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⌈ Secret Post #2479 ⌋

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OT but a question from a writer

[(Anonymous)]

I hope you don't mind me asking but....

I have a work that has a male protagonist being sort of a loner but , he not supposed to come off as 'deep and mysterious'. He's a bit awkward socially and he's afraid of getting close to people because of prior bullying. He is sort of close to two kids who he's friends with but he doesn't want to admit it to himself.

I don't don't want to come off that way, and I don't think I've fridged any characters ( people close to them do die because of the plot and the characters who die have their own back-stories and pasts that are delved into and make a part of the story and in both cases it's people of both genders , not just women.) I don't try to make him "mysterious and brow furrowing" he's actually intended to come off as a kid- a vulnerable kid- which is what he is. He handles his problems in awkward and realistically teenage ways. This is in a world where multiple characters have some skeletons in their closet (even the female ones)because there is a major conflict /sorta war going on.


How do I avoid "hokey tragic backstory"? I mean is my only hope to genderbend him?
I hope you don't mind me asking this but I just saw that and thought "oh geez I don't want to come across as shallow like that"

Re: OT but a question from a writer

[anonymouslyyours]

I was referring to blank slate stoic guys where they jam in some over the top trauma, usually at the expense of a woman, that results in nothing more than justifying a "good guy" going on a crazy murderous rampage and being kickass and then some hot woman oohs about how stoic he is and sleeps with him. Usually the hero's pain is treated as being so much more devastating than anyone else's pain. It's just not the kind of pain you overcome omg!

What you're describing doesn't really sound like that.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

Oh okay.I do find it annoying when the hero's pain is considered the only actual or "real" pain. That's really annoying.

Sorry for bothering you about this.

Re: AYRT

[anonymouslyyours]

It wasn't a bother. :) I mean I was a little like "Nooo, what do I know about things? Ugh stop opening your mouth AY. People think you think you know things!" but that's just because I'm kind of a goof.

My official opinion, for whatever it is worth, is that manpain is not the same as man experiencing pain.