Does this make sense?

Chronitis 2018-03-09 05:15:41 UTC #1

So I have a character who earlier in the comic defeated a giant bug, because he's use to that sort of stuff. Then alter he runs into a a massive ogre like foe that freezes him with fear.

Zaboem 2018-03-09 05:30:15 UTC #2

It is either inconsistent or else an indication of a complex character. Having not read the story, I am leaning towards the former. What exactly are you trying to accomplish in the Ogre Scene?

Chronitis 2018-03-09 05:53:13 UTC #3

I wanted to do a small character growth where the character tries his best to avoid the ogre even though his group of traveling companions (No friends) need his help.Then eventually he learns a bit of bravery and ends up out smarting and beating the ogre.

He is afraid of the ogre because unlike a bug (even though it's gigantic) The ogre is more dangerous because It can actually think and plan carefully unlike a very big bug.

fuyudust 2018-03-09 06:12:00 UTC #4

You can make a small explaination about what actually make your character fear, like overwhelm killing intent or he fear because with his fighting experience, just by looking at the orge's stand, he feel like no matter what his next move is, he will still be killed,

EntropicalForest 2018-03-09 06:33:59 UTC #5

Realistically it makes sense, exposure is a very powerful numbing agent for fear. so while he sees giant bugs as common or mundane the ogre being something new could cause fear in him. But what makes sense in life doesn't always translate to a story well, your readers might question his fear of the ogre and see it as being inconsistent.

DiegoPalacios 2018-03-09 15:31:40 UTC #6

Does he has a phobia to ogres?, a traumatic experience involving ogres?, what is the power difference between ogres and giant bugs?, is he specialized in defeating giant bugs?

rolling-vegetable 2018-03-10 00:16:31 UTC #7

You can make the characters travels in fear from the beginning, fearing an ogre would come out, then the big bug appear, the character sigh in relief thinking it is just a big bug and have confident to fight it. Then further in the travel, when they have more confidence, they heard sounds, thinking it was a big bug, but then petrified in fear because it is an ogre.

The story should have some-kind of folklore saying if you smell an ogre, run and never stop. Something like that.