#WordWeavers 26 Apr
How "high maintenance" are your MCs?
By book…
Miasma:
Lanton is easygoing. Emi hates to be a bother. Mokan is a cause of maintenance for others.
The Silk Mind:
Ash is trying to keep things together. He wants to stop doing that and do maintenance on ironmongery instead.
The Source of Fire:
Jens is a full time job for Alun. Aena is 99% self-reliant.
disOrder:
In a way, Calnor is on Ascension to do maintenance he isn't aware of or equipped for. Nolene is… a lot.
#WordWeavers day 26: How "high maintenance" are your MCs?
I'm not entirely sure what qualifies, TBPH. I mostly hear it used as a way to criticize people (usually women) for having needs or desires that the criticizer (usually male) doesn't want to meet. I'm positive that's not what's meant here... but I'm not sure what *is*.
I guess about average amounts of maintenance?
#WordWeavers How "high maintenance" is your MC?
She basically needs a crew--she grew up swarmed with cousins, chosen or otherwise--and while she isn't super comfortable with it, she *kinda* needs to be the leader. She doesn't see it that way. She just doe what she thinks she has to, and others follow her, but if it wasn't that way, she'd b frustrated and confused. "Why do I have do something other than what I would choose? I am right, so...?"
#WordWeavers Apr 26: How "high maintenance" is your MC?
In my one fiction story, Arthur is excitable, but also patient. He's pretty low-maintenance
#WordWeavers Apr 26: How "high maintenance" is your MC?
Lysandra is pretty self-sufficient in environments she was raised to be expected to live in. Being "high maintenance" was a luxury only the ultra-wealthy/powerful could afford, and she's a farmer's daughter.
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#WordWeavers 26: How ‘high maintenance’ is your MC?
High maintenance compared to what?
Franz-Karl is a child, who happens to be an imperial prince, and who has arguably been a political prisoner/hostage for his whole life. (Though that last bit is beginning to wear off.)
He's a lot more self-sufficient than some people would prefer...
#WordWeavers 26/4: How ‘high maintenance’ is your MC?
My protagonist is pretty easy going. However, one of my newly introduced characters who he's looking out for, Cassie, a Gothic Belly dancer (apparently it's a real thing, look it up), has an extremely high metabolism.
Despite being of a petite stature she packs away the calories at a prolific rate to fuel her dancing.
#WordWeavers 25 Is there any political or moral value that your MC and antagonist agree on?
Actually agree on?? As opposed to pay lip service to?
None that I can think of.
#WordWeavers April 26: How “high maintenance “ is your MC?
Iberto is pretty low maintenance. He likes to be up and doing, and he's good at finding ways to keep himself entertained. Accept him as he is, be willing to play-hunt with him on the regular, and you're good to go.
#WordWeavers Apr 26: How “high maintenance “ is your MC?
Jim's self-sufficent, sometimes to the point of being self-absorbed. It's not that he'd actively try to hurt anyone, and he's happy to help when asked. Don't expect him to go out of his way to help spontaneously, without being asked.
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