The Doll Game

To J's points in the comments of my previous Doll Game post, yes, the sins of the father are indeed visited upon the children...

One of the things I was trying to create was a scenario where the supernatural nature of the events would have suffciently deep and varied background. Not just so that the 'haunting' would be plasuible, but also so that I would have room to reveal enough of the backstory, but always keep a good buffer of unexplained mystery. Thus Emile's Pygmalion like obssesions, his youthful journies, his mysigonistic neglect of his daughters in favor of his son, etc. are indeed all intended to evoke justification for the creepy turn of events.

In a way the resentment and yearning for humanity of the dolls, is a mirror of the daughter's yearning for proper fathering. Indeed the late cribdeath of Amie's is intended to seem disquietingly unlikely...

Congential, genetic damage, as a physical metaphor for original, or at least hereditary, sin is just too yummy an idea to pass up! Given my second hand experience with chronically sick children and the ripples this has through out their familly, well I think there might be material to tap into there. Plus the contrast of modern medical technology, with its shamanistic attributes to us mere mortals, and creaky victorian clockwork possesions, is inviting both visually and thematically.

Format? Well I dream in twevle episodes per season these days ya know!