you went from this character to the so much more broken ones, like the one in Half-Life. I usually go the other way round - start with fragmented characters and end up with these slightly too polished versions
HAHAHA omg I didn't even notice that until you told me! I don't know either; I honestly do start with writing slightly more idealised versions of characters that become more and more broken and fucked up as I keep writing them in different fics. I swear it's an issue about confidence - it's easier to write characters who are not entirely fucked up, or who are fucked up in rather acceptable-to-represent ways. The more I write someone, the more confident I get about my understanding of them, and I become far more willing to just screw with preconceived notions of the characters, I think. /chews on your head. How do you start with fragmented characters, man.
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HAHAHA omg I didn't even notice that until you told me! I don't know either; I honestly do start with writing slightly more idealised versions of characters that become more and more broken and fucked up as I keep writing them in different fics. I swear it's an issue about confidence - it's easier to write characters who are not entirely fucked up, or who are fucked up in rather acceptable-to-represent ways. The more I write someone, the more confident I get about my understanding of them, and I become far more willing to just screw with preconceived notions of the characters, I think. /chews on your head. How do you start with fragmented characters, man.
Let's envy each other 8D.