Post by latch22 on Jun 10, 2007 23:30:42 GMT -5
Calling all Two-Bit writers. (Mars, you're needed on the front.)
I'm writing a Two-Bit story (a one-shot, I think, albeit a long one) that features Two-Bit's more serious side. Now, this is not to be confused with angst--it's just his more sober side (no pun intended). He's serious because he has a bad hangover, his day has been lousy, and he's been given (what he considers) an outrageous assignment by his fed up teacher, whom he resents. What's a guy to do? Even Two-Bit wouldn't waste his energy on trying to be too cheery then. (My theory is that the jokester persona is partly a shield, courtesy of his own brand of escapism, partly for attention, and partly because that's just the way that he is, but that can only get someone so far sometimes.)
One of the reasons that Two-Bit thinks the assignment is so ridiculous is that he finds it insulting. He was basically asked to write about why he lives his life the way that he does, where he expects that to get him in life, and, namely, why he drinks so much. (In the teacher's defense, he was a bit fed up; Two-Bit had either been skipping his class lately or coming in late and hung-over a lot of the time. [In Two-Bit's defense, it's a boring class.])
So, yeah, Two-Bit's a little pissed and a lot resentful, but he's still Two-Bit. There's an edge, but there's a certain lightheartedness to some of it. It's pretty stream-of-consciousness, but I would imagine that he chooses his words pretty carefully anyway. (The great thing about writing Two-Bit is the freedom to word things a little more eloquently or just better than with writing for some of the others, because he is specifically said to "put things into words good.")
There are a few "flashbacks" (none of that "flashback starts" junk, though; I mean by way of some segues), because I would imagine that Two-Bit, when he had no one to talk to, would actually start to consider it. In Two-Bit's mind, good things happen to him when he's drunk. (Bittersweet, anyway.) One example is when he was drag-racing and he crashed. He wasn't really injured, but he caught the attention of a girl that he had had his eye on when she was making sure that he really was alright. That was a plus to him because he, uh, found somewhere to spend the night. (I told you he wasn't injured. Lol.)
What kinds of interesting experiences could you see him having that would seem significant enough to bring up in his assignment? (And it is slightly crude because he's trying to piss his teacher off, and a little more honest [though not a lot] because, let's face it, how well do you think with a raging headache? And also because he doesn't think that anybody else will see it.) It seems stereotypical, but I'm referring chiefly to experiences that came about as a result of his drinking.
I ask because it seems everybody has their own opinion about this aspect of him. This is a character study, and I want to make it well-rounded. (It's in his perspective, so he's speaking for himself, but you know what I mean.)
Yeah, I could say less, but at least some of you must find this longwindedness endearing by now... right? Ah, well.
Cheers!
I'm writing a Two-Bit story (a one-shot, I think, albeit a long one) that features Two-Bit's more serious side. Now, this is not to be confused with angst--it's just his more sober side (no pun intended). He's serious because he has a bad hangover, his day has been lousy, and he's been given (what he considers) an outrageous assignment by his fed up teacher, whom he resents. What's a guy to do? Even Two-Bit wouldn't waste his energy on trying to be too cheery then. (My theory is that the jokester persona is partly a shield, courtesy of his own brand of escapism, partly for attention, and partly because that's just the way that he is, but that can only get someone so far sometimes.)
One of the reasons that Two-Bit thinks the assignment is so ridiculous is that he finds it insulting. He was basically asked to write about why he lives his life the way that he does, where he expects that to get him in life, and, namely, why he drinks so much. (In the teacher's defense, he was a bit fed up; Two-Bit had either been skipping his class lately or coming in late and hung-over a lot of the time. [In Two-Bit's defense, it's a boring class.])
So, yeah, Two-Bit's a little pissed and a lot resentful, but he's still Two-Bit. There's an edge, but there's a certain lightheartedness to some of it. It's pretty stream-of-consciousness, but I would imagine that he chooses his words pretty carefully anyway. (The great thing about writing Two-Bit is the freedom to word things a little more eloquently or just better than with writing for some of the others, because he is specifically said to "put things into words good.")
There are a few "flashbacks" (none of that "flashback starts" junk, though; I mean by way of some segues), because I would imagine that Two-Bit, when he had no one to talk to, would actually start to consider it. In Two-Bit's mind, good things happen to him when he's drunk. (Bittersweet, anyway.) One example is when he was drag-racing and he crashed. He wasn't really injured, but he caught the attention of a girl that he had had his eye on when she was making sure that he really was alright. That was a plus to him because he, uh, found somewhere to spend the night. (I told you he wasn't injured. Lol.)
What kinds of interesting experiences could you see him having that would seem significant enough to bring up in his assignment? (And it is slightly crude because he's trying to piss his teacher off, and a little more honest [though not a lot] because, let's face it, how well do you think with a raging headache? And also because he doesn't think that anybody else will see it.) It seems stereotypical, but I'm referring chiefly to experiences that came about as a result of his drinking.
I ask because it seems everybody has their own opinion about this aspect of him. This is a character study, and I want to make it well-rounded. (It's in his perspective, so he's speaking for himself, but you know what I mean.)
Yeah, I could say less, but at least some of you must find this longwindedness endearing by now... right? Ah, well.
Cheers!
