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[graculus]

Oh no, spamming the livejournal...

Anyway, here's the thing: I'm writing a story which has a character who has amnesia (yes, just in time for my cliché panel at connotations!) and I'm writing it in third person kind of from his point of view.

So, character A has amnesia and for a certain reason, he actually thinks he's B. Is it reasonable for me to call him B once he comes to the conclusion that's who he is (even though that conclusion is wrong, he's going to get told it's wrong but initially not believe it and then discover it is wrong), or am I stuck with calling A 'he' all the way through until he finally does get his memory back? Because I can't call him A if he doesn't know he's A, can I?

And does this make any sense at all? No? Fair enough. ;)

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's not specifically stated that he's A, but there are enough clues for the people in the tiny fandom to pick up on, but also to understand why he'd think he was B - in the show (Wild Wild West), A's picture has been put up on wanted posters that say he's B, so when he gets amnesia and finds one of those posters, he thinks he's B once he sees that's his face on the poster. So actually, A is B, at least physically. Even more confused now? ;)

And thanks for the vote of confidence. :)