Timeline for How can I portray a character with no fear of death, without them sounding utterly bored?
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| Sep 2, 2019 at 17:48 | comment | added | Amadeus | @PeterTaylor How about Superman, then? For different reasons, is fearless in any normal situation or natural disaster, but is still capable of love (both romantic and platonic), sympathy, heartbreak, anger, laughter, etc. He isn't dispassionate, and can still fear the imminent death of someone he loves. | |
| Sep 2, 2019 at 15:53 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | "007 doesn't come off as a psychopath" Really? It's a while since I read any Fleming, but I think of Bond as just as psychopathic as his adversaries. | |
| Aug 30, 2019 at 21:27 | comment | added | Amadeus | Well, I hope my answer helps you with that anyway. Fearless of injury or death because you know you can save yourself does not have to imply, in any way, dispassion about your goals, other people, or lack of love for parents, siblings, friends, coworkers, or romantic love for a partner. Or strangers, for that matter. It doesn't even mean she is completely fearless: She doesn't fear death for herself, she can fear the imminent death of a child or a loved one. | |
| Aug 30, 2019 at 19:13 | comment | added | Stephen | I'm feeling that "psychopath" is actually the wrong word to describe what I'm getting, but "007 level of dispassion" hits the nail on the head. The utter banality and triviality of, for instance, the late Piers Brosnan films, where the protagonist almost seems bored by the whole thing, is what I'm trying to avoid. | |
| Aug 30, 2019 at 19:07 | history | answered | Amadeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |