#character feels

[casually-eat-my-soul]

The thing is stiles isn’t maternal. But he is his mother’s son. This is inescapable.

He’ll leave claw marks on everything he’s ever loved, gripping them too tight. He will cover his hands with blood, without hesitation to protect. He will shred his body on glass, crawling to help. He will bite, he is his mother’s son.

[artemisdesari-blog]

Within Temptation - Fire And Ice (Official Music Video)

Continuing the Careless To Let It Fall playlist posting: Fire and Ice by Within Temptation. Another band that I absolutely adore and one which I often use when writing difficult or breaking relationships. In this case, it’s the relationship between Obi-Wan and Dooku after the Clone War has started “where’s the love we once had, is it all a lie?”, “In silence I hold on to you and I” and so many other lines. It’s a truly heartbreaking song and really gets me into the headspace for their dynamic as the war continues and Obi-Wan begins to question SO many thing about his life and his relationships with certain other characters. 

[setsuntamew]

I don't tag my fics with character study because isn't every fic a character study in its own way? Isn't everything an interpretation and so it's a study in how they'd act and think and feel if things went this way or that way or just a little tiny bit different?

And yeah, maybe that isn't what a character study is but don't you do a character study every time you sit down and get into their head and write?

[mochasucculent]

Dumb thing that would not leave my brain

[mobydyke]

we need 15-20 episode seasons again these limited series have the worst pacing in the world and none of the character decisions hold any weight

[agoodflyting]

David Tennant pissing off the Prime Minister bc he told government officials to stfu over their anti-trans bigotry and Michael Sheen literally poisoning himself investigating corporations dumping toxic chemicals in underprivileged areas is NOT the energy I expected from 2024 but oh man am I here for it.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[ottosbigtop]

I think we as a society should bring back brotps. I think we should be weirder about characters being friends the same way people are weird about ships. Make those two characters who interacted once or twice besties. Make it difficult for them to get rid of each other even if they want to. Go nuts

[rosered-schneeweisschens-sis]

i never knew there were men in the room for this, “that was tough” oh man they were not prepared XD

[color-ns]

Sometimes tweeter people know their stuff- this is the right kind of toxic angst I want to read.

[beebfreeb]

[meyerlansky]

ON the subject of undernegotiated kink in fanfiction. i think we should talk more about how the concept of "not talking about it" is just as much wish fulfillment for some people as "in-depth, therapy-speak conversations where everyone is clear and understood" is for others

like yes, in reality the antidote to shame is open honest conversation with someone who will validate your feelings and wants blah blah blah but SOMETIMES what i want out of my fanfic is characters being understood without having to expose themselves in that way. SOMETIMES it's fun to not dismantle the shame and repression all the way and to instead treat that understanding-despite-not-being-clear as the fantasy

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

[aphel1on]

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

[cosmicredcadet]

Sometimes...characters being in a romantic relationship is worse.