Does which is the Issue have anything to do with which of the two the author is arguing in favor of, depending on Story Outcome?
How do the Issues and Counterpoints of each Throughline interact? I found the following statement in regard to the MC Issue under Usage (I can’t italicize the italics parts. When I try, it just surrounds the statement with asterisks):
"In the midst of a battlefield our Main Character notices a single flower growing up through the rubble.
At the frenetic High School dance, a girl sits all alone, unnoticed.
How can she be unnoticed if we noticed her? Because “Overallly” no one sees her - they are “all” concerned with dancing. But the Main Character looks across the room and observes the discrepancy.
In both these cases, the Overall Theme is the initial condition which is then “shaded” in light of the Main Character’s Theme.
Conversely, the Main Character might be walking down the street, self-consciously trying to hide a zit on the tip of her nose, when she turns a corner just in time to see the “Burn Victim Support Group” marching in a parade.
In this case, the Main Character’s Theme is the initial condition, which is modulated by the Overall Theme."
I’m not sure if the battlefield has anything to do with the dance (is that supposed to be a Concern of Doing?), except they were both italicized. The Issues weren’t defined so I don’t understand the examples or what is meant by a “condition” (a stance on the Issue?) being “shaded.”
I’m a bit confused about that FAQ’s example of Morality VS Self-Interest.The teachers giving up salary (Morality) to help the school Obtain money were seen as contributing, but the Self-Interested principal wanting to boost his reputation didn’t seem to conflict with Morality because he wasn’t presented as an obstacle, unless I understood it wrong. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have an Antagonist or obstacle represent the counterpoint? For example, some developer wants to make lots of money to buy a gold bathtub (Self-Interest) and thus works against the school’s goal in hopes of having it shut down and paved for condos. Maybe a natural disaster ruins many of the teachers’ homes, so if they choose to keep their money (Self-Interest), it interferes with Obtaining.