#it'll be still seen as cool and deep and evocative as long as its edgy enough

[yuanzhous]

I'm so tired of "he would not fucking say that" I'm so tired of blahblah therapy speech I'm so tired of "they wouldn't have communication skills that good" I'm so tired of endless debates on whether it's ok to let your characters tell each other I love you. and man yeah I get it there's ooc fic out there and I understand every one of those complaints individually and no two people's opinions on what is in character will ever align or we'd all be writing the same fics verbatim but I am so tired. of pretending the only imaginative and worthwhile way to write a character is to withhold from them the ability to express any emotion or affection or kindness because don't you know that nice is boring, and either you're writing the character wrong or you're into the wrong character, I'm tired of having to question character motives every time you write them doing or saying something nice but the moment you write them being assholes you are under no obligation to justify it I am tired

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

#to be clear I have also in so many occasions said “he would not fucking say that”#and exited the fic like an adult#but man. I am so unimpressed by the popular opinion that anything fluffy or slice of life or w/e#is inherently inferior and less complex and only “self-indulgent”#and it can't be what you write if you want to be taken seriously#like when I'm writing darker subjects i dont have to pay a LICK of attention to characterization if i dont want to#it'll be still seen as cool and deep and evocative as long as its edgy enough#but if I write fluff it has to be the most flawless thought-out character piece ever#to make up for being childish and “unrealistic” anyway#and at the end I still have to put up a haha I know it's implausible but sometimes I like it when good things happen disclaimer (tags by op)

I'm so tired of "he would not fucking say that" I'm so tired of blahblah therapy speech I'm so tired of "they wouldn't have communication skills that good" I'm so tired of endless debates on whether it's ok to let your characters tell each other I love you. and man yeah I get it there's ooc fic out there and I understand every one of those complaints individually and no two people's opinions on what is in character will ever align or we'd all be writing the same fics verbatim but I am so tired. of pretending the only imaginative and worthwhile way to write a character is to withhold from them the ability to express any emotion or affection or kindness because don't you know that nice is boring, and either you're writing the character wrong or you're into the wrong character, I'm tired of having to question character motives every time you write them doing or saying something nice but the moment you write them being assholes you are under no obligation to justify it I am tired