One of my favorite motifs in storytelling of any kind, movies, books, TV, whatever,

is the Band of Misfits Motif where you get all these people together,

are coming from different places, they theoretically should totally hate each other,

and then they have to go through some kind of trial or deal together

and through the crucible of the pressures of that journey and quest that they go on

they are gradually changed.

Each individual overcome some of their problems and some of the differences and disputes

that are just hardwired into them that they have, the beefs that they have with each other,

it gets resolved.

And as those things get resolved,

what you get on the back end of this whole adventure

is not a band of misfits any longer,

not a group of several individuals identified

by their own marks and traits but instead you get a

fellowship you get a band of brothers you get a sisterhood of the traveling pants I

never saw that movie I don't know if that actually works you get the they're like she's green and another one's blue and there's a raccoon and they've got a

pro wrestler and they've got a giant tree and yet somehow at the end of the first one even though they know

it's completely ridiculous to stand around and be like you you know, we're a family.

They still do it and it still works because this is a timeless, beautiful motif.

It's a picture of what humanity is designed to be at its best, and I think it resonates with people because it's a part of the truest story ever told.

And that's this one about the kingdom, because the kingdom is all about building this new family of faith that theoretically on paper should not work with weirdos from different parts of the world and different eras and ages and political preferences and persuasions and

yet somehow all these different goonies from all the different corners of

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