Ive been doing sooo much reasearch in making a story about an obsessive antagonist and imperfect victim. Or just a story with bad/flawed characters in general
Its kind of a contradicting mindboggle when you see a character like gold be so Obsessive and controlling and doing it all out of "love" when its not.
He wants power. He doesn't want love.
And that desire for power derives from how he was conditioned. He is a man. A faire complexioned and "perfect" man that would in all categories must never be the "antagonist" of a "romance story" he should be the deudoroganist. The person the mc should immediately fall head over heels for. But the mc doesn't. Hes supposed to be the perfect man, right? So why haven't you fallen for him.
This leaks into the idea of what are we teaching our boys/men today? Why are we raising them to be entitled to affection, especially from women? Why are we teaching a certain color of boys that they are the "average yet the ideal" form of what a person can be?
Along with other things like "making the victim completely innocent". When a victim of an assult or a rape is even remotely conceived as also being somewhat at fault, or being flawed themselves, it conflicts with what a victim "should" be. They are "innocent". But innocent doesn't always mean good. And that is the case for ryce as well. He's the brash and funny guy. The "sissy" one. The one whos actually respectful to a partner yet isn't a "gentlemen" and is unbashed and himself. Yet he does things that are selfish are bad...because hes human. He makes mistakes just like everyone else and tries to be better for you and other...but when hes abused hes suddenly supposed to be "submissive"? "Ryce didn't do anything wrong!"
Ryce is human. But at least he tries. Hes innocent but imperfect. Unlike gold, where he is guilty, Narcissistic and privileged.
Just some thoughts I had ive had some experiences and have been reflecting on old life experiences and im doing some re-writing again, WEEEE PERFECTIONISM!!!!
I want Gold to know that if I was the MC I’d carry around a bottle of cinnamon scented perfume and spray it at him whenever he’s being bad
Mf would 100% try to guilt trip you into not threatening him with cinnamon lmao. He would put on his most convincing pouty face and be like "Pweas dont be mean :((" lol
He's great 👌 I've been Gaslighting him because I said no the first thing I enter the chat and he was ready to get possessive right then there, I can't wait to keep talking to him!!