Let's chat about h/c today!

[frith_in_thorns]

To go with naye's lovely post about comfort tropes, tell me your favourite kinds of hurt for your fictional characters! Do you have ones you like to read but not write, or vice versa? Are there some you will read endlessly in any fandom you're in? Are there some h/c tropes you can bash out a 2k oneshot for at the drop of a hat?

Also, do you find you're equal-opportunity with your hurt, or do you hoard it all for one particular character or character archetype?

I'll start, and say that I'm really into hurt resulting in altered-state, as provided by many things but especially concussion/drugged/fever etc. It's something I find endlessly enjoyable to write -- the vulnerability caused by the skewed perspective, and how that plays out in character interactions, but also I... just like... the hurt bit itself *gg* And currently I have a definite Thing for Shen Wei magically exhausting himself and coughing blood and stumbling in a floppy way and having to be supported by Zhao Yunlan. (I don't suppose this is a revelation to anyone. But I'm so glad to know that I'm not alone!)

Anyway, please share your own likes! And recs!

(This is a positivity-only post. Very uninterested in hearing how h/c is OOC or a moral failing or how some people write it badly or whatever, thanks.)

Comments

[clevermanka]

Bring me alllllllllll the emotional trauma! Bodily trauma is...fine? It's fine! I mean, I'm not going to kick it out of bed for eating crackers, but emotional pain is my #1 reading jam.

That said, I'm very much enjoying writing ZYL in some serious physical shit with Ghost Story.

I can't fall down the rabbit hole of thinking of fics to rec right now (I still have to get some writing done today before dinner), but...has everyone seen sisabet's vid On the Prowl? (warnings for everything, esp. after the 1:30 mark)

[naye]

Mmmmmmmm, emotional trauma...! I kind get sensitive about bodily trauma, but characters being in FEELINGS PAIN I can eat up with a spoon all day long and still have room for dessert after.

(THAT SAID I am very much looking forward to seeing what you do with Zhao Yunlan in Ghost Story!!)

And AHHH thank you for that lovely, lovely rec - I'd seen it before but it's always time to watch it again. ♥

[clevermanka]

I had to LOL at the "sensitive about bodily trauma" followed by TIME TO WATCH THAT BODILY TRAUMA VID AGAIN! Because, seriously, that's such a fangirl way to live and I love it.

[naye]

Ah, yeah, I have to peek through my fingers for some of the vid! But you know. Worth it!