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frith_in_thorns) wrote2019-10-01 05:30 pm
frith_in_thorns) wrote2019-10-01 05:30 pm
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Let's chat about h/c today!
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.)
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.)
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Not just you, no. It's such a powerful thing and plays right into my craving for people helping each other through emotional trauma. But (sorry, I know I'm a broken record, Ghost Story is eating all of my life rn) when it came to writing a rape in Ghost Story (which I had planned to do), I couldn't do it. There's some definite non-conny stuff in a couple places, but I'm not sure it'll require clicking that Major Archive Warning box. Hope my beta can weigh in on that.
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Ah. That's just. Really nice to know?
plays right into my craving for people helping each other through emotional trauma
*points, highlights, builds neon sign of words*
Yes. This. Exactly this!
And don't worry about talking about your massive, awesome 50k WIP I know the feeling. But I can also see why you didn't include it in such a long piece with so many moving parts?
It can be a tough call whether or not to click the box, but opening notes/chapter warnings are also pretty good for that sort of thing.
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That's really what it came down, too. I was like, "I'm putting him through so much already. I'm not putting him through this, too." So...SPOILER I GUESS. =b
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Exactly! Gotta save some stuff to put him through for later. :D