Establishing Character Moment/Literature: Difference between revisions

** In the first book, King Robert's character is soon established when he asks to go down into Winterfell's crypts to see his dead would-have-been betrothed. It establishes him as a good friend of Ned's, an embittered emotional cripple, and a rather thoughtless husband.

** Eddard Stark executes a deserter that ''we'' know had a perfectly legitimate excuse to run for the hills. It establishes Ned as grimly honorable, and also establishes that the heroes of the story aren't always right.

** In Tyrion's first scene, he cheers up Jon Snow and gives him some good advice. As Tyrion walks away, Jon notices that his shadow stands as tall as a giant, showing that Tyrion is a better man than his stature or reputation make him appear.

** Jaime's scene in which he {{spoiler|pushes Bran off the tower}} shows that he's ruthless and willing to do anything "for love." Within the world, Jaime's past regicide pretty much dominates every characters' opinions about him.

* In the [[Dale Brown]] novel ''Air Battle Force'', Grzylov is introduced speaking congenially to the aircrew of a Russian bomber whose operation he is sitting in on...one that involves firebombing the shit out of Chechens. It's a [[Bait the Dog]] moment, but it also establishes how he cares for his people while also being utterly ruthless to the enemies of the Rodina, notions that are reinforced when his [[Disproportionate Retribution]] for losing a base full of bombers is {{spoiler|a nuclear sneak attack on the US that wipes out a large part of the American strategic arsenal.}}

* Samson, the most famous character of the [[Book of Judges]], is touted as the [[Chosen One]] who will help his people beat the Philistines. His first line of dialogue crushes all expectations.

* [[The Bible]]. God establishes His unending power with a simple sentence, ''"Let there be light"''.

* ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' began with Anton Chigurh [[Complete Monster|violently strangling a cop then killing a man to get to his car]].

* In the beginning of ''[[As I Lay Dying]]'', two brothers are walking and encounter an obstacle. One brother goes around it and the other goes through it.

* A variation appears in "Ghost Story" (''[[The Dresden Files]]''), where something seems lacking from the flashbacks to Harry's teenage years. In the final flashback he encounters [[Eldritch Abomination|He Who Walks Behind]], runs himself into a dead end, collapses in terror -- and, to his complete surprise, starts mouthing off to the thing. Long story short, He Who Walks Behind kills an innocent and Harry explodes, along with a number of other things in the vicinity.

Right. }}

:: Click. ''That's'' the Harry Dresden we all know and love.