Dahl's most memorable protagonists — Charlie, James, Matilda — are timid characters who nevertheless succeed.
Diminutive magic-man Vivi, a black mage, is introduced as a timid playable character, someone who doesn't actively want to tag along with Zidane.
Diminutive magic-man Vivi, a black mage, is introduced as a timid playable character, someone who doesn't actively want to tag along with Zidane et al. But after a little gentle persuasion, he joins the FFIX gang and ultimately proves himself a more-than-capable magician in battle, casting enemy-engulfing flames and his exclusive black magic abilities.
The white lab rats shown struggling for survival in a fish tank in the opening scene of Matt Aselton's debut film, "Gigantic," are more than metaphors for the timid, flailing characters in this serious comedy about the children of privilege.
I found myself reflecting, glumly, on the timid or arch character of most decoration today.
A story of doomed love set amid lower-class unrest in seventeenth-century Naples, "La Muette" reaches a dénouement that makes "Tosca" look timid: the title character throws herself off a balcony as Vesuvius erupts, her body somehow plopping into the lava.
The two men's jobs and their contrasting temperaments place them at fatal and obvious cross-purposes: Max, who has been "temporarily" driving his taxi for 12 years while deferring his dream of starting his own limousine company, is timid and indecisive, character traits that the steely, self-confident Vincent readily exploits to turn Max into his helpless accomplice.
It was long believed by historians that the Princess was raised in an ultra-conservative, intolerant atmosphere which resulted in a timid and unassertive character in public and an ability to be contented with very little materially or emotionally.
To hell with series like this, Ballers, and Power which cast whites as antagonists, timid, weak, minor character roles only; you'll just drive every white person away from the show.
