[ SECRET POST #5927 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5927 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Dukes of Hazzard]



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[stranger things]



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[Astlibra Revision]



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[Demon Slayer]























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 21 secrets from Secret Submission Post #848.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Hurt/Comfort

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on what kind of “hurt” we’re talking about.

If it’s the kind of hurt where the character is being unambiguously victimized and is powerless to stop it and it’s preventing them from doing anything else, either, then my tolerances is very low. A little bit of that kind of hurt goes a loooong way for me. Like if a character is being held and tortured for half the fic with no hope of escape, I’m going to nope out for sure.

If it’s the kind of hurt that’s like poverty, or an abusive relationship they can’t leave, or something weird and wild like they made a deal with a demon to save the life of their LI but now the demon is periodically raping them as “payment,” then my tolerance for the “hurt” portion goes up, but it has to be well written, and the character can’t just be this helpless shell who exists to suffer. They need to be a strong, brave person who is facing something horrible and trying their absolute best to cope with it.

And then alternatively, if the hurt is of the angsty, shippy variety--stoic pining, “unrequited” love, self-worth issues, loneliness, etc.--then pour it on with a dump truck; if it’s even passably written I will eat it up!

The question of how much comfort I want in my H/C is largely unimportant to me, as long as there is a happy ending. What IS important to me is whether the comfort resolves the narrative tension or not. If the comfort resolves the core narrative tension then I don’t want it until the last quarter of the fic. If the comfort doesn’t resolve the core narrative tension then I’m good with getting more of it and getting it earlier in the fic.

Re: Hurt/Comfort

[(Anonymous)]

This!

Re: Hurt/Comfort

[pantswarrior]

the character can’t just be this helpless shell who exists to suffer

THAT is exactly what I was trying to say above I think. I don't want "random interchangeable character" suffering (and in fanfic, with no relevance to the canon they inhabit), but I want to see a character figuring out how to survive this.