#But like just because something is melancholic

[diorsdahlia]

is it harmless? (xi)

luke castellan x reader social media au. roadtrip!!!!! series masterlist. can be read as standalone

also chat this is the last part😔😔 gonna miss this series #nostalgicfinalboss

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yourusername roadtrip with my fav people on the planet

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lukecastellan you look so good babe but im not sure if i like the last slide

↳clarisselaruee "you look so good babe but-" 🔫🔫💥💥💥💥💥🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

↳yourusername awww thank u lukes

trav.stoll why am i hanging so awkwardly

↳yourusername thats just ur posture i fear

↳trav.stoll count your days.

clarisselaruee cant wait to sleep with you tonight babe

↳yourusername 👅👅👅👅👅👅

↳lukecastellan what

↳chris.rod what

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lukecastellan do you know how it feels when everyone is making jokes but you cant join because you're the driver? yeah that was me for 9 hours. or how it feels when everyone falls asleep and the car goes dead silent but you cant sleep because youre the driver? yeah that was also me.

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yourusername hey☹️☹️☹️ i kept you company at the front

↳lukecastellan i love you but you said i wouldn't have to worry about you being a gold digger because 'gold mining is extremely unethical and you wouldn't partake in that.'

↳yourusername that was a carefully crafted joke that highlights societal views of women and also the political state of our capitalistic world right now.

↳lukecastellan it just didnt land🙁

↳clarisselaruee queen if i was awake i would've died laughing

↳yourusername thank you clar bear.

yourusername looking handsome as always tho king

↳yourusername too bad you're being all melancholic

↳lukecastellan you can help me feel better😏😏😏😏

↳connor.stoll EWWWWWWWWW THERES CHILDREN HERE

↳yourusername EWWWWW LUKEEE WHATTT (im so down)

chris.rod are you ranch because brother you are DRESSING

↳lukecastellan fyeeeee❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

↳yourusername sigh

perseejackson this photo dump SUCKS

↳lukecastellan ??? its blue themed??? i thought you would like it😕😕😕

↳perseejackson third slide ruined it for me

↳perseejackson im joking btw. ahahahaha

↳lukecastellan good because i was about to say how did you get your phone back???

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anniechase 3rd slide is percy when he tripped over absolutely nothing.

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yourusername what a beautiful princess

↳anniechase stop😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

clarisselaruee cutie pie

perseejackson you're so small i could put you in a pocket and run away and you couldn't do anything about it

↳anniechase the same way you put your phone into your pocket and it still fell into the river? ight

↳yourusername YES CLOCK HIMMMM

↳lukecastellan gag his tea!!!!! or something

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trav.stoll gps said its my turn

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yourusername is this purely a thirst trap 😭😭😭 no picture of the roadtrip or anything

↳trav.stoll these were all taken during said roadtrip???

↳lukecastellan no picture of the rest of us or anything 😭😭😭 not even a shadowww

↳yourusername IM SAYING LIKEEEE were we even there

↳trav.stoll you two have about 3 seconds to compliment me or youre getting blocked

yourusername the ring camera just said motion detected 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

↳trav.stoll you're forgiven.

lukecastellan disney called because these pixar fire💯💯💯💯🔛🔝

↳trav.stoll you're forgiven.

user37 wait why is he kinda..

↳user4 i know....like hear me out.. new white boy of the month

↳trav.stoll 🧐🧐🧐

↳user37 heyyy fancy seeing you here😅

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clarisselaruee must be a cigarette the way we lit🔥🔥🔥

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chris.rod heeeeeyyyyyyyy lollllll

↳clarisselaruee heyyy🤗🤗🤗🤗

chris.rod ahahahaha hey i love ur hair

chris.rod whats up lol

yourusername my pretty stunning baby

↳clarisselaruee my babe

lukecastellan can you guys like turn the movie off before you all fall asleep in the car next time..

↳clarisselaruee next time youre not invited

↳yourusername LMAOOOOOOOO

stories!!

taglist : @criesinliess @kisscastellan @iammightsadyall @nana-luvy @spider-ghoul @emotiandon @he6rtshaker @that-daughter-of-hephaestus @rinisfruity14 @imafuckinstar @laurelthesimp @elleyaps @asthesunrisessolow

very honourable mention to @madeuce who threatened me to make this part💞 everyone thank her or else i wouldve procastinated for about 2 weeks on this

[sillygoofyqueer]

Okay okay mad scientist AU, what do I want to focus on right now, hmmmm.....I suppose we can talk about the different Big Shot's reaction to Wei Wuxian's presence, I did promise you that! Okay so let's start with the ones I actually DON'T care about. Jiang Fengmian is finally meeting his best friend's son for the first time in his life. He's like really going through it because even with the resentful energy crawling around and permeating his body, he still has the features of his parents. His mother's dark grey eyes are sometimes visible when the darkness stopped swirling around in them a little, his father's smile is still there, so clear and plain as day when he talks to the other teenagers forced into this war. The way he draws people in around him is all his mother, but the gentle way he treats those lesser than him is just an indicator of how his father had treated the little disciples when they came running towards him for help and comfort. He's sick with the memories amalgamated into one boy, and that leaves him distant with his own children.

Yu Ziyuan is a bitter woman who watches how his husband becomes melancholic and lost in memories, and mistakes it for melancholy for the life he never got to have, the woman that he never got to have. She sees this and only becomes more enraged at this teenager, who is already cultivating with these dark, heinous forces and not receiving any repercussions for his actions despite the fact that he is puppeteering the dead. She can't help but channel this into resenting this young boy even more. The only words she says when he, or The Lads, are around are just barbed, bitter insults. Wei Wuxian doesn't care, doesn't notice, doesn't react - until the first time he hears her insult his parents in front of him. The only reason that Suibian doesn't connect with her face in those moments is because Wen Qing literally stabs a needle into Wei Wuxian and then goes "next time, I won't stop him." Needless to say, they don't go into each other's vicinities a lot.

I want to talk about Jin Zixuan but first we have to talk about Jiang Yanli in order to talk about him. So, she's a bit hesitant with Wei Wuxian at first, because obviously her mother has beef with him and usually people who have beef with one person have beef with the whole family. Then, one time, as she's making soup in the Jiang kitchens, he comes creeping in quietly, drawn both by the alluring smell and the fact that The Lads (now including Lan Wangji and Nie Huasiang) would never suspect him to go into the Jiang part of the war camp!! She actually notices him when he stumbles to avoid a pile of dishes or something, and she's like ".....hello." because uh. Why is this guy sneaking into the kitchens. And he just goes "can I wash the dishes? 🥺" because the longer he stays in a single tent, the longer it will take for The Lads to find him and drag him back to the medical tent.

Jiang Yanli is actually so baffled but like, who's going to say no to someone who doesn't seem to be doing any harm and actually wants to help out with a chore? She lets him get to it without much issue, and he starts doin' the usual by yappering away about fucken anything that comes to mind, mainly praising the food n shit that he can smell - "better than the Burial Mounds, I'll say that much!" - and like. What. Oh my gods. What did this poor guy eat in the Burial Mounds. Jiang Yanli's jiejie instincts kick in and before she knows it, she's sitting beside him on the floor and eating a bowl of soup with him (he didn't want to eat alone), listening to him sing praises about it all. Of course, this then becomes a regular thing.

Because this is My AU and I can Do What I Want, the soup misunderstanding happens a bit earlier on here. BUT that comes up later, so let's first talk about Jin Zixuan's reaction to Wei Wuxian's presence. Jin Zixuan has finally gone against his father and has joined the Sunshot Campaign against him, so I've decided that this is sort of like his emo phase (I was going to describe it as 'late' but he's literally still a teenager okay). Everything his father would do, he does the opposite of. He scorns people he views lesser than himself? Jin Zixuan is helping out the servants and making a targeted effort to thank and remember the names of the ones in his camp. He views people based on their usefulness alone? Jin Zixuan is actually trying to breach his shell of social awkwardness with the help of Luo Qingyang so he can get to know the people that he's going to be fighting with, not limited to just his own small group of loyal Jins.

Jin Zixuan is so determined to not be like his father that instead of ignoring the fact that he has half-siblings like he was content to do before, he actually wants to find and connect with as many of them as possible after the war. To do this, he needs to talk to Wei Wuxian, their new resident talisman maker, for help. Now, when it comes to Wei Wuxian, he is like "I fucking told you guys so." the moment it's brought up. He's trying to be better, but he literally did fucking tell them and they didn't believe him. In the spirit of getting to know those he's fighting alongside, he walks right up to Wei Wuxian (ignoring the glares from Xue Yang and Wen Qing) and goes "thank you so much for your willingness to assist us fighting in this war. You have shown yourself time and again to be an honourable individual." Luo Qingyang is face palming in the background but Wei Wuxian sees this awkward mess and thinks 'oh em gee this is just like Wen Ning.'

[unapologeticallytheworst]

Guys it's okay for an ending to be sad.

[canisalbus]

So i remember an ask mentioning your mortal enemy, Felis Atra and their cats, and i thought it'd be fun to draw what Felis Atra's version of your italian dogs would be.

I think they would be called Butter Knife and Flamengo! Butter Knife is not his real name, it's an nickname given by his peers because of how harmless he is. I choose Flamengo because that's the name of Vasco's rival football team here in Brazil, so i thought that was the perfect name :)

Cat Machete was slightly inspired by the Oriental Shorthair cat because of their long noses and thin head shape.

Cat Vasco was inspired by the Scottish Fold cat, because FLOPPY EARS. I gave Flamengo longer ears and orange fur to make him more like his look-alike.

The last doodle is a reference to this ask (https://canisalbus.tumblr.com/post/728923918314946560/me-i-am-machete-ear-fan-number-1-those-ears) and contains the tumblr ask stand-in dog, whose cat version was inspired by the American Curl cat! They have round ears that are slightly floppy outwards.

Final notes: I know cardinal clothes don't come in vibrant blue, but i was ADAMANT on switching Machete's and Vasco's clothing color patterns. I would draw the rest of Butter Knife's and Flamengo's clothes, but i suck at designing cool outfits.

Speaking of outfits, for Machete's iconic void outfit, i figured it would be fun to make it more baggy for Butter Knife, in contrast to Machete's, that looks very tight-fitted. I think it's cute, it kinda looks like a sweater. Also i can't imagine a Machete doppelganger without high heels boots, so those HAD to stay.

Oh, and just to be clear, i'm not like, claiming ownership of these guys or anything. I just thought it would be a fun exercise. Hope you like them!! I love your art and your characters.

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[undercover-stories]

Love how mxtx designates her characters with weapons the same way Disney animators choose an animal sidekick for their princesses

[yepmadness]

“The Ghosts at the window echo all our quiet Prayers…”

Yeah so, there is definitely a theme of loss/grief this season, and the different ways of addressing and dealing with it. Of acknowledging it. And how it changes over time. These aren’t even all of them (clearly, I mean, Arthur died too—I’d count John understanding himself as like a rebirth) I just picked three I thought fit with the lyrics from “The Garden” by the Crane Wives.

[kismetconstellations]

[feroluce]

Thinking tonight about Caelus, and the nature of his loss and his grief after the Everything that went down in Penacony during 2.0.

Because Acheron, Black Swan, and Misha kind of knew of Firefly, they at least met her, but they didn't like really know her, and Caelus never even got the chance to introduce her to the rest of the Astral Express Crew. The only person who would have talked to her much was Sparkle, who is. Probably not really someone Caelus is interested in grieving with skznmsks

Anyway, all this to say, I like thinking about how alone poor Caelus is in his grief, because he was the only one who knew Firefly. He's the only one really mourning her. There's no one to talk about her with. There's no stories to trade or memories to reminisce with anyone over. It's not as though he knew her for long, but still. No one else knew her at all.

And I love the thought of all of this coming bubbling up, hot and acidic and bitter, during a conversation with Sampo, who Caelus just so happens to run into in the Golden Hour. Poor Sampo is kinda blindsided, he knew shit was going down in Penacony, but yeesh. And he just. Isn't quite sure what to say about it all, because he's never really encountered this before. His feelings about the Masked Fools are...a mixed bag, but he's been a part of them for a very long time, and when you're with a close organization like that, it's hard to feel alone, in grief or otherwise.

So Sampo sits there on their little bench that the two of them have occupied, and he thinks of his old friend April, how she'd died in his arms cackling and spitting her own blood after a heist gone wrong, and how after he'd dragged himself back to the World's End Tavern they'd all held a Fool's Funeral- which is basically just a big party where everyone gets really really drunk and reminisces and toasts the dead and celebrates their life.

He still thinks about her a lot, and he remembers how the time he'd most keenly felt her absence was on Jarilo-VI, the one place where he couldn't talk about her because he couldn't say anything to give himself away as an alien. The Fools still tell stories about her every time he goes back to the Tavern. His first toast of the night is always in her name. Even now, all these years after she'd died, Sampo is still learning new things about her. He's never had to grieve her alone.

Caelus doesn't have any of that.

He might never have that. As they speak, Caelus has no proof that Firefly was even her real name, or if she dreamt with her true appearance. He might not ever find out who she even was.

And just imagining that kind of loneliness hollows out a strange little pit, right behind his sternum, deep between his ribs.

So Sampo claps Caelus' shoulder and offers him a deal. Come find him outside of the dream. He knows a guy who can get them a lot of beer for really cheap-

("Is that guy you and your five finger discounts?" "Whatever do you mean, dear friend, I don't even know the meaning of the phrase, hehee.")

-and they can hole up in a bar or a hotel room or something, and get completely shitcanned. Tell him all about Firefly, tell him everything, and he'll tell Caelus about April and everyone else he's ever lost. Sampo will carry Caelus' memories of Firefly with him, and at least this way, Caelus will be a little less alone in remembering her. And the next time they cross paths, Sampo will be the one to bring her up, and to tell her stories, and Caelus can get to be the one listening. He won't have to be the only person to talk about her anymore.

Caelus rolls his eyes when Sampo avoids another remark about sticky fingers, but...ok, yeah. That sounds good. Nice, even. Thank you. Caelus bumps his shoulder against Sampo's. Sampo bumps back.

(They find each other again the next day, and true to their word, get themselves completely and utterly shitcanned. Caelus talks more than Sampo has ever heard him; every minute detail, every word choice, Firefly's every odd little mannerism and habit. Because Caelus wants to make sure this will outlive him, that even if the Stellaron dwelling within him finally burns him to a crisp and he really does up and kick the bucket, or even, godforbid, if he forgets, he wants to make sure someone remembers her. She deserved that.)

((And it takes quite a while, after that. Caelus doesn't see Sampo again until after everything has settled down. On his last day in Penacony, he finds the guy slinking out of a seedy back alley and all but runs right into him. Sampo happily leads him to some dive bar in an even seedier back alley that Caelus has never even heard of, and Sampo raises his glass. "To Firefly! Who sounds like she probably would have hated me at first, but I would have liked to have met her anyway."

And Caelus stares at him, almost looking startled, long enough that Sampo worries that he's read him wrong and brought this up too soon. He's halfway into planning how to talk himself out of this situation when Caelus finally throws back his head back and laughs, tells him that yeah, Firefly would have politely called him out on every lie he told, and all their conversations would take twice as long with the way Sampo is so full of shit.

And he can see it, the same way he watches and sees through everyone, that Caelus' eyes have a tightness to them, his knuckles are nearly white around the handle of his mug. But he smiles. He hits his glass against Sampo's far too hard and throws it back and gets foam everywhere like he does every time they drink because the guy's about as elegant as a raging bull, but those things don't lessen the genuineness of his smile.

The grief is there, but so is the elation, and those emotions aren't a sliding scale between one or the other. It is all of both and both at once, and that's what contents Sampo enough to throw his own mug back when Caelus makes a toast of his own, "to April!!".))

[tanicus-caesareth]

guarana drama, damage control

[velvetvexations]

There are a lot of things that suck about JKR and Harry Potter in retrospect, but while everyone knows by now about the goblins being disgustingly weird Jewish stereotypes I don't think I've seen anyone else express is that when I was younger I found the alternative moral framework of goblins to be interesting and inspired me to think a lot more about "blue-and-orange morality". Now that kinna thing is something I'm really big on in both my own work and in the works of others, but it really sucks having that original inspiration soured by not only the general awfulness the franchise has come to exude, but also that element in particular being one of the most blatantly gross things about it since it boils down to "fantasy Jews be greedy, am I right?".

[teamfortresstwo]

In a life swap AU rather than just a role swap I think it would be sooo fucked up if Patroclus swapped with Theseus and Achilles with Asterius

[mintandcreme]

GUYS I JUST SAW A SMALL CLIP OF GFRIEND SINGING ROUGH AT GDA AND RANDOMLY BURST INTO TEARS?! YUJU’S POWER IS UNDENIABLE I GUESS.

ALSO IDK WHICH SONG IT WAS BUT IT WAS SO J-POP LIKE “SEASON OF MEMORIES,” OR “ALWAYS,” IS SO GOOD AND SO FAST AND HOW COULD I HAVE EVER DOUBTED GFRIEND OF COURSE THEY’LL BE BRINGING A BANGER 😍😍😍

[villain-in-love]

Trying to find good goth rock for my playlist is such a challenge. Because instrumentals are almost always wonderful - that's what I like this genre for. So I hear the beginning of the song, I'm all hyped up, but then there comes the singing part and ruins everything.

[sapsolais]

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[muu-kun]

Speaking of fashion, I will eventually have the appropriate amount of time to dedicate myself to a proper attire headcanon post. For now, I only have examples for silhouettes pertaining to dresses gathered. Which at this point can ultimately be narrowed down in explanation as Muu holding preference for a bodice that does not require even just a modest breast size.

Although he does wear bralettes (which is not out of gender dysphoria or euphoria on any account actually. Instead, it is more so like a running joke with himself at this point due to the fact he's actually had an infatuation with wearing them since he was a sixteen year old boy that found a bra lying in the street) he doesn't do so with the intent of applying padding to them-- especially when considering the fact he has some minor gynaecomastia due to stubbornly persistent baby fat going on. He can deal with those, but he definitely doesn't want to even so much as imply he has "real breasts."

He also isn't one to gravitate towards those built around the necessity for breasts due to the fact that he does not wish for the attire adorning his body to appear as though something (or somethings) is missing. Which is also the given reason why even in his decision to wear what is considered women's underwear underneath the dresses similar to above, he does not engage in the act of tucking. Yes, that does come within treacherous territory per the fact that he is then advertising himself as a flamboyantly youthful individual with an occasionally visible (and not incredibly well endowed, mind you) genitalia outline in his attire. That's not even to mention the detectability of his disabilities on establishing conversation with him.

Beyond that, he's not too partial to much else. Length and material is otherwise irrelevant as long as he can freely move within it to accommodate an in-between active and sedentary lifestyle. He would also best appreciate those that are not overwhelming to the senses in one manner or another-- this includes itchiness, heaviness, lack of breathability, and so on. Textures usually aren't too worrisome to him, however, as he has been raiding the closet of his female friends (such as Hannah of @kannojo predominantly) for years, so by now he knows what he does and doesn't like with enough ease that even unexpectedly finding something is unappealing to him van be easily remedied without any fit.

The bottom line with all of this is while Muu strictly wears what is primarily marketed as women's clothing, he does not do so out of the desire to be a woman. In fact, he's asked that question within himself many times only to come up with the same conclusion each time: He is simply an aged up boy caught up in having to navigate too many things at once, therefore eccentricities intended to lighten his load have transpired. Being that 99% of abusers have been men throughout the years, and women his sanctuary from them, it became sensible at some point for him to cease one struggle for favor of mirroring his safety while he sources through another. Muu has no idea even how to be a person yet, let alone a gendered one.

That is also not to say he wishes to abolish entirely in favor of utilizing they/them pronouns. In fact, it still remains quite the opposite. At this time in his life, he's not looking to be othered more than he always has acquired for himself. Being gridlocked into a perpetual state of regression in his present has been isolating enough as is that he doesn't wish for more beyond that. It also has intriguingly been almost beneficial in keeping some of his identity centered, though, as being so interwoven with his inner teen provides connection with the perspective of character held back then.

When he was sixteen, he was very self assured in nearly all aspects in life until led to second guessing the bulk of them. Of those is one of which where he was well adamant that he was a boy with a preference for he/him pronouns to demonstrate that. And while he's been able to find appreciation for femininity that he'd have otherwise mocked in his youth, that is as far as it goes for the time being. Working beyond the semantics of that just isn't on the table at this time in his life.

Where he might go with it during Pride Month is still up to him, but, really, his focus is far more centered on fulfilling and answering other aspects of his person at this time. Generalized comfort and safety are of the utmost importance to his emotionally led manner of living. Once that is established, whether or not he opts for reintroducing what is considered men's attire back into his wardrobe is completely up in the air.

[3hks]

How to Write a Character with THAT *Sad Aura*

Have you ever stumbled upon a character, who, despite radiating wholesome, positive energy, also has a subtle undertone of sadness? It's kind of intriguing, isn't it? If you've ever wanted to write a perhaps more complex character or explore writing emotions, why not check this out?

What am I talking about?

Let's do a quick introduction as to what I mean. I've said this a couple times already, but to the reader, this character feels despondent even though they act nothing like it. This doesn't mean they have to act happy all the time (like my first example); they might act cold, or apathetic, but the point is they don't act visibly sad.

This faint melancholic mood provides a charming, or even nostalgic feel to the audience through ONE character! Isn't that kind of fun?

Eye Expressions

This character will not show sadness on their face--that contradicts the idea of "sad aura". But you know what they say, right? Eyes are the windows to the soul; they do not lie!

When trying to highlight some of this unhappiness, write about their eyes. Talk about how their eyes look oddly dim sometimes when they smile, or how they don't meet their friend's eyes when they laugh. These cues are simple but powerful.

Adverbs

You always have to be mindful of adverbs, but here especially, adverbs (and adjectives) unconsciously influence how your audience views the character.

For example, avoid saying too much of "smiled brightly" or "talked excitedly". If these are the adverbs you purposefully want to use to portray your character, then by all means! However, these adverbs add a happier connotation, which you must be aware of. If you want something more neutral (which I recommend for the most part), consider using lighter adverbs/adjectives, such as "smiled softly", or "offered lightly".

Reasons

A reason is normally needed for almost everything. Here, you want genuine reasons to back up why your character doesn't ask for help, thus forcing them to work through their unhappiness alone.

This could be because they think other people can't solve the problem, they don't want to bother others, they don't think their issue is a big deal, or they simply believe there's no solution.

Physical Hints

And if all this isn't enough, then drop some physical hints! Perhaps your character gets distracted often, tends to hesitate before speaking, deflects concerned comments with jokes, or has a hard time acknowledging reassurances, even when it's unrelated to their personal troubles. These habits suggest the idea your character has more than meets the eye.

Mood Changes

When people are upset, their mood tends to fluctuate. For most of us, we're typically upset for a short period, so we cycle through emotions such as anger, sadness, and even joy during these moments.

However, if your character is consistently sad, not just for a day or two, their mood might shift on different days. Maybe they're really tired one day, hardly speaking. Maybe the next, they are more frustrated, snapping at people or ignoring them. Maybe the day after that, they are overly energetic, bouncing everywhere and talking all the time, providing a bit of whiplash.

Purpose

Similar to having a reason for their reluctance of reaching out, you also want to ensure that they have a purpose for fighting. Why haven't they given up yet? This is especially crucial when considering the real world, where feeling upset leads to a lack of motivation.

So, what keeps them going, then? Do they want to fix their regrets? Do they want to change?

Backstory and Actions

To be honest, I wouldn't consider a backstory an absolute necessity, but I highly suggest creating one. Why? Because you can accurately identify the reason for your character's guilt, regret, and sorrows from the past with an actual backstory.

The events of your character's past always influence their future actions.

For example, if they were a part of a severe car accident in the past, perhaps they only feel comfortable when they are the driver in the future because that means they can control the car.

Conclusion

This character is not especially different from any other character, besides the fact that they are neither obvious nor overly secretive of their genuine feelings.

With that being said, focus on embodying their eye expressions, be careful about which adverbs and adjectives you choose to use--I recommend choosing ones with more neutral connotations for a sense of melancholy, explain why your character keeps their sadness to themselves and why they keep fighting despite it, show mood fluctuations, drop physical hints, such as actions and/or specific personality traits, and make sure to connect their past to their present!

Happy writing~

3hks ^^