Every story has a character…
That you like…
You want good things to happen to them…
You want good things to happen to them…
If they're faced with adversity or obstacles…
You have sympathy for them…
And pray they overcome whatever they have to.
You have sympathy for them…
And pray they overcome whatever they have to.
Or if you can identify with the character…
You'll have empathy for them.
That’s a rooting interest in a nutshell.
If the story is in a book…
And if you don’t like how it’s going …
You can flip to see what happens …
Or quit reading altogether.
And if it’s a movie…
You can turn off the TV…
Or walk out of the theater.
But when you have a real life plot…
Scurrying right in your own house…
A mouse in this instance…
You have to deal with it…
There's no page to turn…
No TV to turn off or theater to leave.
So you either have to clean up blood and guts later…
No TV to turn off or theater to leave.
So you either have to clean up blood and guts later…
Or find the damn thing and…
Eeeeeekkkk!
Capture it and throw it back outside.
Eeeeeekkkk!
The plot thickened
Hmm?
Interesting!
I had to ask myself…
I had to ask myself…
Who am I rooting for here?
My cat who I love so he can have a snack?
Or the shaking mouse staring down at death?
I mean…
Why would I care about a mouse?
I didn't know this mouse…
I didn't know this mouse…
I had no emotional bond with it.
But I did care.
Why?
Because he was smaller?
Why?
Because he was smaller?
Defenseless?
The under-dog?
The under-dog?
Because he was cute?
Naw, my cat is cute too, see?
Naw, my cat is cute too, see?
Ultimately I felt sorry for the mouse…
I put my cat in the bathroom to prevent a ruckus…
Captured the mouse and put him outside.
Ugh!
The things we do for love, eh?
So?
Captured the mouse and put him outside.
Ugh!
The things we do for love, eh?
So?
What about you?
What rooting interest qualities
What rooting interest qualities
Do you give your characters?
Do you plot/plan to make sure they have one?
Or does it happen organically?
Always,
Em-Musing
Indie, my muse who every other day brings in a mouse, rat, bird, bat, snake, lizard, or squirrel, and yup… I've either had to clean up their guts or capture them. Oh, the fun never ends folks!
8 comments:
That was nice of you. We had a mouse get into the house last year and I managed to catch and release him.
Love this. I would totally freak at the mouse in my house but I still wouldn't want my cat or dog to get him. I would feel too sorry for him. But I can't deny I don't mind when they get the insects that come in. I have no rooting interest in them LOL.
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I love that. Thank you. Last mouse I had to find was wounded and had crawled up into the frame of our living room armchair. I had to leave it outside over night and lock Kitty Kat in. I brought it in the next day and checked for smells for a week or so. I always side with the cat.
Hehehehe it's the same with me. Rodents freak me out, but I still save a mouse if two or more of my cats corner one.
It just feels cruel to stand by when I know cats will probably play (IE terrify) the mouse to death.
Yup--totally the mouse! I rarely side with the hunter. Always the hunted. We have a clear catch and release plan at our house and the cat is interfered with if she argues.
What Misha said. If it was a quick, merciful death that would be one thing, but my cats are jerks and will just bat it around for hours until it finally dies. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone or anything.
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