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Author: TheHandle

Mar 5th 2013 at 4:28:05 PM

^It's what was in my school manual.

^^The Spirit Is Willing But The Flesh Is Weak was my initial choice, but we have this "no dialogue lines as titles" rule, ''and'' it seems to imply the characters are ''physically'' incapable of matching the tasks ahead of them (To caricature, think Scrappy Doo and his obsession with challenging opponents that would absolutely murder them). WillingSpiritWeakWill perhaps? "The characters clearly have a moral compass, but it points them towards a sheer cliff they are powerless to overcome." might be a phrase one could use in the description.

The indexes are appropriate, thank you for suggesting them. Characters overcoming their other drives for the sake of doing what they think is right, they having that strength of will, is, in fiction, the rule, rather than the exception, much unlike in RealLife. So, only times in which there was failure or failure was imminent and narrowly averted should be accounted for.

For example, in Bleach, the protagonist faces the strongest Reaper in Soul Society, and is terrified into submission, but, after a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, comes back stronger and narrowly defeats his fearsome foe. I'm pretty sure that's NotAnExample, because there really was no question that he'd get over it and grow a ShounenUpgrade.

In HarryPotter, Peter Pettigrew betrayed Harry's parents and was directly responsible for their death, not out of malice or ambition but purely out of terror. The one who inspired that terror was Voldemort himself, who was going to horrifically torture and kill him if he refused. Furthermore, every single evil or dastardly action he committed afterwards was inspired by cowardice; the man had zero initiative, and zero VillainousValor. In fact, zero valor of any sort.

Hm, that example could use some trimming.