliography: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (Link)

The Man Monkey (Wiki Commons)