Writing motivation in characters is tricky.
Just knowing what their motivations are, and writing around them is less tricky.
2 dimensional characters without motivation are easiest of all, but they don’t last. The second and third time you draw them into the story, they start to have little lives you didn’t expect.
“Hi Mrs. Hubris’ Mom. I’m Nikki, and I’m dying to know why my boss won’t divulge personal details about his dad that I have no right to ask about. Can you throw me a bone here?”
The apple does not fall far from the pogo stick..
Too subtle for me. I have no clue what it is I’m not supposed to understand.
Nikki wants to know how Hubris’ dad died, because Hubris won’t talk about it. All we know is that he was an Olympic athlete at one time, maybe in a biathlon or something similar, and he was from a European country, maybe Germany. Hubris’ mom (before she married Paste’s father) used to attend competitions with Carl. And, she used to be a real airhead, but she’s getting better.
Yeah, now she is a rich snob.
Everybody has a past. Some are more tragic than others, but that’s what makes them interesting. I like characters with depth.
Then again, if Kara can’t get it out of him how does Nikki expect to?
Nikki might have better luck with mom. She has already said more than Hubris ever did.