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reachexceedinggrasp · 2 years ago

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There is a mild but fathomlessly deep well of antipathy in my heart for writers who take a character that is defined by being deprived of intimacy, lonely, introverted, physically insecure, isolated, alienated, touch-starved, socially withdrawn, anxious, etc. and then write them as a confident Lothario.

Someone's central driving conflict is about being othered or voluntarily not participating in humanity? nah, not important.

#'emotionally unavailable casual sex haver' is just profoundly not the same thing as 'literally hasn't been hugged in decades if ever'#I don't think my stance on this is unreasonable #I'm not saying Lotharios aren't or can't be lonely I'm saying it's wildly different in kind #the personality that deals with trauma by going out and having a lot shallow relationships and interactions #and the one that locks itself in a basement and barely speaks to anyone ever again #and/or dedicates itself to a task/quest/vocation to the exclusion of all else #these are different #feeling unable to touch or be touched is so distinct from having all the touch you want but it being empty #anyway this message brought to you by fanfic constantly writing my virgin favs as chads

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