RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2504.13 — How dangerous is your MC? CW: Definite Background Spoilers.</p></blockquote><p>The Reluctance Series stories MCs by danger score least to most:</p><ul><li>0: Devil-girl — Give her a book and leave her alone.</li><li>1: Streak — He's a sweetie. He'll have your back if you are mobbed by bullies. His danger score is multiplied by Thorn's as he's protective of her. He did charm the pants off of Rainy Days, so there's that wild card.</li><li>2: Thorn Rose — She's capable, just not very antagonistic. Pushed into a corner, watch out. Her danger score is divided by Streak's because she realizes he has more common sense than she does and <em>listens</em> to him when he's around to advise her. She loves him.</li><li>3: Rainy Days — She's a lot less capable then most people think, but she has experience. Her inclination is to fight for others. First it was family, then it was for women. After millennia of bearing children, all of humanity is related to her—except the dragons. She's very sweet, caring, supportive, and she'll teach you lessons if she thinks you'll benefit from it. You don't want to cross her, however. She's lived through the fall of two civilizations, and ended up being rebuilt from parts at the end of the last fall. She's technologically immortal and always 24 years old.</li><li>4: Devil-girl — Told you to give her a book and leave her alone, didn't I? Nobody listens! She's very capable (unlike Rainy Days) and self-taught. People keep using her as their sharp tool. She'll try the dangerous, impossible, and taboo things anyway because, <em>Well, that's Interesting!</em> The character was conceived as a study in how evil isn't born but is created through interaction with others and their environment. Each story is, <em>Which side of the knife edge will she tumble? Will she end up saving people or suddenly be so frustrated she ceases to give a damn?</em> Recently she discovered love, and got that used against her—not by her lovers, thank goodness! Well, we'll see.</li></ul><p>BTW: Streak and Thorn live 200 years before the Devil-girl. 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