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Adults
A little bit about the adults in the Brandon Sparks Universe – Joshua Fuld
The adults in the Brandon Sparks Universe can be broken down into three distinct categories; adult humans, adult aliens, and Starbloods who act like adults.
Adult Humans
In its simplest form, the story of Brandon Sparks is about children trying to find a way to wake their parents and the adult crew of the Hidden Sun from an unnatural slumber. The attack by the Ptevos takes place early on and eliminates a majority of the adults from playing a larger role in the story. My initial plan was to focus on Brandon and the other children, and watch them succeed in spite of a lack of adult intervention but it soon became clear that in order for the story to develop in the way that I wanted it to, I would have to include more adults.
The three major adults in Brandon Sparks and the Hidden Sun that were not put to sleep by the Ptevos are General Swift, President Matthews and V. All three have a significant impact, both good and bad, and when Brandon interacts with any of them the story has a tendency to suddenly shift in a different direction. This is even true of Brandon’s first encounter with Captain Smoke.
Adult Aliens
The adult aliens differ from the adult humans in that they generally don’t treat the children like they are children. This was done intentionally because I didn’t want the aliens to be just humans with six arms or humans covered in orange fur. I wanted them to be unique and have unique thoughts. Just because General Swift notices that the new captain of the Hidden Sun is a young boy, doesn’t mean that General Zarafat does.
Starbloods Who Act Like Adults
Yes, I’m referring to Charlie. Charlie is clearly the most important and significant adult voice in Brandon’s life. Yes, Sarah is important but it is Charlie that fills in the fatherly role that Brandon so desperately needs. As I conceived the main storyline, it became clear that in the absence of adults, Brandon would need someone he could turn to, and Charlie became his Obi-Wan.
