Supernatural
One of the
subjects we probably drew the most inspiration from with the themes of
supernatural detectives is the series 'Supernatural'. The series follows the
Winchester brothers, who are supernatural hunters- following in the footsteps
of their father; the catalyst for the story is the elder brother, Dean appears
out of the blue to younger sibling, Sam (Who had separated himself from the
'family business' to live a normal life), informing him that their father had
gone missing on a hunting trip. The two
spend most of the first series looking for their father; meanwhile travelling
around solving various cases on their way.
The setting is in present day America; so the
concept of ghosts or demons to the 'normal' people is extremely sceptical. The
two face a lot of difficulties when explaining themselves; most of the time
they rely on pretending to be officials for information retrieval. Or in the
occasion of murder cases, to actually gain access to the information - obviously
since it would be restricted from public. This is something that we have
thought to apply to our 2 main characters; with them pretending to be part of
the organisation (a bonus being that the male 'Eli' was once a part of it.). Unlike with our two characters; the Winchester
brothers are so close as they are essentially the only family they have, most
of the people they encounter either meet unfortunate ends which re-enforces
their relationship over the course of the story.
With the
sources of supernatural activities and mythology; it has a wide expanse of
different origins- from modern ghost stories to ancient Hindu and Buddhist
mythologies- the example being Rakshasa -known as 'man-eaters'. It is
impressive how they've integrated in such a variety of different myths and
legends into the storyline; while still pulling off a modern twist. As the
series has progressed the most dominant source of supernatural beings in the
storyline is biblical, eg: Lilith, Lucifer; even angels such as Uriel. For the
most part in the story as a whole it remains central to Demons in particular;
so it hasn't strayed far from its common theme despite how long the series is.
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