a problem in motivations
Aug. 14th, 2024 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliI know perfectly well why the hero lets the youngsters come with him as he leaves the house. Indeed it's overdetermined. He does not want to keep them prisoner -- in the final analysis, he may feel the temptation before realizing that he was kept prisoner once and does not want to do the same, and besides, it would make them unhappy. Also frighten them. He may even overestimate how terrifying it is. At that, he knows he probably could not, when push comes to shove, actually keep them prisoner, and he probably underestimates how
The problem is that he probably will have to offer some explanation why he, a mysterious man who shows up and does odd jobs and vanishes, is now showing up with six youngsters in tow. All of them old enough to be apprentices or servants, and as mysterious as he is, they would think there was some reason. Worse, they may gossip about him, and that might get back to people whom he really does not want to hear about him. And that can happen even if he holds his tongue, so mere silence is not an option.
Hmm. . . he may intimidate that they would not like to be known as people who were visited by the youngsters. Hmmmmmmm.
The problem is that he probably will have to offer some explanation why he, a mysterious man who shows up and does odd jobs and vanishes, is now showing up with six youngsters in tow. All of them old enough to be apprentices or servants, and as mysterious as he is, they would think there was some reason. Worse, they may gossip about him, and that might get back to people whom he really does not want to hear about him. And that can happen even if he holds his tongue, so mere silence is not an option.
Hmm. . . he may intimidate that they would not like to be known as people who were visited by the youngsters. Hmmmmmmm.