Oh, wow, this answer is like pure gold to me! O_O I didn't really think I'd get someone who actually has flying experience to tell me what it feels like, and this opens up John's mind to me in ways nothing else could.
It's interesting that you didn't really dream about learning to fly, but once you did, it became something integral to who you are. I think that might have been the case for John too. And an even more important thing, you make note of there needing to be a certain kind of purpose behind the flying for John. I agree that being in the military offers that purpose, and that he would go in search of such a purpose in other professions. He might try something as a hobby, like you said, but not for a living.
And I get it how being able to fly means you feel just a little better then the rest of us earth-bound humans :) (And never for a moment did I think you meant that you despise us, or anything like that.) I get the same feeling from realizing that not all people have my imagination, that in my head I can go to places they can't, create characters and worlds, and never be limited to just the planet my body currently inhabits :)
Thank you so much for your comment, this was truly helpful in me understanding John better. Since the story in my head is just forming, I don't know what shape it'll eventually take, but all the information I get from these comments will be useful for many a fic to come in the future ^_^
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Date: 2014-09-23 07:27 am (UTC)It's interesting that you didn't really dream about learning to fly, but once you did, it became something integral to who you are. I think that might have been the case for John too. And an even more important thing, you make note of there needing to be a certain kind of purpose behind the flying for John. I agree that being in the military offers that purpose, and that he would go in search of such a purpose in other professions. He might try something as a hobby, like you said, but not for a living.
And I get it how being able to fly means you feel just a little better then the rest of us earth-bound humans :) (And never for a moment did I think you meant that you despise us, or anything like that.) I get the same feeling from realizing that not all people have my imagination, that in my head I can go to places they can't, create characters and worlds, and never be limited to just the planet my body currently inhabits :)
Thank you so much for your comment, this was truly helpful in me understanding John better. Since the story in my head is just forming, I don't know what shape it'll eventually take, but all the information I get from these comments will be useful for many a fic to come in the future ^_^