River ,'Objects In Space'
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Because escalators are horrible awful machines that house a green monster.
I fell forward on an escalator once and cut my shins. Y'all probably already guessed that.
I also embarrassed my mother by turning one off when I was about 3. There were buttons. I pushed them.
I think I shall make sure, then, that I slap the lip of the elevator doors, or jam my whole arm in, for more safety.
I am one of the few people in the building that ever seems to try, though. Most people slow down when they see the doors closing, whereas I speed up and stick my foot in, or something. And then people look at me funny.
Make your protagonist want something. I need to reread Hitchhiker's. What did Arthur Dent want?
His house not be torn down, for one.
Did that last longer than a chapter?
Not in a practical it could happen sense, I guess. He mostly wanted terrible things to stop happening, I think. And maybe a cup of tea.
Also, he wanted what's-her-name.
I once got a truly spectacular bruise from an elevator door that slammed closed on me (it started closing as I was getting on the elevator and I put my arm up and, after hitting me really hard, it opened again).
Me too. I'm now just scared of that one elevator.
He spent a lot of time wanting a cup of tea.
Tommy, Fenchurch?
I think "To not die" was often his primary desire.
he wanted what's-her-name
How can you not remember Trillian's name?
It wasn't a very big motivator for him. And neither was wanting stuff to stop happening. I mean, he doesn't try to make stuff stop happening, does he? Once Earth gets destroyed (SPOILERS!) what does he try to achieve?
How can you not remember Trillian's name?
I dunno. I was asking myself the same question. (Except not with "Trilliian" in the question.)