![]() Larkwood & Tamsyn Muir in Conversation, by A.K Larkwood and Tamsyn Muir We read into the character, rather than have them read to us as a single cause, a single long chain of effect. But there’s never any single right answer. Our reading of the blank space at their core is constantly flickering as we struggle to fit each action and reaction into a framework of understanding. The actions of these characters aren’t irrational, but they aren’t predictable. ![]() We’re frightened and overwhelmed and consumed by the experience of meeting something powerful and inexplicable-something that is and will always be outside our control. When we encounter these characters on the page, we feel like we’re encountering emotion itself. ![]() It’s the feeling that births our monsters, but also our heroes. ![]() Why did Achilles choose a short blaze of glory over a long life? Why was Alexander the Great never satisfied no matter how broad his empire grew? It’s that hole-that fundamental mystery of why some people are extraordinary-that thrills and unsettles. The great mythic figures of our storytelling all have a hole at their core. ![]()
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