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Remus Lupin's major personality trait
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gblvr after sanj's lovely and LotR-filled party, we got onto the trickiness of writing Remus Lupin.
Our favorite werewolf is many things -- a good teacher, a perceptive fellow, a somewhat shifty character when the times call for it -- but he's incredibly frustrating to write.
Mostly because his defining personality trait is that he will not stick his neck out one little bit -- unless there is a great big reward in return for his risk. He will not do anything simply because it's the right thing to do, or because it's his responsibility to do the right thing.
He'll happily step back and avoid a nasty situation, even though he could easily have intervened, because he isn't interested in helping for the sake of helping. He's passive-aggressive and profoundly self-focused.
Does anyone else find him smack-worthy because of this? Especially when trying to write and he holds the entire plot up because he won't help when the plot needs him to?
gblvr after sanj's lovely and LotR-filled party, we got onto the trickiness of writing Remus Lupin.Our favorite werewolf is many things -- a good teacher, a perceptive fellow, a somewhat shifty character when the times call for it -- but he's incredibly frustrating to write.
Mostly because his defining personality trait is that he will not stick his neck out one little bit -- unless there is a great big reward in return for his risk. He will not do anything simply because it's the right thing to do, or because it's his responsibility to do the right thing.
He'll happily step back and avoid a nasty situation, even though he could easily have intervened, because he isn't interested in helping for the sake of helping. He's passive-aggressive and profoundly self-focused.
Does anyone else find him smack-worthy because of this? Especially when trying to write and he holds the entire plot up because he won't help when the plot needs him to?