windowpane-reflections:
maramahan:
I love characters who don’t know who they are
Not characters...
I love characters who don’t know who they are
Not characters who are liars—who know what they are and pretend to be otherwise—but characters who honestly genuinely don’t know how they’ll behave under pressure
The character who feels like a coward but will jump in front of a bus to save a friend
The character who talks like a hero but when the worst happens they can’t help but crumble
The character who truly has no idea if they are selfish or selfless and is terrified to find out and risk disappointing the people they love
And then when you bring in a variety of situations—the character who is useful through action scenes but loses all composure when it comes to a medical emergency
I love these characters, because that space between ‘fight’ ‘flight’ and ‘freeze’ is such an interesting one, and the doubt that comes with it is a heck of a conflict to explore
Also, those characters are pretty relatable.
