Location: Burlington, ON. John54 , Jun 16, Location: Great things happen in Philadelphia. I can watch human beings do all manner of horrific things to each other, but I can't, fake or not, stomach watching violence against dogs. Weird, huh? Bender Rodriguez , Jun 16, EdogawaRampo , Jun 16, As a pet owner, I am really appalled at how animals are treated and how cavalier many people are about animals.
I happen to think most people are phenomenally ignorant about how conscious and aware many species are, full of feelings and emotions very similar, if not identical to our own. They still feel pain, sadness, joy That's enough to damn most of us to hell right there if our treatment of animals ever gets judged. EdogawaRampo , Jun 17, Chris M , jupiterboy , padesu and 3 others like this.
Show Ignored Content. Share This Page. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? Maybe he has a wife and kids. Maybe he wants to see them again like nothing else on Earth. Corday: Robert, this is a dog. Romano : Correction Lizzie. This is my dog. Blon: I spared her life. Doctor: You let one of them go, but that's nothing new. Every now and then, a little victim's spared And that's how you live with yourself, that's how you slaughter millions, because once in a while, on a whim, if the wind's in the right direction, you happen to be kind.
But you guys are basically like kittens stuck on a leaking lifeboat in a typhoon. Just run. Bender: But inside, you've got the heart of a robot. Fry: Aww Bender: Just like inside me, I've got the heart of a human! Gir: tearing up after Zim yells at him Zim: Guh Not as adorable they get in a few weeks, but still adorable! Hard characters with soft spots — those are the characters that inevitably grab and refuse to let go.
That must be why stories about knights errant, searching for princesses in distress are so popular. I generally try to make my heroes sympathetic.. Unless it ruins the point of the story. Gideon: Not all heroes are meant to be sympathetic. Some are intended to be downright unlikable. But, for the most part, popular fiction demands a character readers can like. Lorna: The trick is making this beat inherent.
It has to be a domino that influences the dominoes to follow. It is just a small moment—but one of my crit partners pointed it out as the reason she really started to become attached to him. Perhaps it can just tell us more about the character. In previous episodes, she actually fought against this softer side by never naming the cat—hence the name Kitty.
In my YA novel the main character shows compassion to her dog by rescuing him from a rooster obviously takes place on a farm! Sheila: The fact that the cat in The Closer was a recurring character gave its influence upon the MC enough weight to work. The protagonist in my next book saves a cat from drowning while the villain looks on. She pets the cat and the readers see the face of evil for the first time.
Crotchety neighbors are some of my favorite characters — especially when they turn out to be lovable. This is good. I love this when I read it in books or see it in movies. The trick for me is doing it myself…organically. But the more we know about our characters, the easier it is to figure out how they would organically pet the dog. They play a bigger role than a character building device, because they are often used for symbols of abandonment.
My WIP character has a few, pet-a-dog moments. He had a hoarding mother, so he loves to give stuff. Sometimes he steals even, only to give.
Makes him feel useful and helps him distanciate himself from what he thinks might be a genetic disease. Good stuff. The movie Million Dollar Baby used its literal pet the dog scene as excellent metaphor of abandonment.
Without this moment, my adolescent male MC would probably come off surly and a typical rebellious teen. The reader then realizes that all of his reactions to his parents and the bullies at school is all harping back to this point — how to save his dying sister. All of my current beta-readers love him because of this sweet side. Great post. And how interesting it is when a villain is seen petting a dog.
But that relationship only makes him scarier, rather than compassionate. Hmmm… something to think about as I write my next thriller. Keep up the good work!! Thoughtful and useful post. I love animals, both wildlife and pets, so I always put them in my books.
Usually my characters are animal lovers from the get-go, but in my latest mystery, I had the detective start off ready to take the pets his ex-wife left behind to the pound, but then over the course of the book he comes to appreciate the intelligence and personalities of all animals.
So I certainly hope that readers and pet lovers who get upset at my protagonist in the beginning keep reading! Animals are always one of my favorite details in any story. All bad guys, a spot of good. I adore them. I adore some of them and I always tend to find my favorite ones in romance books so I can enjoy them more. I decided to do a sort of Trope Tuesday piece where I will be talking about many tropes and recommend you all some of my favorites that fit.
What is a trope? It can also be described as another variation on the same theme. Your favorite couples? They probably got a trope too! My heart beats faster when I find a book that has it or I find out about a book I really wanted to read it and if it has pets?
I put it on top of my TBR. Pets are my ultimate love and I love puppies especially. You know a lot about someone when you meet their pet! You will fall in love with the story and the romance but you will also fall in love with this furry beings and cute and fluffy animals. Hazel has a labradoodle names Winnie, a parrot names Vodka, a rabbit names Janice Hoplin and she gets a new fish and calls it Daniel Craig. Sanctuary is such a beautiful novel written by one of my all time favorites Rebekah Weatherspoon.
This time in Sanctuary there are five dogs.
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