Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

--What is your most recent POV character’s greatest hope?

Kevin Owens once more, and... oooh. He's got a conscious one (winning back the highest title in wrestling) and an unconscious one (having his former best friend trust him again).

And it's Kevin because I don't think I got any writing done at all this week and I'm really sad about it. I got a fair amount of nonfiction writing done under a fair amount of time pressure (entirely arbitrary pressure from a deadline I set myself!), but between working on that and being at my parents' house all week... it hasn't been very good for writing at all. I hope it's been better for you! Let me know what's up!

Comments

[prince0froses]

Rorden is not a man who hopes highly. He's long ago given up any hope to be loved and have a family, or have a home again, even though those are his deepest desires he knows he'll never have them. The home he wants will never be free again, and any other would be inadequate. And he thinks himself unlovable. So his highest hope is to continue to survive, to do good in the world, and to have a warm bed at night and warm mug of coffee in the morning on as many days as possible.

Sian hopes desperately that Kemaer is actually serious this time and will stay and love him sincerely and forever. And kind of hates himself for having such a foolish, juvenile dream about someone who abandoned him originally. He also hopes (futilely) that these damned magic powers will just go away.

Mary hopes for her vengeance, and that her vengeance will not turn her into a monster. She hopes to find a new home somewhere, with people to care for her and to care for in return after it's all over, but at the very least to Not Hurt People with her rage.

[mithen]

(Awwwwww shit to past!me about Kevin's greatest hope being that Sami will trust him again).

Rorden is not a man who hopes highly. He's long ago given up any hope to be loved and have a family, or have a home again, even though those are his deepest desires he knows he'll never have them.

BUT HE DOES FIND LOVE, RIGHT? I'm remembering that right from your recaps of the more recent story, aren't I? It's very weird to be approaching this kind of backwards and I'm really sorry I didn't have a chance to read these sooner! I'm weirdly anal about responding to comments in the Correct Order, and that means when I fall way behind it can be a total disaster...