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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-12-08 06:29 pm

[ SECRET POST #3261 ]


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Re: Writing Argument-Redeemed Bully Character

[personal profile] ketita 2015-12-09 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's not just on the bully character, but also on the personality of their victims. Some people are more forgiving, and some people are more willing to forget, whereas some people will simply refuse to give the bully another chance. All of these types of characters are legitimate to write about.

The power of a story is that we can see the process of change the bully undergoes, and the readers are supposed to understand their sincerity. This is something that we obviously cannot experience IRL, because nobody guarantees for us that a change has actually occurred. The students who are resisting are probably projecting very hard, as others have said.

There is, of course, a chance that it wasn't well written, but I'd argue that almost any complex process like this will probably be misconstrued by at least one reader.