In Cigars of the Pharaoh, Tintin chases after an international group of drug distributors through the Middle East and India. He is able to capture most of the cartel members except the mysterious leader, who falls down the cliff. Some time following these incidents, his body has still not been discovered. At the beginning of ‘The Blue Lotus’, Tintin and his friend Snowy are invited to be the guests of Maharaja of Gaipajama in India. In Gaipajama’s palace, Tintin meets the famous fakir, Ramacharma, who has the power to reveal the secret of Tintin’s future. After that, Tintin is given a magic crystal that has the power to protect him from danger as it can be used to conjure the spirit-Shiro. Shiro is a 10 years old boy, who died of leukemia at the age of eight and has been fostered by Ramacharma as a supernatural helper since then. During their conversation, Tintin is asked to meet a Chinese guy from Shanghai in the gallery. All the same, when the guy explains the purpose of his visit to Tintin, he is shot by a dart that is full of the Rajaijah juice, poison of madness. The poison is used by the opium gang against their enemies. Luckily, before the guy becomes mad, he tells Tintin that he is needed in Shanghai. Hence, in order to find out what really happens, Tintin travels to Shanghai where the mastermind of the opium consortium, Mitsuhirato, tries to trip and kill him.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Good sketch Kiniko that you can now go on to flesh out with some description, action and dialogue (or were you going to draw it up as a graphic novel? ^-^
Your departure from the original BL begins here, right?: 'Ramacharma, who has the power to reveal the secret of Tintin’s future. After that, Tintin is given a magic crystal that has the power to protect him from danger as it can be used to conjure the spirit-Shiro...' I'm interested in how you will write up this episode and link into the rest of the story. Look forward to it...
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