[Siiighhh] Well... since it specifies an unlikeable protagonist, maybe we should start with him? Why is he unlikeable? What makes a protagonist unlikeable, anyway?
. . . a small and fat unlikeable protagonist, wearing ballet shoes, was skipping through the busy city streets until he was stranded for infinity by a yellow fire that rained down destruction.
Once upon a time ... there was a thoroughly unlikeable young boy. Through no fault of his parents-- for they loved him and treated him well as any parents should-- it seemed that only pain and destruction followed in his wake. His parents tried with all their might to curb this behaviour, but it soon became apparent that he seemed to enjoy it and had no intention of stopping. He set fire to his mother's flowers. He cut up his sister's ballet shoes. He smeared his mother's favourite yellow dress with food stains. But no reprimand seemed to be enough, and his parents would not punish him for they believed themselves kind and loving.
His parents eventually despaired, and decided to call upon the spirits for help. The guardian spirit of children appeared before them and told the parents to take their child out into the middle of the bustling city and leave him stranded there for three days and three nights, and were to provide no help. If they could do this, their child would find his way home safely in good health and good manners.
With heavy hearts they did as the spirit had commanded them, and then returned home silently, worried as to whether their son could really survive and make it back on his own. Every night they traded worried looks and the tension mounted as time went on. Finally on the third night, unable to take it anymore, the father decided to go out and find his son and check how he was doing. He didn't need to go very far. He found his son merely one hour away from home, skipping down the path. The father hid behind a nearby tree to observe him as the child stopped to laugh at something on the side of the road. However, as he peered closer, he noticed that his son was kicking something small and round-- a kitten.
It was just as the father had feared-- his son's behaviour hadn't changed at all. The spirit must have lied to him. Angry, he marched out from behind the tree and went to collect his son and take him home. But as he reached his son, the guardian spirit of stray animals appeared before them.
"You have disobeyed the terms of your contract with my sister, and thus her protection over him is no longer valid," she shrieked. "This child is to be punished once and for all for his wrongdoings, and I hereby claim him as my own!"
With that, she whisked the child away to her domain. There, the child lay helpless before a litter of grotesquely giant kittens-- all as tall as the trees-- as they kicked him repeatedly. To this day he still remains there, for there is no measure of time in the spirit domain. There he stays ... for infinity.
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dramatispersonae) wrote2011-02-05 06:53 pm
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A story...? Again?
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And my teammates aren't even here...
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[Looking at the words] Half of these seem so contradictory...
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[Siiighhh] Well... since it specifies an unlikeable protagonist, maybe we should start with him? Why is he unlikeable? What makes a protagonist unlikeable, anyway?
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Oh. Maybe he's mean. Like ... he kicks kittens ... or something.
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. . . a small and fat unlikeable protagonist, wearing ballet shoes, was skipping through the busy city streets until he was stranded for infinity by a yellow fire that rained down destruction.
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Maybe the kitten is small and fat. And the protagonist gets stranded in limbo for infinity with kittens kicking him as punishment. There.
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...
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I like that idea.
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Once upon a time ... there was a thoroughly unlikeable young boy. Through no fault of his parents-- for they loved him and treated him well as any parents should-- it seemed that only pain and destruction followed in his wake. His parents tried with all their might to curb this behaviour, but it soon became apparent that he seemed to enjoy it and had no intention of stopping. He set fire to his mother's flowers. He cut up his sister's ballet shoes. He smeared his mother's favourite yellow dress with food stains. But no reprimand seemed to be enough, and his parents would not punish him for they believed themselves kind and loving.
His parents eventually despaired, and decided to call upon the spirits for help. The guardian spirit of children appeared before them and told the parents to take their child out into the middle of the bustling city and leave him stranded there for three days and three nights, and were to provide no help. If they could do this, their child would find his way home safely in good health and good manners.
With heavy hearts they did as the spirit had commanded them, and then returned home silently, worried as to whether their son could really survive and make it back on his own. Every night they traded worried looks and the tension mounted as time went on. Finally on the third night, unable to take it anymore, the father decided to go out and find his son and check how he was doing. He didn't need to go very far. He found his son merely one hour away from home, skipping down the path. The father hid behind a nearby tree to observe him as the child stopped to laugh at something on the side of the road. However, as he peered closer, he noticed that his son was kicking something small and round-- a kitten.
It was just as the father had feared-- his son's behaviour hadn't changed at all. The spirit must have lied to him. Angry, he marched out from behind the tree and went to collect his son and take him home. But as he reached his son, the guardian spirit of stray animals appeared before them.
"You have disobeyed the terms of your contract with my sister, and thus her protection over him is no longer valid," she shrieked. "This child is to be punished once and for all for his wrongdoings, and I hereby claim him as my own!"
With that, she whisked the child away to her domain. There, the child lay helpless before a litter of grotesquely giant kittens-- all as tall as the trees-- as they kicked him repeatedly. To this day he still remains there, for there is no measure of time in the spirit domain. There he stays ... for infinity.