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I have a question about whether or not something works. I know there is a whole discussion on villain's killing the cat. (the idea very basically is you have a villain kill a cat or do some other despicable act immediately so that the reader hates him... there's a book on it.)
I have a character I really like, but he just isn't as likeable as I'd like. There's a scene I rewrote at the start of my story where he has this cat, and he's like ridiculously nice to his cat because people who are nice to animals have to be likeable, right? right?
Does that type of thing work to make him at least seem like a good guy from the start? or does it only work with bad stuff.
I guess the idea is, if I show a guy help an old lady across the street, pick up groceries for a pregnant lady, etc, is that enough to overcome the fact that he's naturally a douche teenager?
I have a character I really like, but he just isn't as likeable as I'd like. There's a scene I rewrote at the start of my story where he has this cat, and he's like ridiculously nice to his cat because people who are nice to animals have to be likeable, right? right?
Does that type of thing work to make him at least seem like a good guy from the start? or does it only work with bad stuff.
I guess the idea is, if I show a guy help an old lady across the street, pick up groceries for a pregnant lady, etc, is that enough to overcome the fact that he's naturally a douche teenager?