#traumatised characters

[chryseiswriting-blog]

Sunshine Court characters as music

Listen up, Jeremy Knox is Noah Kahan, and Jean-Yves Moreau is Taylor Swift, specifically The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Can I explain it? No. Will I hear otherwise? Also no.

#tsc #books #jeanandjeremy #jerejean #don’t argue with me #Taylor Swift #Noah Kahan #nora sakavic #the sunshine court #aftg #aftg fandom #all for the game #tsc spoilers #jean yves moreau #Jeremy Knox #not taking questions at this time #music #the tortured poets department #ttpd #these boys #traumatised characters #comfort characters #my children #I KNOW fear of water suits Jean more but if you listen to the lyrics it is Knox all the way and that’s just a fact

[cult-of-the-eye]

I have a complicated relationship with books. When I was a kid, I devoured them, I wouldn't discriminate, whatever I could get my hands on would be gone within hours. I took pride in my reading and what I gained from it. It was a huge part of my life and personality. And then my mental health started to get real bad. And I got bored and couldn't concentrate for long enough to sit and read a whole book. But mostly I got tired of books where I could guess what was gonna happen. I knew the patterns of ya fantasy or romance or dystopia or those new mental health books that made metaphors out of like a repeated motif of toast or whatever. I could always guess the ending and it left a bland taste in my mouth. I didn't want escapism anymore, I just wanted something new. I wanted characters I could relate to. I wanted nuance in a way that didn't feel performative. And now I'm neck deep in tma and I'm getting back into reading, trying to find books with queer poc, trying to read new genres (im getting more into horror), trying to read books with characters who feel real. And honestly tma played a huge role in getting me back into reading. The characters are what made me stick with it. I could talk forever and ever about how much I love when a story focuses on how a character changes within the plot, how they react to things, how they interact with others, how that is compared to other characters. I love reading about trauma responses and unreliable narrators and people making the best choices they can with the resources they have and royally fucking up and falling in love and hating themself and hating other characters and falling apart and bringing themself back together and positive character development and negative character development. That's the shit that gets me going. The fact that tma did all of that? Makes me feel like a kid again, flipping through the same Scooby Doo annual over and over.

#tma #the magnus archives #tma meta #character analysis #books #reading #horror podcast #ya novels #textpost #rambles #queer #queer characters #queer poc #traumatised characters #mental health #character development #scooby doo #horror books

[aemecericart]

I already posted the sad boy, so here are some sketches of the sad girl, Shallan Davar herself, truly noone can beat Sanderson in writing good characters, e s p e c i a l l y the traumatised ones

#artists on tumblr #illustration #illustrators on tumblr #art #fantasy #fantasy illustration #stormlight archive #stormlight fanart #shallan davar #shallan kholin #shallan fanart #brandon sanderson #cosmere fanart #cosmere #traumatised characters #knights radiant #stormlight #tragic backstory

[will-solace-aaaaa]

Started the next part! It's on wattpad bc I have nothing else and its easier to update it that way. It's called Jericho Williams Powers and Portals but I dont like the name so probs gonna change it lmao<3

#books #wattpad #book #lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbt #THATS RIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS THERE ARE GAY CHARACTERS!!! #just not been introduced yet #but soon. #they will be here soon #gay #trans character #trans #traumatised characters #lmaooo #jericho williams

[imstillalives-world]

#the perfect screenshot #my screenshots #screenshot #traumatised characters #are the best

[gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Heard this from somewhere else but it's really been effective to my writing recently and just want to share.

The reason a lot of tragic backstories fail is because there is no contrast. Just like there's no sadness without joy, there is no tragedy without hope.

It needs to be clear that happiness was possible in the circumstances they were in, but it was just ripped away from them or kept from them by something out of their control.

For instance, have someone start to get opportunities, have a period of pure goodness and joy, and then something comes back to bite them. An abuser's return. A death of a loved one. Anything.

Remember that if you are writing a character with trauma, you need to know that the trauma after an incident or environment is linked heavily with their thinking patterns that were engraved in them from the trauma.

Example: "I was doing great and then this happened, the universe is rooting against my joy. There's no point in trying to be happy when no one wants me to be."

This thought pattern can be caused by verbal abuse, a relationship that has little to no communication that's planting seeds in their head, being cut off from loving people, or clinical anxiety that leads to catastrophising, just to name a few. Many situations can lead to the same thought patterns.

A contrast to that specific thought pattern would be the people in their life that do want them to be happy and actively encourage their joy, or "signs from the universe" that are encouraging their happiness that the person just isn't paying attention to. The thought pattern and trauma is what overshadows the joy and sends them spiraling.

This also pays off in a recovery arc. They finally start recovering and when something bad happens, the thought pattern resurfaces but they choose to focus on the people in their life that bring them joy and want that joy to last.

This shows progress, this shows the effect of their trauma, this shows that joy was possible. This is why it's tragic. There was a solution, but they just couldn't have known that.

(just make sure you stay out of victim-blaming territory, the solution wasn't easy or a no brainer, it was physically and mentally out of their grasp and it's something they discover throughout a difficult arc)

#writing #creative writing #writing advice #tragic characters #tragic backstories #tragedy needs hope #no joy without sadness #character writing #arc writing #trauma #traumatised characters #thought patterns #character development

[ccircusclwn]

some spud doodles bcs hes my fav regretevator npc

i drew this out of spite bcs in at least 3 different servers we got spud and they immediately killed him. one just said "let me get my autoclicker rq"

#my art #regretevator #regretevator spud #spud #spud! #regretevator fanart #roblox regretevator #roblox #wow cant believe my fav character is once again the traumatised nature loving guy!!! #(referencing both sparrow oak garcia and david from campcamp. probably more but whatevers) #also ignore the cahnge in artstyle im not gonna change it im just silly today:P

[sakivsiil]

Can we talk about the amount of claustrophobia TSC must have please

They just keep putting him in selectable boxes he can be controlled in

And then actual boxes like goddamn id be so done with small places

This isn't even the first time there's always been a problem with TSC and boxes

Free my boy ;-;

#alan becker #animation vs animator #ava #the second coming #animator vs animation #he did nothing wrong #free him #Please he's just a silly guy #Why does alan becker feel the need to traumatise his characters so much #(me too though) #(this is relatable) #(please give him more trauma) #ava 6

[secondstar-acorn]

I would genuinely listen to an entire series of Anthony Burch talking to himself and exploring the kiddads’ lives between the end of season 1 to the beginning of season 2

like they are so Fucked Up and I know why but I just wanna know MORE I wanna annotate their lives and put sticky notes over significant moments and write essays on their trauma I’m. fucking losing it

#a complex traumatised character is amazing much less FIVE??? #WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME SHIT AND CAME OUT DIFFERENTLY???? #you’re speaking my language #I’m dying to know more fr #going crazy over the kiddads is a disease and it’s chronic #lark oak garcia #sparrow oak garcia #grant Wilson #nicky close foster #terry jr #dungeons and daddies #dndads #not reallyyyy spoilers but???

[cemeterything]

Who is Cassius?

new oc. they wear a mask they never take off and don't cut their hair and they accidentally caused the collapse of an entire civilisation because they killed the god-emperor of the region in a revenge duel slash act of rebellion (fought on dragonback) and had no plans for what to do in the aftermath, meaning that the area formerly under his control was quickly invaded by neighbouring rival empires and its people assimilated or killed in combat. they were a young adult at the time but babygirl your lack of geopolitical understanding literally caused a massive societal upheaval get it together lol.

#oc: cassius #the character concept i was working with was basically 'what if you gave two angry traumatised teenagers (one of whom is a beaft) a nuke'

[pterodach]

Make him feel alright

#jean vicquemare #disco elysium #pteroart #wip #I love Jean but i draw him every time i feel awful #It's weird to reflex your own emotions through the character #I need sincere support #but I'm traumatised and don't believe in it. #despair art again

[alhaithamtit]

cw:dom!gn!reader sub!gepard landau public play jerking off nipple play

IMAGINE

"mmph!-" gepard got cut off by your hand, muffling his moans, with your other one stroking his leaking cock roughly. "quiet down. we don't want your troops to see you like this, do we?" the two of you were in the restricted zone, and the other silvermane guards weren't far away. to gepard's horror, his dick twitched at the possibility of being caught by his subordinates in this humiliating position, with him all red and sweaty and his pants pulled down to his thighs. you skillfully rubbed your thumb on his head, using precum leaking from his slit as lube to stroke him smoothly. his legs shaking at this point, barely holding himself up. your hand, previously on his mouth, now underneath his shirt, groping his chest and pulling his nipple in time with your strokes. at this point, there are tears in his eyes from the stimulation, wanting to conceal his moans he tries kissing you, but you pull away, biting his lip. he gasps and almost lets out a loud whine as you increase your speed. he's trying so hard to stay quiet, but it's incredibly hard when you get him off, so damn good. when he finally came, you pulled him in a kiss to silence his moan. it's fun teasing him, but you're the only one who can see him like this. panting and with cum dripping down his cock.

#alhaithamtitwrites #alhaithamtitwritesaboutmen #gn reader #dom reader #honkai star rail #smut #top reader #bottom character #male reader #gepard landau #hsr gepard #gepard x reader #gepard x gn reader #gepard x male reader #honkai smut #mlm #mlm nsft #my dog puked on my bed rn #i am severely traumatised

[just-a-wandering-poet]

That moment when you write a scene so fucked up, even you yourself have to take a step back and process it

#but seriously #what am I putting these poor characters through #like #they’re gonna be traumatised for life #but it’s for character development #so its okay #writing meme #writing memes #writing

[54625]

people can keep coming up with angsty headcanons about why qPac passes out (crashes) so much- like he's got low blood pressure from not eating properly or he's exhausted from not sleeping properly- and I accept that

but to me he's just that one character in a kids movie that keeps getting injured as a gag. like he's just constantly tripping over roots and whacking his head off the ground, birds just constantly seem to drop rocks specifically on his head, people just keep inexplicably slamming doors into his face without realising it. qPac is just such a cartoon character to me I'm sorry

#ah the age old question- character angst or funny gag? tis a tough decision #qsmp #pactw #qsmp pactw #qsmp headcanons #if i can rant a tad bit here for a second - I'm not really huge on angsty headcanons or fan content about qPac I'll be honest #so much of his character and story in canon itself already feels just like.. idk how to explain it. misery porn? #he's sad and traumatised and things just keep going wrong for him #it gets a little tiring after a while #I'm not a huge fan of stories where the entire point is EVERYTHING SUCKS <an insane sentence from a WH40K fan but that's besides the point #anyway point is i like letting qPacs character breathe a bit #there's more to him than being the resident sad boy #and i don't love treating him like his only character trait is being extremely unfortunate cause it's just kinda boring #i don't have any huge moral problems with it it's just kinda boring #pactw tag

[spicyicymeloncat]

An observation

#su steven #Ninjago Lloyd #wakfu yugo #more of an observation of me since I’ve been hyperfixated on all of these #but also someone stop traumatising the 12 year olds #there’s a lot more characters that could fit here btw #i love making diagrams

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Writing Mordred is slowly making me realise I don’t actually hate him.

The more I think about it, the more I realise he’s just a traumatised child who felt trapped and ran out of options when every single person in his life who was supposed to help him failed in some way or others. Most in more than one way if we’re being honest.

The kid literally had no one to turn to when the girl he loved died and was openly hated by the guy he’s thought of as a god since he was a child.

Like let that sink in.

Merlin openly wished him dead, and Mordred literally worshipped the ground he walked on.

(I’m usually a Merlin apologist but bloody hell he fucked up at every opportunity when it came to Mordred)

Morgana was the exact opposite of his morals but wanted magic free, (at the cost of non magic users lives which is also problematic, but that’s a different conversation) so he didn’t stick around with her, but when Camelot no longer felt safe for him, he ran.

Which is definitely a trauma response considering how he grew up with the Druids and then whatever the fuck happened after he left them.

Arthur was the only person who was continuously good for him, saving him as a child and later becoming a brother/father figure, but then he killed Kara and Mordred had to watch another magic user be killed by Camelot except this time it was someone he truly believed was good. He didn’t see her attacking Arthur like she did, just that the king of Camelot was killing another magic user which was bound to bring up trauma that he hasn’t felt safe enough to unpack and heal from.

I have a lot more to say on this, but I’ve got to leave for work in a few minutes so I’ll come back and scream about it another time

Fucking Mordred though, poor kid. He really went through it.

#writing this out made me realise I probably kin him a little too much #bbc merlin #mordred #character analysis #merlin emrys #uther pendragon #is shitty #kinnie moment #arthur pendragon #merlin #Kilgharrah hate club #kilgharrah #morgana #they’re all just traumatised kids #Mordred apologist apparently #long post #rant