Last week, I wrote about what some of my protagonists would say on meeting me, just as a person.
I thought I’d take it a bit further and go into what they’d say if they found out I was their author/creator. Not just with protagonists, but other characters I enjoyed writing or thought might have an interesting reaction.
There may be some spoilers in my impressions, so throwing that out there.
Almo (secondary protagonist from Starsigns)
“This is your fault?! You did this to me?”
Almo is one of the characters I honestly think would have a big beef with me at first, but once we talked, would get it. Partly because Almo is a child, partly because Almo is very much sharing a core of my own circumstances. SPOILER - Almo is actually Almira, only because they received a fate they didn’t want to have. Almira thought that simply living as a different person would change that fate, so she started living as a boy. On a very basic level, Almo would get me, I think.
On a personal level, I think she’d understand.
Luc Bertrand (protagonist of The Deadly Studies)
“I wish I could say I was surprised that some metaphysical, multiversical being or whatever had set all this in motion, but I’m really not. Just another god.”
Luc would be most jaded and accepting of being a character, I think. I’ve mentioned before that I didn’t create Luc, but I got to know him pretty darn well after writing 10 novellas about him. He’s surprisingly easygoing and accepting of weird ass shit going on around him. Comes with the gig of being an assassin and having the attention of some deific entities. I’m going with the Luc more towards the end of the series, not the beginning. Young Luc would lose his shit at being directly manipulated into action. The teenager he was would rebel quite a bit at realizing I’m the reason his family died.
Adult Luc would, I think, understand the reasoning. If nothing else, he appreciates a story and would eventually be amused in the long run by the thought that he was interesting enough to have books about him. Cynical, yes, but flattered.
Silen Bassis (protagonist of Criminal From Birth)
“…”
Silen would pose the biggest threat to me, and I wouldn’t blame him. I’ve given Silen a whole lot of shit to process and work through, and I’m not done with him yet. He’s got a severe temper and can be quick to violence whether he sees it as violence or not. He’s also not particularly forgiving, and he wouldn’t see me as even remotely useful. At best, I would get off being ignored and discarded. At worst, I’d be Leeched and left. Silen wouldn’t kill me out of his temper; he’s above that sort of thing. Mostly because he wouldn’t see me as being worth the effort or consequences of killing.
LiveBeans (protagonist of Subscrption Life)
“So you’re, like, the head game developer?”
LiveBeans, or Libby as she prefers to be called, would have a similar reaction to Luc, but with her own twist to it. She already knows she’s under the influence of entities not of a divine source. She’s an AI-driven NPC in a video game and is aware of her place in the world. She’d have no problem accepting and understanding how I fit into her life, but more than anything, I would see her caring less about it than Luc. Luc would at least be interested in getting to know me as a person, if only to try and understand why his story turned out the way it has.
Libby doesn’t have a whole lot of interest in humans. Rather, she’s not particularly interested in the types of humans she sees in the game. Players are far less interesting to her than other NPCs or just the world she lives in. So while she’d understand my role in her creation, she probably would have a whole lot of interest in me beyond that.
I thought I’d take it a bit further and go into what they’d say if they found out I was their author/creator. Not just with protagonists, but other characters I enjoyed writing or thought might have an interesting reaction.
There may be some spoilers in my impressions, so throwing that out there.
Almo (secondary protagonist from Starsigns)
“This is your fault?! You did this to me?”
Almo is one of the characters I honestly think would have a big beef with me at first, but once we talked, would get it. Partly because Almo is a child, partly because Almo is very much sharing a core of my own circumstances. SPOILER - Almo is actually Almira, only because they received a fate they didn’t want to have. Almira thought that simply living as a different person would change that fate, so she started living as a boy. On a very basic level, Almo would get me, I think.
On a personal level, I think she’d understand.
Luc Bertrand (protagonist of The Deadly Studies)
“I wish I could say I was surprised that some metaphysical, multiversical being or whatever had set all this in motion, but I’m really not. Just another god.”
Luc would be most jaded and accepting of being a character, I think. I’ve mentioned before that I didn’t create Luc, but I got to know him pretty darn well after writing 10 novellas about him. He’s surprisingly easygoing and accepting of weird ass shit going on around him. Comes with the gig of being an assassin and having the attention of some deific entities. I’m going with the Luc more towards the end of the series, not the beginning. Young Luc would lose his shit at being directly manipulated into action. The teenager he was would rebel quite a bit at realizing I’m the reason his family died.
Adult Luc would, I think, understand the reasoning. If nothing else, he appreciates a story and would eventually be amused in the long run by the thought that he was interesting enough to have books about him. Cynical, yes, but flattered.
Silen Bassis (protagonist of Criminal From Birth)
“…”
Silen would pose the biggest threat to me, and I wouldn’t blame him. I’ve given Silen a whole lot of shit to process and work through, and I’m not done with him yet. He’s got a severe temper and can be quick to violence whether he sees it as violence or not. He’s also not particularly forgiving, and he wouldn’t see me as even remotely useful. At best, I would get off being ignored and discarded. At worst, I’d be Leeched and left. Silen wouldn’t kill me out of his temper; he’s above that sort of thing. Mostly because he wouldn’t see me as being worth the effort or consequences of killing.
LiveBeans (protagonist of Subscrption Life)
“So you’re, like, the head game developer?”
LiveBeans, or Libby as she prefers to be called, would have a similar reaction to Luc, but with her own twist to it. She already knows she’s under the influence of entities not of a divine source. She’s an AI-driven NPC in a video game and is aware of her place in the world. She’d have no problem accepting and understanding how I fit into her life, but more than anything, I would see her caring less about it than Luc. Luc would at least be interested in getting to know me as a person, if only to try and understand why his story turned out the way it has.
Libby doesn’t have a whole lot of interest in humans. Rather, she’s not particularly interested in the types of humans she sees in the game. Players are far less interesting to her than other NPCs or just the world she lives in. So while she’d understand my role in her creation, she probably would have a whole lot of interest in me beyond that.
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