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This week Billy asks: Have you ever found yourself acting like a favorite character in a novel? If so, which one?
Not really. I've said before that I don't really relate to books in that way, but more significantly, behaving like most of my favorite characters would be either impractical, impossible, or dangerous. I doubt I could get away with riding about on a horse while slaying enemies with a sword like Éomer, from the Lord of the Rings, and I certainly can't alter reality with my dreams like George Orr from The Lathe of Heaven, or heroically lead a rag-tag band against the God of Death like Taran from the Chronicles of Prydain. I suppose the closest I might come to behaving at times like a favorite character from a book is when I try to adopt the philosophical attitude of Ged from the Earthsea books, but given that he is a skilled wizard and I am not, I'm not really able to emulate him particularly well.
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Yes, it can be a bit difficult to act like a character from fantasy fiction - or SF. I do like costuming, though my sewing skills are very basic. I tend to make up my own costumes and say I’m a lady of the court of Ming the Merciless or a Vulcan priestess or whatever.
ReplyDeleteTrue, it’s kind of hard to act like a character from fantasy fiction. I usually settle for costuming.
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@Sue: I'm not very good with costumes, although I did dress as a Ghostbuster for one convention, but that was because the Redhead made the costume.
DeleteSorry for the extra comment - I was trying to include the link to my post. For some reason, it won’t accept the clickable links I’ve been using for some time and this one doesn’t go anywhere. If you want to check out my blog, The Great Raven, just click on my name. There’s a link with my profile.
ReplyDelete@Sue: Oddly it looks like there is a link there, but it goes to a nonexistent page on this blog. That seems really weird.
DeleteAdopting philosophical attitudes would be safer than physical. :)
ReplyDeleteNice answer.
Thanks for sharing.
@Elizabeth: Definitely.
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