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Random ideas!: The boy should have curly/wavy hair. To me, wavy hair looks really cute or fancy like a prince, but at the same time it could look messy, like a drifter trying to sell you something on the streets.

And does anyone know that scene from Aladdin when Jasmine sneaks out of the palace wearing some type of commoner shawl over her normal princess outfit? Would that work for the boy?

The 'role' of the hair. Fancy way of putting it. ouo

;=; I hope i explained okay...i really suck at that lol

Question 1. Relative time period?
Question 2. Names and ages.
Question 3. Should we include powers? Or I guess that would cover the kingdom's purposes of light and dark
Question 4. technology? Personally I kind of like Nausicaa (of the Valley of the Wind)'s type of countryside, and technology. They have limited, but at the same time advanced, technology. But they still seem to live in a time period that looks older.

Ok, so obviously the two main characters try to trade the boy's pottery.

Here's my idea. The contrast between kingdoms have been waning in recent years; the light kingdom slowly becomes corrupt, while the dark kingdom introduces ideas like a democratic type of ruling. The light kingdom starts to appear more superficially good, rules being made to keep the ruling class at an advantage over the poorer classes. The formerly dictator-style dark kingdom demands more control throughout all the classes, which the ruling class can't help to become more lenient to avoid conflict.

The boy sees how corrupt his kingdom has become and detests the superficial standards he has to follow. So adding Taka's idea, the treaty has to be signed in order to attempt to achieve the previous balance the two countries had, and of course to avoid war (I suppose). However, I kind of like the idea that the two countries had to trade each other's pottery, the girl with a priceless vase, and the boy with a lot cheaper pot; this will obviously be an unfair trade. Then the sparks flare. But that doesn't exactly explain why they needed to trade in the first place.

Maybe we should stick to this:

But I still like the idea that he is captured first because of the mess he causes, breaking the priceless heirloom the princess was carrying, and injuring the guards as he tries to escape. He does this under the guise of a peasant. But I guess he should be wearing some sort of medallion that is proof of his royalty, that isn't visible.

So to sum it up so far, the boy is selling his pottery for some extra cash since his kingdom is low on funds, while the girl is travelling to establish a treaty. Perhaps the fear of assimilation is only shared by the older generation as borders weaken, and the two (or at least the girl) think otherise and tries to connect the two countries in another way. Of course, the prince gets in the way of her plans xd

I also like this idea:

Although instead of one side appearing grubby and the other clean, I think the reflection should be in the designs. One side (most likely the girl since som far they seem to have more money) wear more expensive and elaborate styles of clothing since they can dish out the moolah. The boy's kingdom has, although stylish, plainer and cheaper clothing. But of course, he'll most likely wear grubby, tattered clothing outside of his kingdom.

Descriptions
Boy: The boy/prince is selling pottery because the kingdom he's in is very poor, though they put a strong facade on to prevent commoners from knowing. I also think that he's doing this against his parents wishes. The selling would solve money problems in the short run, but he doesn't think of what the long term causes are of selling his kingdom's pottery. He can be insulting, and crude, he does know how to behave like royalty. He just prefers not to. Most likely because he doesn't believe what his parents believe.

I like this idea.

As for his appearance, I think this should most likely be his look outside the kingdom:


The girl: Strong-willed and much more well-mannered and behaves with an air of royalty, much more than the prince does anyway. Once she sets a goal she always follows out. Though she respects her mother and her wishes, which is to be the perfect princess (follow the rules, follow others' lead, obedient), she only behaves "perfect" in the public eye (so kings, advisers, gatherings) and is less princess-like in private. Meaning she plots and thinks of ways to change current things.

Her appearance is dainty and beautiful (since she can afford good clothes)

So to sum, sum this up, this:



So far so good guys? Anyone else want to refine the ideas we have so far? Agree or disagree?

I like this hard headed, sorta bitchy girl idea. But the idea that the boy's country is so poor that the Prince has to sell pottery is a bit unrealistic. Why pottery for instance?

My idea:
How about we have the Prince's country is in debt to the other country but the Prince's country is large and very artistic. The Prince loved the court painters and artists while his father forced him to be around the finest generals and fighters. Somehow, he manages to sneak out and learn art under a poor immigrant from the Princess' country. The immigrant is ill and needs money to repay loan sharks so the Prince himself goes out to sell his wares. He thinks that the Princess would be a great target to sell his teacher's artworks but gets pissed when the Princess turns her nose up at it.
Then they fight and he goes to jail. Maybe the pottery teacher can turn out to be a great sculpture in the Princess' country but left when her father decided to turn their country(which was small and considered in danger from the Prince's giant country--but this is a bit true as the Prince's father is considering to wage war to steal their riches) into a military/technological(by medieval standards) country. The King declared art to be time wastin' and had poets, writers, and useless artists drafted. The Princess' mom was against this and the Princess was an apreciator of the arts and wanted to see the Prince's kingdom to view it's many galleries and sculptures(think Venice?)

The prince could be selling pottery because he understands that his kingdom is poor. He's not afraid to get his hands and clothes dirty to help bring in money to the people he cares for. I'd also imagine that he would do little 'odds and ends' jobs to help when needed.
On a side note, pottery, paintings, and other crafts were a big thing years ago and in some countries they still are a good source of revenue for people. So, if we do decide to have the comic set in a old, partially developed( meaning technology is rare and expensive to come by) time, having the prince selling pottery would work.

maybe magic could be viewed as a curse?