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MiinU
Since: Jun, 2011
4th Nov, 2019 06:21:08 PM
You just answered your own question: Skewed Priorities.
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
4th Nov, 2019 06:26:06 PM
LOL, sweet. Thanks :P
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
A character has completely different priorities than what is actually important in the story. My example is a character who, though he knows full well he and someone else are going to die, at the hands of his friend no less...he is far more concerned over finishing a movie script than actually worrying about the problem (despite the other person trying to convince him to do something other than write). This is actually a theme with this particular character- after he discovers script-writing, he completely loses interest in the rest of the world around him.