Amanita
Maester
Hello everyone,
I’d like to know your opinions about a potentially controversial part of my story.
The situation unfolds as follows: One of my two female main characters attends an event where a terrorist attack happens. (Fire with locked doors save for one way out where there a toxic fumes.)
She’s a mage and trained to deal with these kinds of situations. The male character in charge of the event has powerful magic himself but no such training. They don’t really like each other and there’s a back story between them, the male character isn’t aware of that however.
Therefore she decides that the quickest way to make him understand what needs to happen and save the other people attending is to form a magical connection with him. She’s aware of the fact that this is extremely dangerous in their situation but sees no other alternative.
In short, she succeeds and they’re getting the other guests out relatively safely. Afterwards, there are plenty of talks to be made, and later she attends a meeting of this country’s magic users to discuss the situation that led to this and be thanked for her help.
After the meeting it’s too late for her to take the train home and she has to spend another night there, the male character offers that she can stay with him.
The magical connection between them still exists, when they’re reaching his house, they’re making dinner together because they need to eat after such a straining magic use. Having finished eating, they don’t feel like sleeping and he plays some magic from her home country to her, she’s surprised by the fact that he owns something like that. They’re dancing for a while and later end up in bed together to put it shortly.
When she wakes up the next morning, the magic has gone and she’s shocked by the fact that she’s waking up by his side.
She’s leaving in a hurry and regrets what she’s done.
Later in the story, both characters are part of the group going on a quest and the male character believes that there will be more between them but she actively dislikes him under normal circumstances. The main male character is interested in her as well and before this has happened, but she only learns about this later. This causes quite an amount of conflict within the group.
I’d like to put this in a source of trouble for the characters, but also because I think it’s a good way to show the immense power magic can have over people’s minds. Even a well-trained woman like her can end up doing something which she wouldn’t have done under normal circumstances which shows that this may happen to other characters as well.
Would this scene put you off, or would you understand it in the context I’ve described? And what do you think about the general idea that elemental attraction leads to sexual or romantic attraction? I know I shouldn’t overdo this but I’m quite fond of the concept for some circumstances.
I’d like to know your opinions about a potentially controversial part of my story.
The situation unfolds as follows: One of my two female main characters attends an event where a terrorist attack happens. (Fire with locked doors save for one way out where there a toxic fumes.)
She’s a mage and trained to deal with these kinds of situations. The male character in charge of the event has powerful magic himself but no such training. They don’t really like each other and there’s a back story between them, the male character isn’t aware of that however.
Therefore she decides that the quickest way to make him understand what needs to happen and save the other people attending is to form a magical connection with him. She’s aware of the fact that this is extremely dangerous in their situation but sees no other alternative.
In short, she succeeds and they’re getting the other guests out relatively safely. Afterwards, there are plenty of talks to be made, and later she attends a meeting of this country’s magic users to discuss the situation that led to this and be thanked for her help.
After the meeting it’s too late for her to take the train home and she has to spend another night there, the male character offers that she can stay with him.
The magical connection between them still exists, when they’re reaching his house, they’re making dinner together because they need to eat after such a straining magic use. Having finished eating, they don’t feel like sleeping and he plays some magic from her home country to her, she’s surprised by the fact that he owns something like that. They’re dancing for a while and later end up in bed together to put it shortly.
When she wakes up the next morning, the magic has gone and she’s shocked by the fact that she’s waking up by his side.
She’s leaving in a hurry and regrets what she’s done.
Later in the story, both characters are part of the group going on a quest and the male character believes that there will be more between them but she actively dislikes him under normal circumstances. The main male character is interested in her as well and before this has happened, but she only learns about this later. This causes quite an amount of conflict within the group.
I’d like to put this in a source of trouble for the characters, but also because I think it’s a good way to show the immense power magic can have over people’s minds. Even a well-trained woman like her can end up doing something which she wouldn’t have done under normal circumstances which shows that this may happen to other characters as well.
Would this scene put you off, or would you understand it in the context I’ve described? And what do you think about the general idea that elemental attraction leads to sexual or romantic attraction? I know I shouldn’t overdo this but I’m quite fond of the concept for some circumstances.
Istar
