if Miles had been born of normal size and strength, what would he have been like? Would he be as hyper? or as much of a genius?
I've wondered that on occasion. I'm sure most of Lois's readers have at one point or another. It's almost impossible to divide Miles from his disabilities, though. They're such a large part of his identity, and in such a positive way (although he obviously doesn't think it's positive [g]). I've always assumed he's much better looking than he thinks he is, too, given his love life...
One of the things I liked best about the beginning of Komarr is the description we get of him from Ekaterin's point of view rather than his own for a change. Other than her being startled by his height (I have a tendency, when I run across people who are shorter than my own 5'3", to think, oh, there's someone Miles's height! -- and really, 4'10" isn't that short, even for a man), she describes him as looking pretty normal. A faint hunch, lean but solid. And we all know he's got charisma coming out of his pores...
I wonder if he hadn't had to perfect charm as a strategy when he was a kid, if that's what would have been the most different about him had he not been disabled.
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Date: 2007-11-03 02:20 am (UTC)I've wondered that on occasion. I'm sure most of Lois's readers have at one point or another. It's almost impossible to divide Miles from his disabilities, though. They're such a large part of his identity, and in such a positive way (although he obviously doesn't think it's positive [g]). I've always assumed he's much better looking than he thinks he is, too, given his love life...
One of the things I liked best about the beginning of Komarr is the description we get of him from Ekaterin's point of view rather than his own for a change. Other than her being startled by his height (I have a tendency, when I run across people who are shorter than my own 5'3", to think, oh, there's someone Miles's height! -- and really, 4'10" isn't that short, even for a man), she describes him as looking pretty normal. A faint hunch, lean but solid. And we all know he's got charisma coming out of his pores...
I wonder if he hadn't had to perfect charm as a strategy when he was a kid, if that's what would have been the most different about him had he not been disabled.