by DMt. » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:14 pm
When I was young and beautiful, I thought I was hideous and geeky and that no-one could possibly find me attractive. I suspect this is a fairly common teenage preoccupation, but that doesn't make it any more fun.
Anyway, one of the reasons l'Acquart's Marie gets to me is that she radiates this, in spades - [eg "I don't know why I'm arsed, I'm not normal anyway" ], and she is patently [and painfully] shy about her tiny, budding breasts as contrasted with Floriane's. However there's also a certain interesting defiance, anger and determination; when she does take action or break her silence, she's unexpectedly forceful...but she has no clue how beautiful she is.
How different the character would be if, like Floriane, she had always ticked the boxes of conventional beauty, and been constantly admired and lusted after?
For some reason I'm sure she would hate it.
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DMt. on Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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