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noblest-roman-of-them-all · 5 hours ago

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This is my favorite one, because yeah, he probably would fucking say that, but how? Under what circumstances? What will it take for him to conceivably fucking say that? The situation most certainly exists, the question is, can I as a writer first discover this circumstance, then secondly can I write it in convincingly enough for the nay-sayers who are admittedly a bit boring and narrow-minded and forget that dynamic characters should, indeed, be dynamic and sometimes behave out of character, much like real human people behave out of character under certain circumstances?

The answer to would he fucking say that is almost always yes.

The answer to can I write him fucking saying that? Is a much trickier thing.

would he fucking say that? let's investigate.

#screaming into the void #i have a lot of feelings about this concept #would he not fucking say that or you only view him as a one demensional caricature of him #do you see the whole character or only the parts you find palatable and agree with or that you find relatable?#this isnt just me pointing fingers ill admit ive been guilty of claiming he wouldnt when he very much would #when you find yourself saying he wouldnt fucking say/do that ask yourself why you think that #what feelings does it stir up in you that you reacted that way? is it because tou disagree with it and your most perfect blorbo would never?#your most perfect blorbo just might and maybe this is a good time to practice some empathy and get into his shoes a bit #also being able to say 'i get how this situation came to be even if i dont agree with it' or #'i dont like it/i would have written it differently butbi understand how they got to this conclusion in the narrative'#is a good skill to have and it's better than the dismissive 'he would not fucking say that'#the first allows you to think critically about the natrative and the blorbo in question #the second shuts off your brain and critical thinking because youre not being receptive to new information/circumstances that might lead #him to fucking say that #dont shut off when things make you uncomfortable get curious about it and ask why #(and dont be a clown about this either obviously dont overly distress yourself but as i was taught in therapy sometimes we have to sit with #our discomfort and if we use that critical thinking we're all capable of i think we can all agree that learning to sit with a little bit of #discomfort long enough to understand where its coming from is in fact very different from triggering yourself)

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