For muse_academy Muse Inquiries Seven - Awe and Wonder
1. Would your muse consider himself/herself a cynic?
Definitely. Too much has gone on in his life to allow him to be anything but a cynic. As he sees himself, he has been betrayed, hurt by too many people, let down far too often. He could trace it back to when his family lost everything, leaving them landless and impoverished, with nothing but an empty title.
2. What things make your muse emotional?
Anything to do with Marian. He truly thought of her as his chance for salvation, to turn from the path he was on. Also, if he is confronted with anything to do with his loyalty.
3. Does anything trigger a sense of awe or wonder in them?
Several things do. For all his faults, Guy is a devout man, believing in God and the holy sanctity of vows taken in his name. Science can take him by surprise, and he wonders at the advances people have made, generally in a positive way (although that may partly be through self motivation).
4. What sorts of things impress your muse?
People, especially people with power. He may eventually learn to detest them, but he is still impressed at some level of the position they are in.
5. Does your muse inspire awe in others? How do they feel about that?
No, definitely not awe. Fear, yes, but not awe. In some ways, Guy prefers it that way - he’s worked for years on his reputation, so the fact that people fear him is a good thing in his mind.
6. What sorts of things immediately capture your character's attention?
A pretty face, money, power, influence... anything that could be used to further the cause of Sir Guy of Gisborne.
7. Are there things, whether secret or known, that are weaknesses in your character's defenses?
There are a lot of secrets, some of which are only just coming out in canon with the latest series. Family, status, his love for Marian - all of them could be considered weaknesses, along with his political naivety.
8. Describe a moment when your character was truly humbled/awed/inspired by something in nature. Maybe it was the first time they saw the ocean, or the first time they saw a new life.
The cliffs loomed overhead, gleaming white in the fading sunlight. At the prow of the ship, a young man stood, gazing up at them.
England.
Home. Away from the hovel in France, out of place because of his English father, the accent, the upbringing. It didn’t matter how well he and his sister spoke the language, the two children were never made to feel welcome.
But here... hope. Maybe now he could build a life, take his place where he felt he belonged.
What Dover symbolised was the future, and the cliffs seemed to gleam in appreciation.
9. Does technology or science awe your character?
Absolutely. Admittedly, part of it is working out how he can use it to his own advantage, but deep down there is that childish feeling of awe and wonder as he sees something new, something special.
10. Is your character more awed by that which they understand or that which they don't?
Mostly by the things they don’t. Guy tends to assume people will betray him eventually - mainly because they have betrayed him, and he is just waiting for it to happen. The unknown - the science, the religion, the world moving forward, discovering more about itself has far more capacity to make him stop and wonder.
Definitely. Too much has gone on in his life to allow him to be anything but a cynic. As he sees himself, he has been betrayed, hurt by too many people, let down far too often. He could trace it back to when his family lost everything, leaving them landless and impoverished, with nothing but an empty title.
2. What things make your muse emotional?
Anything to do with Marian. He truly thought of her as his chance for salvation, to turn from the path he was on. Also, if he is confronted with anything to do with his loyalty.
3. Does anything trigger a sense of awe or wonder in them?
Several things do. For all his faults, Guy is a devout man, believing in God and the holy sanctity of vows taken in his name. Science can take him by surprise, and he wonders at the advances people have made, generally in a positive way (although that may partly be through self motivation).
4. What sorts of things impress your muse?
People, especially people with power. He may eventually learn to detest them, but he is still impressed at some level of the position they are in.
5. Does your muse inspire awe in others? How do they feel about that?
No, definitely not awe. Fear, yes, but not awe. In some ways, Guy prefers it that way - he’s worked for years on his reputation, so the fact that people fear him is a good thing in his mind.
6. What sorts of things immediately capture your character's attention?
A pretty face, money, power, influence... anything that could be used to further the cause of Sir Guy of Gisborne.
7. Are there things, whether secret or known, that are weaknesses in your character's defenses?
There are a lot of secrets, some of which are only just coming out in canon with the latest series. Family, status, his love for Marian - all of them could be considered weaknesses, along with his political naivety.
8. Describe a moment when your character was truly humbled/awed/inspired by something in nature. Maybe it was the first time they saw the ocean, or the first time they saw a new life.
The cliffs loomed overhead, gleaming white in the fading sunlight. At the prow of the ship, a young man stood, gazing up at them.
England.
Home. Away from the hovel in France, out of place because of his English father, the accent, the upbringing. It didn’t matter how well he and his sister spoke the language, the two children were never made to feel welcome.
But here... hope. Maybe now he could build a life, take his place where he felt he belonged.
What Dover symbolised was the future, and the cliffs seemed to gleam in appreciation.
9. Does technology or science awe your character?
Absolutely. Admittedly, part of it is working out how he can use it to his own advantage, but deep down there is that childish feeling of awe and wonder as he sees something new, something special.
10. Is your character more awed by that which they understand or that which they don't?
Mostly by the things they don’t. Guy tends to assume people will betray him eventually - mainly because they have betrayed him, and he is just waiting for it to happen. The unknown - the science, the religion, the world moving forward, discovering more about itself has far more capacity to make him stop and wonder.