lookingland

i know, i know ~ i'm just otherwise completely dysfunctional, so bear with me.

and i'm eating grated cheese with a spoon.

: o p

Prompt 016.
What are your antagonist's greatest weaknesses? Are they physical? Are they of the personality? How will these weaknesses affect their actions in your novel?

Morse's weakness is uncertainty about mortal choices. he either makes decisions too quickly or not at all. he also has a physical debility. personality-wise what works against him is his exterior appearance of utter indifference and disaffectation sometimes. all of these play against him in the story: he impulsively sets off after the renegades, impulsively chastises L for his actions, then mires down in indecision throughout the rest, being tripped up by being physically mauled in the process. his attitude, of course, in the midst of all this, sets L off (as it usually does).

Lewis's weakness are nicely complementary. he's self-righteous, which is dangerously coupled with immense self-loathing. he's also stubborn as pitch. physically, he's lame in one leg and deaf in one ear. his physical problems only hinder him a little, but the psychological/emotional problems are the source of most of the contention between him and Morse.

i think, in the final analysis ~ both of them want exactly the same thing. they just have radically different perspectives on pursuing it.

*Bonus*: Who is your protagonist's favorite poet? What is his/her favorite poem?

Morse: Edward Lear (of Nonsense fame) and John Milton. and the Psalms, of course. he naively had a very brief flirtation with Walt Whitman while in the army, but the colonel threw his copy of Leaves of Grass in the fire, where he decided it was better off.

Lewis: has probably never read a poem in his life, but does like the "St. Crispian's Day" monologue from Henry V.