HCC20: Behind Blue Eyes

William Strickland indomitable.william at gmail.com
Thu May 19 20:21:07 PDT 2011


Okay, so I managed to really mess up my presentation of the new HCC
already, but here it is, done the right way (I hope). Just to be all
official-like.


Uhm, wow! I don't know what to say. I mean besides 'thank you very
much!', of course.

I guess I would like my challenge to be - and feel free to tell me if
this is something that won't work as a HCC - an examination of the
super-motive. In keeping with the bad habit I've gotten into of naming
everything I do here after a song title, I'm calling it "Behind Blue
Eyes".

The idea is to examine the motives of a character - hero, villain, or
even a nobody - either in one of the stories here, or heck, a new one
(why not?). Nothing public domain, please, unless you're working with
such a character in one of your tales and you've put your own spin on
them.

The look into their mind can be silly or serious, deep or dippy. Their
motives don't have to be anything profound, although double kudos if
they are. Do they just like seeing people smile after being rescued?
Do they need some quick cash so they can keep paying child support to
their usurious ex? Does the knowledge that they've made the world
better fill them with a quiet pride? Do they like hearing people weep
as their dreams are shattered? Do they simply love the great taste of
ecospheres? Are they just in it for the lulz? And in any or all of
these cases, do things turn out the way they want them to?

So, uhm, yeah. Hop to it!

( Did I get it right this time? )


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