Renegade the Unicorn

Richie: Why can't we ever bloody win anything?
Eddie: Oh, don't be stupid, Richie. People like us aren't meant to win things.
Richie: Well, what are we meant to do, then?
Eddie: Look, you get born, you keep your head down, and then you die. If you're lucky.
Richie: Oh come on. There must be more to it than that.
Eddie: Well, there's the telly...

*hugs*

OK, so I've come up with the name for my Flashman-like antihero: Jackson Lee Williams, or "Jack" for short.

So I'm figuring out the details of the antihero protagonist for my historical novel series: I'm giving him a lifespan from 1843 to 1946 (yes, it's improbable but not impossible), and his career spans from 1861 to 1916. I have yet to figure out his name, but his personality is (much like Flashman's) roguish; a connoisseur of booze and women, and he'd rather not risk his life for a government he despises, thank you very much.

I've thought about doing my own series of novels inspired by George MacDonald Fraiser's Flashman series of books - my current idea involves a young Southern plantation aristocrat getting drafted into the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, and from there getting involved in the majority, if not all of, the major events of the late 19th to early 20th century. Is it derivative? I wholeheartedly admit it is. Will my own antihero live up to the standards set by GMF's great scoundrel? Absolutely no one can live up to he magnificent bastardry, cowardice, and maybe even genuine heroics of Harry Flashman. But that doesn't mean I won't try.

Hi.

*hugs* I always suspected you looked beautiful.