#bellum is just interesting bc unlike. most characters? there isnt a ton there but theres a lot to piece together and draw conclusions from | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

waywardsalt · 11 months ago

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deciding to write bellum in a context beyond and different from what he's shown in in ph is kinda. something. because there's not a whole lot to him and there seems to be an intense focus on having things be 'in character' so it creates the interesting dilemma of. what even is 'in character' for bellum in the first place and are the conclusions i draw about him based off the little bit we get in game things that can be considered 'in character' or w/e, or is (almost) anything fair game since i'm working off of a list of concepts and actions rather than an actual written character

#does this make sense? i have different hangups abt the different characters i write fanfic abt #salty talks #like im personally not too concerned with things being 'in character' bc like. ive enjoyed stuff being out of character #the biggest line i refuse ot cross is like. personal stuff and also when things are like. VERY not smth thye would do or go against arcs #like for me one of my (many lol) linebeck characterization pet peeves is when ppl write post-ph linebeck without considering his arc #like when they just write him post-ph acting the exact same way as he did we you meet him and like he has the same. idk. values?#thats a whole can of worms and i no longer care as much when i write linebeck bc i see him a specific way and so idc im having fun #bellum is just interesting bc unlike. most characters? there isnt a ton there but theres a lot to piece together and draw conclusions from #cuz ill think of fic stuff with bellum abd ill be like 'would he act like that?' and come agaisnt a wall #bc theres very little to compare and contrast with. at this point when i write bellum im kinda just writing an oc and its weird #cuz like ig my personal philosophy with like. keeping my aus as loz aus and not original things is that teh canon versions of these #characters and concepts and w/e are imporant to be considered and like. serve as backdrops? idk how to explain it #so like i dont just want to. write a bellum oc im tyring to write bellum and write from the little seed we get in canon idk what the #difference is but i feel like there is one. like with post ph stuff i dont try to break canon in big ways (or often) so ig with bellum #im trying to keep it so that (with post ph and ph centric writing specifically) it can slot in decently with the established stuff #like. ignoring tone rating all that. idk where im going with this im thinkin abt how i might write bellum and how weird it is

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