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Story Love and the Age-old Debate: Clothes or No Clothes?
One of my main characters lives on a plane of existence between the living and the dead. He can move between planes. He has a body, but also can be noncorporeal, like a ghost. He was enchanted in the 14th century.
So my question is: what does he wear?
I see him in his 14th garb most of the time, but what happens if he steals modern clothes and puts them on so he can blend in and maybe have his way with girls? Does he have to take off his “ghostly garb” and put on the “real” modern clothes or does he just wear layers?
It isn’t exactly the same, but I get annoyed when characters destroy all their clothes or disrobe when they shape-shift and then miraculously appear fully clothed when they change back—it makes no sense to me. And it makes me obsess on my character’s wardrobe changes.
What do you think?
He can move between plains.
Pardon the copyeditor in me, but "the plains Indians did a lot of plane-walking, I've heard." I imagine it was only a typo here. ;-)
I do think you're right. As long as the reader knows what can be done and it is consistent, then I'm good. Maybe he simply has to get undress in the other plane and then come into this plane naked.
I love your idea, btw :)
You'll be happy--there is a very naughty rescue greyhound in this story.
Hope everything is going good for you.
Everything's pretty good. Definitely better than it was before. Looking forward to seeing how the greyhound fits in there, too :)
Now, I'm thinking that when he takes off his clothes perhaps they appear like ghostly cobwebs.
Thank you--brainstorming always helps me so much.
If one wears ghost-like clothing and looses said clothing, it is fairly obvious where you have to go to get more: ghosts or the realm of the dead.
I'm going with the get naked before putting on "real" clothes.