Subject: Questions
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Posted on: 2018-08-05 21:15:00 UTC

First and foremost: Is this character supposed to be really icky, what with the whole "Nice Guy" thing? Because I see you acknowledging that he is creepy, is a whiner, has an oversized ego, and is a loser, but I also see you saying he really tries his best and is actually a nice person if you get to know him. That's the classic "Nice Guy" excuse for blaming all their ills on the women who are rightly put off by their creepiness instead of taking responsibility for their own flaws.

So, is the intention to write a character who's like that, but will be called out on it and (hopefully) improve over time? Or, what is the intent? In other words, why do you want to write this character?

Also, physical ability aside, how does a guy who struggled so badly with schoolwork and is just scraping together enough money to live on become "very skilled" at wielding a sword? Especially a katana, since Eastern philosophy typically places as much emphasis on the mind and spirit as the body—and no decent instructor would ever condone their student drawing a sword on someone just to make a point, which is also really horrible. Returning to the point, though: How did he afford lessons? Why was he able to succeed at that but nothing else? I think a simple explanation could fix the cognitive dissonance here, but it does need an explanation.

~Neshomeh

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