Alphabet challenge: H

[motetus]

I told you you'd like what H was for, mizz_history. ;) Consider this a thank you for the chocolate!

I'm rather puzzled at the uncharacteristically fast pace I'm churning these out. Next week I'm off to Marrakech for a handful of days and a weekend in the Lake District follows that, so you'll get a respite from my art for a few weeks.

H is for... Hero
Padraig/Lachlan (from mizz_history's Bleak Aspect), work-safe.

I think I need to devote the next dozen letters to making up for the damsel-in-distress look I've given this by drawing Ewan doing manly things like drinking beer, cooking barbecues and rescuing kittens.

Comments

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

Great one! Padraig looks really heroic, and since Ewan's character actually came across as the damsel in distress in most of the story, it's fine.

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

I'll draw Liam in chains more often to make things even. ;)

[shakesmears.livejournal.com]

That may be your black and white view of Lachlan but it's certainly not mine and, I would hope, not other people's either.

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I didn't meant to offend the author (which I probably did by now), but yes, to me, Lachlan came across as a damsel in distress.

I want to apologize in advance, because you probably won't like my explanation, but I'm going to try to explain why to me Lachlan is a damsel in distress.
Though I'm trying not to be a nitpicker when it comes to period novels, I can't help feeling thrown out of a story when the period feeling is off somehow.
My problem with Lachlan is the problem of "20th century trauma psychology vs. 18th century's concept of honour".
In the second part of the story where Lachlan is out of the captivity, he acts like a lady of his time and age might have behaved: he holes up, he thinks his life ruined, and he does nothing to restore his honour.
But there's a big difference between a woman's and a man's honour in Lachlan's time: a woman's honour could get lost forever, especially by sexual assault, but a man's honour, however it was offended, could be - and had to be - restored by taking revenge, preferrably by killing the offender.

I don't say that it is technically impossible for a man of the 18th century to act like Lachlan did, but his reactions wouldn't have been considered as "manly". And Padraig, in his everlastig patience, serves him the solution (Knox dealt with/killed) on the proverbial silver platter, a thing you would do for your lady, but not for a man, who should feel deeply offended that the possibility to restore his own honour was taken away from him.
Therefore my assessment of Lachlan as a damsel in distress.

[shakesmears.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I don't like the opinion, but it's yours to have.

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

Thank you.