#also elegant! maybe even suave (at least alw&kay!erik). he's physically and sometimes morally repellent (lmao)
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🥳🎉 it's complete!!! 🥳🎉 36k~ words. not bad!!
not me writing 8k words of a watchmen fanfic in a single day hahahaha
#i'm very unsure about the ending tho. it doesn't convince me#i need to edit or maybe rewrite it. also i'm EXTREMELY uncertain about the characterization#especially *his*. he's such a tough character to write at least vaguely ic...#particularly in the circumstances *i've* put him in. heh. it's uncertain territory and idk if i pulled it off tbh#whatever. it was fun to write. it also gave me an excuse to reread the graphic novel in my new beautiful special edition <3#i think the most interesting thing about the fic is that it's supposed to be an anti-romance#or at least present an anti-romantic hero. someone no woman (or man. or person in general) in their right mind should or *would* want#like. a Bad Boy but a really unlikable uncharming one. at least on the text#and yet i had to make him desirable (in some weird ass way) for the heroine! no easy task let me tell you#it's not even because he's supposed to be ugly. i write fics/stories where the LI#is bad-looking/disfigured/deformed/a literal monster all the time. it's not really an issue#it's that usually these characters often compensate for their lack of physical attractiveness#with a... fascinating personality/intelligence/charm/Tortured Man™ (or Gal) vibes etc.#i mean think of erik! ugly as death and a literal murderer but also a genius and possessor of the most beautiful voice in the world#also elegant! maybe even suave (at least alw&kay!erik). he's physically and sometimes morally repellent (lmao)#but he fits the byronic hero stereotype and is beloved by female fans for a reason. other characters who manage to charm women#(at least out-universe) despite being physically unappealing: rochester. steerpike from gormenghast#(who is plain at best but definitely charming enough to seduce fuchsia...). the ghoul (everyone has the hots for him - as they should!)#because hotness =/= physical beauty. i think being sexy is much more important actually#the thing is. this character is NOT sexy. i can't even emphasize how much he's not sexy actually shdhdhhfh#so mmh. that was a challenge!#i mean another character who's physically very ugly but then a beautiful (and morally complicated to say the least) man#begins to feel something for her is obviously brienne. BUT! she's strong she's got a honest heart and a kind soul and ''astonishing eyes''#brienne is AMAZING and maybe not sexy but her sheer amazingness is HOT AF#this man tho. this man is not supposed to have any appealing quality whatsoever. he's got all the charm of a rabid dog lmao#shdjdjhd i swear this was a challenge. a fun one tho#val speaks#txt
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