The interconnected story of Prospera, Suletta, and Miorine: An analysis of Prosperaβs role within the story of G-Witch
Happy Suletta Sunday! In this installment of my now series of analysis on the romance of G-Witch Iβm going over Prospera's role in G-Witch, particularly as it relates to Suletta and Miorine. As always thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it.
Prospera is arguably the character in G-Witch who has the biggest effect on Miorine and Suletta throughout the story. She's also a Faustian bargain of a character arising from attempting to combine a Char-clone with a romance antagonist. These two narrative roles have some overlapping but mostly different requirements. Like all antagonists, they need to make life harder for at least one main character but also have narrative functions that are unique to them.Β
The most significant difference between the main antagonist of a romance and any other type of antagonist is that their primary function is to provoke the main charactersβ central insecurities. After all, when it comes to the main characters of a romance, their darkest hour has to be self-inflicted. In this regard, the way Prospera is the main reason for Suletta's central insecurity and gets Miorineβs to flare up like crazy while never doing anything to tear them apart and even being responsible for the two of them meeting is immaculate. Suletta and Miorine's insecurities are the only thing causing a rift in their relationship; that's romance at its best.
Then there's the Char-clone aspect of Prosperaβs character. She's mostly comprised of characteristics of the Char from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. A self-righteous manipulator whoβs willing to do some morally dubious acts to achieve their goal. Side note: Although it could be argued that some characters in G-Witch have elements of a young Char, none neatly fits into the role of Sulettaβs rival. At least not if someone is to go with the dictionary definition of rival. No one wants to outdo her for the sake of it. Neither do they want something she has as she doesnβt have the political standing for her position as the Holder to do much, and the thing she does have is the adoration of a self-reliant Miorine, something no one else wants. Suletta is the only one whoβs interested in Miorine because of her headstrong personality instead of despite it.Β Β Β
The type of Char-clone that she is, along with being the main antagonist in a romance, means that her role in the story is to be a master manipulator who, through her manipulations, makes the main charactersβ insecurities act up. Itβs imperative that sheβs not the direct cause of the rift in the heroines of the storyβs relationship; otherwise, it wouldn't be a romance. Prospera only has the power over Suletta and Miorine that she does because they let her.
In order for the main charactersβ insecurities to be passively provoked, those insecurities have to correspond to what the main antagonist is about. In the case of G-Witch, Suletta is overly reliant on her mother to the point Prospera consistently is the person Suletta goes to for emotional comfort. This only makes things worse for Suletta as Prospera keeps telling her that as long as Suletta listens to her mother, everything will be alright, which maintains Sulettaβs dependency on her and instills the idea that she only deserves affection if Suletta does as sheβs told. Prospera can take most of, if not all, the credit for Suletta taking the blame for Miorine breaking up with her because Suletta couldnβt be of more use to her. Sheβs been taught to see herself as an asset for her loved one instead of someone who can and should receive affection without needing to earn it.Β
Meanwhile, Miorine starts to antagonize Prospera from the moment she discovers how much influence she has over Suletta. Miorineβs fear of how much control Prospera has over Suletta becomes the reason Miorine breaks things off with Suletta. Her desire to make her own decisions extends to Miorine wanting the same for her loved ones, which puts her at odds with Prospera. They have conflicting views on how Suletta deserves to be treated. This is made all the better by Prospera acting caring while using Suletta, while Miorine cares deeply about Suletta while initially pretending to use her.Β
The most important elements that make up Prospera, Miorine, and Sulettaβs three-way dynamic are their roles in the story, their characterization, and their motives. To simplify things regarding how they interact with each other specifically, those are as follows:
Sulettaβs role: One out of two of the main characters in a romance.
Sulettaβs characterization: Has a black and white morality and is a bit too willing to do what sheβs told without question. Otherwise is loyal, protective, determinded, affectionate, easily excited, and loves doing acts of service. All in all has a personality not too dissimilar to a golden retriever.Β Β Β Β
Sulettaβs motive: To be with the people she cares about most and keep the people she loves safe.
Miorineβs role: Β One out of two of the main characters in a romance.
Miorineβs characterization: Fairly deceptive, values independence to a fault, and doesnβt have the easiest time trusting others.Β Β
Miorineβs motive: Making sure she and the people she loves, particularly Suletta, donβt do something just because theyβre told to.
Prosperaβs role: The main antagonist of a romance.
Prosperaβs characterization: Overbearing, manipulative, and controlling, especially towards minors.Β Β Β
Prosperaβs motive: Doing everything in her power to get her daughter Ericht back and get revenge on those who took away her friends and family.
When it comes to which of these contributes the most to how their stories become intersected, itβs Prosperaβs role and motive, Sulettaβs characterization and motive, and Miorineβs role and characterization. The rest either is derived from or doesnβt affect that characterβs dynamic with the other two. Suletta would have the same relationship with Prospera and Miorine at the start of the show, regardless of her being a romance protagonist. Prosperaβs characterization stems from her role in the story. Miorineβs motive is dependent on her characterization and also her role, as without her feelings for Suletta, she would likely have the same amount of beef with Prospera as she has with Vim Jeturk. She clearly isnβt fond of him, but Miorine doesnβt tell him to stay away from Guel because heβs not one of her loved ones.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
The way these three characters' story gets intertwined starts with Prospera creating a repli-child of Ericht that becomes Suletta to help enact her revenge for the incident at the Vanadis Institute. Skip forward seventeen years where Miorine and Suletta cross path. Then, through Suletta being Suletta, she unwittingly gets the two of them involved. Through her relationship with Suletta, Miorine becomes acquainted with Prospera and learns about the influence she has over her daughter. Miorine, being who she is, of course, is having none of it and villianizes Prospera to the point of only making things worse for herself, which in turn solidifies Prosperaβs role in the story. Lastly, learning just how far Suletta can go in order to keep her loved ones safe is what sends Miorine spiraling as she blames Prospera for the things Suletta did.
Prospera, Suletta, and Miorineβs narratives are extremely interconnected, which, for the most part, is a good thing. Having an interpersonal conflict thatβs born from conflicting personalities and goals is gonna feel more natural and less contrived than a more situational conflict. It does, though, also mean that if someone wanted to change something in the story of G-Witch that involves these three without changing any other aspect of the characters or story, itβs going to be a bit of a pain. To complicate things further, this already applies when only focusing on Suletta, Miorine, and Prosperaβs fundamental dynamic, but these three are a lot more intertwined than that. Each of their roles, characterization, and motive affects at least one other of either their own or one of the others and sometimes both.Β Β Β Β Β
Now, to break this down. Starting with Miorineβs motive, if sheβs not set on preventing Suletta from doing something just because her mother told her to, that would affect her characterization. If thereβs any other reason she wants to keep Suletta away from Prospera, like actual mind control, thatβs going to take away her fundamental insecurity. She needs to be wrong about the level of influence Prospera has over Suletta; otherwise, she isnβt being blinded by her insecurities she would just be right. This makes her a lot less flawed as it presents her deceptiveness as a purely good thing instead of something that every so often turns into mild paranoia. Furthermore, if Miorine either doesnβt have any central insecurity or it doesnβt have anything to do with the rift between her and Suletta, the story ceases to be a romance, which in turn affects all three charactersβ roles within the story.Β
Then thereβs Prosperaβs characterization, which is directly caused by her lust for vengeance and messes with the minds of both Suletta and Miorine, which is what makes her an effective romance antagonist. Without losing her friends and family, then most significantly, Suletta just wouldnβt exist, and Prospera wouldnβt have treated Suletta the way she did. This, in turn, would change some aspects of Suletta, that is, if she even existed and wouldnβt get Miorineβs, wouldnβt central insecurity get out of control, affecting her motive.
Lastly, thereβs Sulettaβs characterization. If she was any less unassuming Miorineβs central insecurity wouldnβt be acting up as Suletta wouldnβt do what her mother told her to with question. Also, if Suletta had a more nuanced morality than she does, she wouldnβt have been so unfazed by what she did at Quetta, which leads Miorine to think Prospera has a lot more control over Suletta than Prospera does. Suletta has been taught to think that her mother is always right, so if Prospera tells her that killing someone to keep other people safe is morally correct, she wonβt see a problem with turning a guy into meat sauce. Prospera hasnβt allowed Suletta to develop a complex view of morality, which is a lot more messed up than if Suletta was some kind of sleeper agent or the like. Sulettaβs unnerving in the same way a young child firing a gun without realizing that people could get hurt is. She is to blame for her actions, but the way she reacts to them is childlike, which showcases the way in which innocence can be terrifying.Β Suletta being a cinnamon roll doesn't crash with her willingness to kill someone it's why she's fine with it.
So there you have it. Why a character does something changes depending on the situation they do those actions in. This doesn't necessarily have to be a big deal as it mostly affects implications. If the circumstances change but the characters act the same, it can create some narrative dissonance.
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