tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post4727774995475245218..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Character TransformationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-31589843471115331882011-03-07T16:29:23.399-05:002011-03-07T16:29:23.399-05:00Nick and Nora Charles and MacMillan and Wife and t...Nick and Nora Charles and MacMillan and Wife and that's about it, I think.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-90665125205932898352011-03-07T16:18:16.086-05:002011-03-07T16:18:16.086-05:00Yeah, that's the thing. If they're conten...Yeah, that's the thing. If they're content to stay the way they are, then there's no internal conflict because they're fine with their problems. <br /><br />I could say it ties into the whole idea some women have, that they can fix a man. (Not saying men don't think they can change women, but there is a bit of a stereotype in the other direction.) I think that's why a lot of readers like the characters they do. Of course, we never really think about what would happen if they worked out all their problems. Would they be boring? <br /><br />I also think this is why you don't see too many happily married couples in our crime fiction. It's very hard to make it work and keep it interesting.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-41745243023406828092011-03-07T08:32:28.063-05:002011-03-07T08:32:28.063-05:00Yeah, internal conflict. I finally got around to w...Yeah, internal conflict. I finally got around to watching the TV series, "Justified." the last line from the pilot is the main character, Raylan, talking to his ex-wife. He says, "I'm not an angry man," and she says, "Oh Raylan, you hide it well and most people don't see it, but you're the angriest man I've ever known."<br /><br />He looks surprised - a little. And that sets up the entire series as Raylan finally deals with his own inner self, his own buried anger.<br /><br />So I agree, characters need flaws, but they need to be aware of them and try to do something about it.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.com