[ SECRET POST #4380 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4380 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If there's literally no other purpose for the bathroom break than adding realism to the story, then personally, I'll pass. Like, I want there to be some point to the scene beyond Look, they're human! They pee!"

However, bathroom breaks can be great for scenes where a character has a moment alone to be like, "What is my life? What are my choices?" I mean, I wouldn't describe this introspection as happening while they're peeing, but after they pee, they can wash their hands, and look at themselves in the mirror, and that's when you get the "What am I even doing?" moment. Or the "This is going to break me, isn't it?" moment. Or the "Oh sweet Jesus, I might actually be losing my mind" moment.

Also, in my current fandom one of the characters has very little respect for things like privacy and social conventions, so fics are constantly having him barge into the bathroom while the other half of the pairing is peeing or showering. Which can be humorous, can be used to establish character dynamics, and can also further the plot (if the plot is them getting together).

[(Anonymous)]

I think what you're describing is not what OP is describing what with 'describing every bodily function' though.

'Scenes taking place in a bathroom' are a whole other thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough.

[(Anonymous)]

These are definitely the ways I like to see these moments used, and I agree they can add so much to character nuances. Even the character waiting on the person in the bathroom has time to reflect. Realistically sometimes scenes and moments get broken up like this, and that moment to breathe, whether desired by the characters or not, (ever been in an argument when someone steps out for a moment and then the heat of the moment is broken and the tension dies a little?) Make it realistic to me. I've thought one too many times during extended scenes that it feels really unrealistic that a character can do something nonstop (a long journey, conversation, maybe sex and then whatever happens after) without needing that momentary break, and while I don't need detail on it, the effect that pause has on the flow of whatever dynamic is happening is not something I can realistically ignore. There are all kinds of tiny shifts it can add under the right (subtly and sparingly used) circumstances.