Taylor wants to know: What would make Siron's devotion to his sister more realistic? What would it take for his devotion for her to break? And what would it take for Siron to become someone who no longer cares for anyone but himself?
Taylor -
The first thing my mind went to when you asked what would make his devotion more realistic was one word: GUILT. If some action of Siron's had inadvertently harmed his sister, either physically or emotionally, then he'd naturally feel responsibility.
What if when he pushed his mother into the stove, she stumbled over Siron's sister, causing her to fall into the stove as well? Even a small scar at Siron's hand might give credibility to his extreme protectiveness.You already would have the built-in guilt of having taken away her mother. Even though Siron didn't mean to kill her, he did intend to hurt her. Either way, he would be removing his sister's parent. She was favored by his mother, so it would stand to reason that his sister had a good relationship with their mother.
So for his devotion to break (I assume you mean to stop altogether), a blatant disregard for his sacrifices for her might override the guilt. Then you would have Siron's emotions switch to anger, which is a secondary emotion. His true inner emotion would be more like disappointment or worry or fear (for her safety or even that of his own). [Click on the picture to the left to enlarge it. I use this in therapy all the time.] If his sister were to somehow fly in the face of his protection, or to somehow put them in further danger--that might make Siron question his utter devotion, and possibly help him live more for himself than solely her.
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Yes, yes, yes! Another thing that would help the break is if the sister, who has remained quiet all this time about the mother, suddenly and openly blames him for her death. It's one thing if Siron blames himself, but he can also explain away the guilt (so that it's not so overwhelming) because he didn't MEAN for it to happen. Once his sis confronts him with it, though, he knows it isn't just in his overdeveloped imagination, so he may reject his sister so that he doesn't have to fully reject himself. His sister, by voicing the crime, turns into his mom coming back from the grave, and his anger towards his mother (which caused the accident in the first place) gets turned on his sister.
Just a thought. (I hope it's okay that I do that. If it isn't, please let me know.)
shakespeare! that's a great idea! any questions and comments are welcome, so i'm glad you felt free to add on. i think taylor will be appreciative. :)
Thank you! This was very helpful! The guilt makes a lot of sense and the anger, and everything! This helped loads, thank you :D
Shakespeare! Thank you for the advice, that's a very awesome idea!
Thanks a bunch :D
Great break down and awesome advice shakes…
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