Note: That was supposed to say "mirrors" not "mirros"
This is for my WIP, Call Me Robin Hood, and my MC is Joe. The main premise of CMRH is that Joe exposes jerks for what they are to their girlfriends and gives the nice guys a shot at love. I won't go into detail about how he does it, since it's not really important for now. And I'm wondering about the internal conflict I set for him, which revolves around his confidence.
He starts off in the novel super unconfident in himself. Here's a little insight to why that's the case. When Joe was really young and his dad was about to spank him, Joe started crying. His dad said there was no way he'd give birth to a son who's a little girl, which is when his dad started to physically abuse his mom. He thought his wife cheated and Joe was not his son. So that makes Joe feel worthless and no good and weak - especially after not calling for help whenever his dad physically abused his mom while he was growing up. This lasted from when he was 4 to when he was 10, when his mom got badly hurt and Joe finally called 911. His dad went to jail, and by the start of the story, is released but is out of Joe's life.
Once the Robin Hood stuff gets going and he starts dating Anne, his best friend who he's liked for a long time, things start to change.
I was thinking he gets all this newfound confidence from being Robin Hood and feeling superior over the jerks and being this figure both loved and hated. He can't take not doing any RH stuff for too long. And soon enough, his confidence turns into cockiness, which then starts his descent into "jerkdom." But when he hits rock bottom, he realizes the confidence wasn't truly his, but belonged to who he was under the mask of Robin Hood.
I was also thinking that Anne gives his true self more confidence. She's been his best friend since he was 10 and has been supporting him and helping him try to gain more confidence in himself. But when being RH gives him more power than Anne is able to give, he starts focusing a lot more on the RH stuff and soon neglects Anne, which is when he starts turning into a jerk. Being Robin Hood basically gave him a superiority complex, and since he wanted to continue to feel high and mighty, he ends up losing sight of who he truly is.
So that's pretty much my thought process on this whole Joe's true self versus Joe under the mask of Robin Hood, which reminds me of DID. I mean, it's not really two separate identities that don't know about each other, so IDK if it does work or not. It makes sense in my head, but I need to make sure it makes sense in real life.
If anyone can offer some insight, I'd greatly appreciate it.
This is for my WIP, Call Me Robin Hood, and my MC is Joe. The main premise of CMRH is that Joe exposes jerks for what they are to their girlfriends and gives the nice guys a shot at love. I won't go into detail about how he does it, since it's not really important for now. And I'm wondering about the internal conflict I set for him, which revolves around his confidence.
He starts off in the novel super unconfident in himself. Here's a little insight to why that's the case. When Joe was really young and his dad was about to spank him, Joe started crying. His dad said there was no way he'd give birth to a son who's a little girl, which is when his dad started to physically abuse his mom. He thought his wife cheated and Joe was not his son. So that makes Joe feel worthless and no good and weak - especially after not calling for help whenever his dad physically abused his mom while he was growing up. This lasted from when he was 4 to when he was 10, when his mom got badly hurt and Joe finally called 911. His dad went to jail, and by the start of the story, is released but is out of Joe's life.
Once the Robin Hood stuff gets going and he starts dating Anne, his best friend who he's liked for a long time, things start to change.
I was thinking he gets all this newfound confidence from being Robin Hood and feeling superior over the jerks and being this figure both loved and hated. He can't take not doing any RH stuff for too long. And soon enough, his confidence turns into cockiness, which then starts his descent into "jerkdom." But when he hits rock bottom, he realizes the confidence wasn't truly his, but belonged to who he was under the mask of Robin Hood.
I was also thinking that Anne gives his true self more confidence. She's been his best friend since he was 10 and has been supporting him and helping him try to gain more confidence in himself. But when being RH gives him more power than Anne is able to give, he starts focusing a lot more on the RH stuff and soon neglects Anne, which is when he starts turning into a jerk. Being Robin Hood basically gave him a superiority complex, and since he wanted to continue to feel high and mighty, he ends up losing sight of who he truly is.
So that's pretty much my thought process on this whole Joe's true self versus Joe under the mask of Robin Hood, which reminds me of DID. I mean, it's not really two separate identities that don't know about each other, so IDK if it does work or not. It makes sense in my head, but I need to make sure it makes sense in real life.
If anyone can offer some insight, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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