Protagonist's objective: Mardis desires with all her heart to become a first order channel.
Preventing: Mardis is an arrogant snot who doesn't have the compassion of a rock.
Obsticle: Avilan is generally a slob, not very bright, and a klutz all of which cause Mardis problems with her work.
Protagonist is going to do: Try to be even more perfectionistic to try to reach her goal of becoming a first order channel despite having Avilan at her heels.
(The rest of this is for fun ... and I may actually write this silly thing)
Obstical fighting back: Avilan overrides Mardis on a snap judgement motivated by his compassion that conflicts with her rigid adherence to rules and protocol.
Protag's response: A rip-roaring drag-out fight with Avilan over his handling of the case against all sense and judgement.
Finish: Mardis realizes internally that Avilan was right and she was wrong which gives her the compassion she needed to reach her goal.
Extra Credit: Whoops ... original plot was too short so ended at above finish,
no novel from me for extra credit.
Straight fiction, not Sime~Gen, substitue
intern and doctor for channel orders, Avilan becomes a nurse.
Russian Sime~Gen, Mardis is jockeying to get her capitalization (become a technical junct, go
from lord to Lord) in the court and Avilan becomes junct. (Sharm Lord ... highest
rank obtainable for a gen)
If its a romance she learns to relax and enjoy life being married to someone so unlike
herself.
International Intrigue, Mardis was actually a spy undercover and found out that Avilan really
wasn't so stupid and is the head of a drug ring, ending by exposing Avilan as a master criminal.
Horror, Avilan is murdering people in his stupidity and Mardis has to stop him.
SF, did that.
Fantasy, Avilan is a supernatural being that leads Mardis through a spirit walk to teach her
compassion.
Western, I haven't a -clue- as I don't read those.
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