How to Use a Dark Mentor Character in Storytelling: Three Examples

[@videoostap8066]

Video started at 4:50

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

😀I'm so pleased you think so! Thanks for watching, @videoostap8066!

[@neuromantic4313]

yes, definitely tell me how to embrace my shadow. for reasons.

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

Will do, @neuromantic4313. I’ll put it in the queue. Please watch for it in November!

[@neuromantic4313]

@@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco i'll look forward to it.

[@MrRockfisherman]

Great job

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

Much appreciated, Jay @MrRockfisherman. Thanks!

[@BradFonseca]

Definitely do a video about that! 8:26

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

Got it, @BradFonseca. I’m adding them both to the queue. They should start rolling out in November. Please watch for them. Thanks for your interest and thanks for watching!

[@BradFonseca]

Thank you! And sorry for the multiple messages.

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

@@BradFonseca No worries at all!

[@BradFonseca]

Do that video too! 11:36

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

On it!

[@myragroenewegen5426]

Clicked this purely because this kind of character brings so much nuance and I LOVE to unpack the the reality they can bring to any story. Was a bit disappointed by the limitedness of the examples -- All men, all criminals of some stripe of kind, all living their adult lives. It would have been so much more joyous to look at this with more genre variation and variation in kind of character. Family members are often mentors. Women often have very complex psychological and emotional relationships to their mentors male or female. As kids grow older, darker sides of seemingly golden mentors may appear. And part of the game here is a constant question of if this guidance relationship has self-serving anterior motives from the mentor from the start. There's also great power in allowing a mentor to fall down in such a way that important lessons are learned from the last people we expect to be giving us teachable moments. Anyway, I'd love a more careful look a this kind of character across genre.

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

Hi @myragroenewegen5426. I appreciate your response. And of course it’s always impossible to please everyone when doing… well, anything. Are there any particular examples you’d propose to expand the kind of dark mentor you’re describing? Specific references from literature past or present are very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MahfujNayem]

Wow! Sir, your explanation and speaking system so interesting and excellent teachable. Go ahead with your best work. Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩. #Mahfuj_Nayem

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

So pleased to have you with us here, @MahfujNayem. And great to meet you the other day on LinkedIn! Thanks for your kind words, for watching, for commenting, and for joining our community!

[@BradFonseca]

Sorry, do that video too... 11:43

[@TheWriteStuffPro-DamonDiMarco]

On it! Please see previous message!

[@BradFonseca]

Sorry, it appears that the message I thought didn't post got posted. Sorry for the multiple pings for the same request and I appreciate your patient responses. 😅