Friday, May 25, 2007

Behind the Scenes Of Honoria Delaney-Forsythe

I have spent quite a bit of time trying to flesh out the ideas behind the character of Gerald’s younger sister Honoria. I have at one time her character from her namesake in the Jeeves series of books by P.G. Wodehouse, where she is a pushy, but proper and elegant young lady to the idea she comes from a father and mother who were largely created for qnjones to get some laughs from being parents who have many reasons not to approve of April Patterson as a suitable mate for their son Gerald. In the case of Gerald’s father, qnjones painted him as a father extremely concerned about the psychosexual health of Gerald, due to April’s extreme chasteness.

In the old days of For Better or For Worse, Liz and Anthony were shown with extensive times when they were in makeout sessions with each other. Likewise Mike was shown kissing Rhetta Blum and Martha McRae quite a bit. Compared to her siblings, April is practically like a nun with Gerald. This made qnjones’ situations very funny.

Usually young ladies are prim and proper and don’t give out a lot of affection. But considering Honoria’s parentage, with her mother losing her virginity to her old boyfriend Ronson van Daam at age 16, and with her father’s profession, I tried to imagine a girl who was sexually adventurous for 14 years old, but who would still try to maintain ladylike propriety. aprilp_katje posting as April decided to challenge Honoria over this, and the last 2 days I have had a dialogue going back and forth between Honoria and April, where Honoria tries to explain herself. She quotes the pioneers of sex studies, Dr. Alfred Kinsey and Drs. Masters and Johnson, particularly as would apply to her situation as a 14-year-old girl with a reluctant Jeremy Jones as a boyfriend. Namely, she wants to be ladylike, but she also has normal desires as most women do. I say normal desires, but she is horndog Gerald’s sister, so she is a little more desirous than most girls her age.

4 Comments:

Blogger April Patterson said...

I do love that Gerald the horndog turns protective older brother to Honoria. Miss you, qnjones!

Poor Honoria, forgotten all those years--she's remarkably well adjusted, considering. :)

5:56 AM  
Blogger howard said...

I miss qnjones too. Did she leave some note saying she was gone for good? I had figured it was a temporary departure driven by 2 weeks of Grandpa Jim and Iris.

As for Honoria, she does have a good stiff, upper lip. I have a plotline in mind for her, which will show she is not quite as well-adjusted as she appears, but I am waiting for the right moment to execute it.

6:48 AM  
Blogger April Patterson said...

No note from qnjones. I had the same thought you did--too much Jim and Iris. Hope you'll be back, qn!

The Honoria plot sounds intriguing. :)

8:01 AM  
Blogger howard said...

Ah, one person interested in Honoria. That's good.

2:23 PM  

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