: Re: Protective, not patronising A character I'm writing about is a girl of 15, daughter of a nobleman, unable to walk due to having contracted Polio when she was 5. Being quite intelligent, she

I think the best answer is to have him reflect on how it must appear--and what the truth actually is. This is my current new favorite technique. The juxtaposition of two perspectives is useful.

"To an outsider, it might appear that he was patronizing. He knew the truth of it though, the struggles she had because of polio. He knew that were she strong enough, he'd demand more of her than he would even of a son, because her mind was so strong."

This is a short answer, but without the actual excerpt it is challenging to know what to suggest. Try playing with opposites in narration: What it must look like and what he is actually thinking. I see this in published novels fairly often.

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