Insanity at its Best

Welcome, gentle reader. I just discovered this amazing band (a year or two late, but hey, better late than never?) The Freelance Whales. I’ve really been enjoying them because, I have writers block. And coincedentally, blogging block. So, of course, I’ve just been listening to all kinds of music hoping to somehow jog myself into writing. So far, not working.

But, not worried because Friday I leave for Florida! And, that will probably give me a writing high for about a week. :) And, I’m going to be able to see some old friends in a few weeks! So, all in all, yep, that’s life right now.

But, anyways. I’m not going to skimp on the post like I did last post. Ahem, I have had a revelation. I’m not sure if anyone else knew this, or everyone knew this, but I just noticed, so please, don’t judge. ;)

I used to think that the only “normal” characters in books were the hero. But...that is not the case. Actually, thinking about that, I realized heroes are the most not normal, but still normal enough, characters, excepting the antag.

Example? Using my favorite example: Divergent.  Tris is actually really not normal. Take Christina, for example. Perfectly happy, still enough feelings, flaws, and has a normal boyfriend. But she still has enough dynamics to make us like her, possibly more than Tris. (In a friend way, not in that back-up-your-hero-and-go-kill-some-bad-guys way that you like Tris and other heroes.)

Versus Tris, who is perfectly at peace with herself (Which can be a good thing) and is one of those I’m-good-all-by-myself-never-tell-friends-anything people (and not saying that’s a bad thing, I’m one of those I’m-good-all-by-myself people, but I tell my friends literally everything. In real life, the I’m-good-all-by-myself-never-tell-friends-anything people are not bad, but in books they are a bit boring and irritating to read about.

Now, though, of course, lets not stereotype. Some heroes are supposed to be insane and irrational and not normal. Take Ender Wiggin from Ender’s Game, for an example of this. From the very, very, very  beginning of the book, we see Ender is Wiggin isn’t normal. Great, point taken, now we can appreciate him in his not normal way.

And before you go, “Wait a minute, Scarlet. You have a flaw in your logic. Tris is supposed to be divergent. Duh.” I am using normal in the mentally stable, normal human reactions way. You know, feelings and emotions and stuff.

So, there you have it, I think heroes are insane. Don’t believe me? Put yourself in any heroes shoes. You have to literally be insane to go in, with a few people, and try to defeat the great enemy. So, yeah, insanity at its best. :)

Happy Writing!
Scarlet

I guess I need to say something....

I apologize for the absence of posts. *bows majestically in apology**falls*

So I have been in Scotland. (!!!) Kind of unfortunate timing, though, with a math test due, several lessons of math due, plus shopping and generally getting ready for a trip to Florida in June. But.....we progress.

Plus, I'd like to take this time to apologize for my sister's spamming comments. She thought she was just so hilarious. Haha.

:D

But, I do plan on doing short stories for Winchester, Windsor, and Scotland, but working on my other story and exams and stuff, I probably will delay that until the summer. :)

Sooooo....all this is to introduce...

The Post!!!!!

But...I have nothing to post about, so please enjoy this:

And then for some motivation:

And here's a joke.

So this guy wanted to go to a party so he had to go rent a suit, and that was line was long. And then he wanted to rent a limo (expensive tastes, I know. :)) and there was a line. And then he went to go get punch at the party and there was no punchline.

So, yeah. By the way, I didn't come up with that. I got it off Pinterest. :)

Happy Writing!
Scarlett