This is brilliant. I don't know the source, but I felt like I got a sense of both what the original character is like as well as who he is in this story. (Wondering... are the Cro-mags the high school bullies?)
...that you won't -- you can't even write it, can't even think it, you would never. You're safe.
I'm curious about this part, because is it true? It's obvious I think that he wouldn't rape her, but maybe he is attracted to her? It seems like if there was no attraction, this would be more of an angry, defiant thing, but I get the sense from this that maybe he is attracted to her, a little, which makes the whole thing more complex. Like he can't even let himself think it because he fears that would make him what he is seen as.
The "nondescript" thing is also very interesting, and it makes me think about how I tend (we all tend, I think) to think of textual characters as white unless proven otherwise. White is default...
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Date: 2006-08-24 07:15 pm (UTC)...that you won't -- you can't even write it, can't even think it, you would never. You're safe.
I'm curious about this part, because is it true? It's obvious I think that he wouldn't rape her, but maybe he is attracted to her? It seems like if there was no attraction, this would be more of an angry, defiant thing, but I get the sense from this that maybe he is attracted to her, a little, which makes the whole thing more complex. Like he can't even let himself think it because he fears that would make him what he is seen as.
The "nondescript" thing is also very interesting, and it makes me think about how I tend (we all tend, I think) to think of textual characters as white unless proven otherwise. White is default...