Weird.

[agilebrit]

So, I've begun the BeeFic anew, from the faeries' viewpoint...and it sort of defaulted into first person.

Huh, sez I, I've been writing in first person an awful lot lately. But that's not strictly true. Out of seven completed stories, only two are in first person.

What's odd is...the two that are first person? Are mercenary/security guard types. The BeeFic? They're going to war.

What does that say about me that my first person stories are those where the POV character is the type of person who kills people and breaks things for a living?

Comments

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

It says that you want to examine the psyche of someone who is capable of those actions, to make such a person sympathetic. What is more noble than that?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

And it's not because I like big muscles and pretty guns?

What's even stranger is that I've never written that type of character as a woman. Not only that, but most of my POV characters, across the board, are men.

There's something wrong with me...

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Snerk. I think there's something wrong with a lot of us. Muscles and guns? What's not to love?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*nods* That's very true...

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Battle has an immediacy that lends itself to first person. At least that's my theory. :)

[aadler]

What does that say about me that my first person stories are those where the POV character is the type of person who kills people and breaks things for a living?

You say that like it’s a bad thing. J

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm living vicariously through the sort of people I admire? :)