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Subj: He is a fun character to drop in sometimes. Like Drury, Meggan Foxxx, or Mr Papadapopolis, he has a distinctive presence that couldn't easily be susbstituted for another cast member. Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 at 04:39:49 pm EST (Viewed 1 times) | Reply Subj: You write good Mac. Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 at 05:44:32 pm EST (Viewed 502 times) | ||||||
Quote: Quote: Quote: Always good to see Mac, and enjoyed this. Was quite a nice demonstration of his faith without being preachy. Quote: It's always a fine line.Quote: No, there is a line but it was well away from this. This is what we should see more of. Splendid. Glad it worked. Quote: Quote: I wanted a character who was unusual in that he was actually, y'know, Christian.Quote: I just wish there were more of it. As an atheist, I have no problem at all with reading about Christians actually being Christian (in fact, it's a pleasant surprise) or for that matter seeing Christians actually being Christians (with a caveat that no one is perfect) than all those other depictions. And you're right - there are too many of them and Christianity is the easy whipping boy. One of the toughest things I ever had to balance was the Christian material in my two-volume novel St George and the Dragon. How does on write a saint? Fortunately, George starts as a rather reluctant saint in this story, well over a decade off his hagiographic martyrdom, and pretty pissed with God over the execution of his Christian martyr parents by the Emperor. He's not in any mood to be saintly. He's Han Solo in 3rd century AD Roman Africa. The actual Christianity comes from George's sidekick, a young monk who "believes in George's sainthood until George can" and who represents his faith in very humble and helpful ways. He's there to drag George into saving people - in fact he believes he has been sent by God to do exactly that. That juxtaposition, plus the pre-Christian Roman provincial setting, plus Christian doctrine that hasn;t quite "set" yet into medieval let alone modern understandings, plus a heroine who is a "pagan" princess (allegedly descended of Apollo and a River Nymph), plus a scheming mastermind Dragon who plans the utter eradication of humanity's morality and free will, gave me lots to play with but required quite a balancing act. Quote: Quote: A straight White Christian male who isn't an arsehole and isn't written ironically - unheard of!Quote: Mac Fleetwood needs his own series. I think he probably works best as a supporting character. | |||||||
