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Hey there /lit/. I'm currently working on a short story where this homeless guy gets given a place to stay by a random guy and shit happens. Problem is, I'm kind of stuck on why someone would invite a homeless person to live with them. Help please.

>> No.1366804

compassion and altruism

>> No.1366808

Yessssssss Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock.

>he attends a funeral and finds out that his best friend from high school became homeless and froze to death behind a dumpster

>> No.1366810

>>1366804
Thought of something like that, but why him out of all the homeless people in the world?

>> No.1366816

I'd let a homeless man in my house if I was gay.

However, I would never refuse a homeless woman cause I'd want to rape her.

But that's probably a bad premise for a story.

>> No.1366822

>>1366810
>>1366810
Philanthropy man. Pay it forward. Say the guy inviting him in feels like he has to make up for a wasted life or something.

>> No.1366824

>>1366808
>Yessssssss Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock.
Hell yeah. Good idea, I was hoping for them to not know each other at all. But if all else fails I'll use that. Thanks :D

>> No.1366827

Does the homeless guy have any talents? Anything he can do that the random guy is lacking? Or perhaps the random guy feels somehow responsible for the homeless guy's homeless status? He wouldn't need to actually be culpable, perhaps he's got a bit of a bleeding heart?

Awesome pic, by the way.

>> No.1366829
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1366829

To relive his youth.

>> No.1366830

>>1366822
That a good one too, and it gives mystery to the character, thanks :D

>> No.1366834

>wife leaves man
>tells him, "You don't care about me! You don't care about the kids! You only care about yourself!"
>man is lonely
>feels bad
>realizes wife is right
>decides to fix it
>doesn't know how
>sees homeless man on the street
>starts to throw him a few coins, then stops
>invites him in to eat
>decides to let him stay the night
>next night, he stays again
>pretty soon they're living together

Those last three are how I wound up living with my (now) ex-girlfriend.

>> No.1366843

>>1366827
Thank, Jeremy Brett is the shit. And thanks for the idea.
>>1366829
Cool, I'll think about that, thank you.
>>1366816
Thanks for the lulz, I thought of that too lol

>> No.1366845

Crikey so many good ideas~
>>1366834
Thanks mate, I'll see if that works.

>> No.1366888

>>1366786
Don't do anything that could sound true.

Write something like the guy was at some party and everyone's so drunk and they start making bets and one thing leads to another and they decide to play that "swap your place" game.
Some people turn out the invite but most of them get in.
The main character we've been focusing on said he got paired up with that other dude.
And he's trading against... nothing.
The other dude is cool and let him live with him after some jokes, at some point almost leave him outside but doesn't.

Either that or the homeless guy and the random guy are both very drunk and the random guy is in that weird phase of consciousness which led him to go beyond social conventions and he doesn't mind his new and only friend to come live with him, especially since he think that guy is just himself in a few years or with a little less luck.

Make the hobo the traditional guy-that-obviously-has-something-weird-going-on-with-him-like-drugs-or-crimes-but-has-just-some-unus
ual-and-tragic-issues-and-he-only-needs-another-chance-even-though-appareances-are-deceptives.

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>>1366786

>> No.1366915

The homeless person finds out that he's the one with the house at the end.

>> No.1366917

>>1366888
Loved that last sentence lol I'll try that out too, thanks.

>> No.1366922

one good reason is the person giving the homeless person a place to stay, has, at one point, been homeless themselves and know what its like.

>> No.1366925

>>1366915
...Ow. That could be really kickass, like Sixth Sense.

>> No.1366928

>>1366922
That's super! How did I not think of this? Thank you.

>> No.1366943

He needs a roomate for tax purposes

when in doubt blame bureaucracies!

>> No.1366952

>>1366943
Well, the homeless guy can't actually pay him rent though.

>> No.1367002

>>1366952

irrelevant, just say this room needs two occupants in order to qualify for some tax break that makes the rent affordable

>> No.1367018

He's insane and thinks the homeless man is Jesus visiting him right before He comes for everyone else.

>> No.1367022

>>1367002
Yeah, that works. Thanks.

>> No.1367028

the homeless guy saves his life/helps him with something and then he later sees him sleeping on a park bench and feels compassion.

>> No.1367041

>>1367018
Ha, that'd be funny as fuck lol

>> No.1367044

>>1367028
I think I'm gonna write like, thirty alternate versions and see which one I like best because there are so many good ideas in my head now. Thanks for the idea mate :d

>> No.1367052

>>1366834
/thread

>> No.1367085

>>1367022
>>1367002
Do not do that that is terrible.

>> No.1367104

You don't always have to give a reason, Much of literature is dependent on certain conceits to keep the story moving forward.