tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post404210182042987907..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: Likeable heroes and heroinesLexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-67780920838971897122011-02-28T16:14:33.995+00:002011-02-28T16:14:33.995+00:00I wasn't worrying so much as wondering.
My s...I wasn't worrying so much as wondering. <br /><br />My sister, having read two thirds of UG, said, <br /><br />"I don't understand Nick - should I be feeling that he is a hard man who is really deep down a good person or not? I do not understand his motivation, is he getting fond of Beth or is he using her? I would like more guidance in the book on this, even if I feel I am working it out for myself."<br /><br />I told her he is using her AND becoming fond of her. I wanted the reader to be unsure about Nick, to have to make up his/her own mind.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-89149927194531566532011-02-28T16:05:25.381+00:002011-02-28T16:05:25.381+00:00I don't think we need to worry as much about m...I don't think we need to worry as much about making likable characters as interesting and believable ones. Give 'em the right flaws and readers can identify with them that much more.Alan Hutchesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880999192085868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-23249258394545517462011-02-27T16:33:22.989+00:002011-02-27T16:33:22.989+00:00K, I hope to make the reader engage with both Beth...K, I hope to make the reader engage with both Beth Two (hunted) and Nick (hunter) and have to resolve this paradox for themselves.<br /><br />(The actual rat was rather sweet, if a bit sewery.)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-22228630460923276532011-02-27T16:23:15.999+00:002011-02-27T16:23:15.999+00:00An actual rat? Yikes!
In your brief clip, I liked ...An actual rat? Yikes!<br />In your brief clip, I liked Nick more than I did Beth Two. Is Beth Two 'bad' Beth, or will we be rooting for them both?<br />KKatharine D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324719518391248689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-73752025620548118982011-02-27T13:47:39.453+00:002011-02-27T13:47:39.453+00:00Kitty, Gwyneth Paltrow was so WRONG for Emma.
An...Kitty, Gwyneth Paltrow was so WRONG for Emma. <br /><br />And Billie Piper's depiction, though appealing, was not true to the original. Her Fanny Price was rumbustious and assertive - a Fanny Price tweaked for the taste of our times. Sylvestre Le Touzel played a more faithful version on television many years ago.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-10803860616352582212011-02-27T13:42:34.802+00:002011-02-27T13:42:34.802+00:00Oooh we love us some bad boy anti-heroes, yes we d...Oooh we love us some bad boy anti-heroes, yes we do! <br /><br />p.s. I have Billie Piper (Fanny Price) vs. Gyweth Paltrow (Emma) battling it out in my sordid head! <br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-72159120371871226582011-02-27T11:51:55.345+00:002011-02-27T11:51:55.345+00:00Rod, I so seldom achieve a good simile I'm alw...Rod, I so seldom achieve a good simile I'm always terribly proud when I manage it.<br /><br />In the freeze this winter, a rat actually did emerge from my lavatory...Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-3880894361130054642011-02-27T11:49:16.762+00:002011-02-27T11:49:16.762+00:00I'm not sure I set out to write likeable chara...I'm not sure I set out to write likeable characters. I'm attached to most of my characters, even the horrible ones, perhaps because they reflect aspects (if repressed) of me. <br /><br />I stop reading books where I think the heroine is awful, but the author clearly thinks her flaws forgiveable or even endearing.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-20728446123871181332011-02-27T11:47:00.420+00:002011-02-27T11:47:00.420+00:00You must have really enjoyed writing that little c...You must have really enjoyed writing that little clip. I love it.rodgriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071168728713662123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-47549023616984358272011-02-27T11:40:11.241+00:002011-02-27T11:40:11.241+00:00I think it's like all things. It's hard to...I think it's like all things. It's hard to guess what others people's personal taste will be so when creating a likeable character it has to be to your own personal ideas and all you can hope is that other readers have the same preferences too.Paula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.com