RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistMar 23, 2025

#PennedPossibilities 622 1/3 — Does your MC read? If so, what sorts of things? Do they have a preferred genre of choice?

Rarely do characters state, though the devil-girl did base her conceptions of love and sex as a teen on the romance novels she weaseled out of the servants. In her narrative, she trots out EXAMPLES, like a kiss-kiss-bang-bang that in our world would be set in Sicily with a mafia Juliet who is eventually told to kill her Romeo. Her reading/education was while she was raised to rule. Being somewhat autistic realistically required certain explanations and understandings of typical interactions that never came (pardon the pun)—before she ran away when she thought she could pass as adult. Educated on romance novels makes for a character who looks upon love—to use a phrase which is too severe—with a jaundiced eye.

Her hyper education and later street education with no allowance for being a child is why she often goes from being the adult in the room to turning into a 12-year-old girl (though NEVER out of control).

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#PennedPossibilities 622 2/3— Does your MC read? If so, what sorts of things? Do they have a preferred genre of choice?

From her first lover, May Ri scores for Mars a full scan of a 1890s to 2032 UNCENSORED paper book library. (In 2025, we're experiencing the progressive singularity hinted at in the novel.) When she is investigating why a riot broke out that killed a little boy, the narrative states:

"So, let me get this right," May Ri said. She sat in a small supply dome cleared for the purpose, a light glaring overhead, a table, two chairs, a chamber pot, and a vid, currently blank but recording. She scrolled her book plate. "Dug… not Doug… not—"

"Douglas," the dirty haired, dumpy [contract colonist] snapped, ankle chained to the floor. Her age. She'd researched how police ran interviews in Randy's library, but between the textbooks and police procedural novels, the latter was the most helpful.

She's a-read'n somethin'! I'm thinking the chamber pot and ankle chain flourish must have come from something set in late 1800s London...

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Mar 23, 2025 at 8:08pmWeb