Drat that thesaurus!

[clarentine]

I hate it when I can't find the word to go with a concept I need to have on paper. Anyone got an idea what the missing word is there in the brackets?

He chuckled over my reluctant [savior-hood].

I'm actually fine with it being more than a single word, but I can't work through my mental symbol-set to find the term or phrase I need and both Bartleby and Panlexicon have proven unhelpful.

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[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

He chuckled over my new role[status] as [of] reluctant paladin.

[redeemer]
[defender]
[saviour] noting wrong with saviour
[elevation to hero]
[elevation to saviour-knight]

Best I could do in a couple of minutes.

[clarentine]

Thanks - I'll hold these for the (very real) possibility that I have to re-cast that sentence. But Argh! Am I silly to think that there must be a word or phrase that encompasses this concept directly?

If there is not, I think I will invent one. *g*

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Is saviourhood not a word? It ought to be.

What with all the wonderful salvific (and yes, that is a real word) and soteriological terminology I've been exposed to in recent years, this is something I ought to know.

Are we talking messianic saviour-ness or your average everyday saving-from-harm?

[clarentine]

Not just average everyday accomplishments, but not exactly messiah, either.

If I give you the details, it'll spoil you. *g*

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I'd go with Jaime's construction, to be honest with you. 'Saviourhood' (should you use that word) seems to imply something intrinsic to the person, you know what I mean?

[clarentine]

::nod:: Opinion appreciated. I just need to cant the line from Canum's point of view, to build in his rejection of the validity of the praise. Canum is pathologically bad about accepting praise.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I get you.

(And, btw, I am going to read your novel. Really. Just not this weekend. :))

[clarentine]

(No problem! >:-))