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superhero_muses2017-12-01 01:17 pm
mithen) wrote in superhero_muses2017-12-01 01:17 pm
Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
--What calms your most recent POV character?
Oh dear, that's Kevin Owens again, and there's no doubt that's eating. He's actually talked about how when he's stressed and unhappy he falls back on eating as a way to cope, and has definitely implied that he's struggled with some kind of eating disorder. One of my personal theories about his character is that his occasional binges of violence are based on the actor's experiences with dealing with binges of food--when he gets on a jag of attacking people he seems dazed and disoriented and just keeps doing the behavior that he clearly knows is a bad idea, as if he feels completely out of control of his own reactions. It feels very harrowing and real...
I've gotten very little fiction writing done, but a lot of nonfiction writing done! I'm very proud of the essay I wrote this week, it's one of my favorites, but now I have to deal with the letdown and the fact that it's unlikely the next one will have that kind of emotional "high" since I can't keep upping the emotional stakes indefinitely... (I also am unsure I can finish it in two weeks, this is a brutally busy time of year!)
How about you? What calms your character down--or you, because goodness knows we could all use some calm right now...
Oh dear, that's Kevin Owens again, and there's no doubt that's eating. He's actually talked about how when he's stressed and unhappy he falls back on eating as a way to cope, and has definitely implied that he's struggled with some kind of eating disorder. One of my personal theories about his character is that his occasional binges of violence are based on the actor's experiences with dealing with binges of food--when he gets on a jag of attacking people he seems dazed and disoriented and just keeps doing the behavior that he clearly knows is a bad idea, as if he feels completely out of control of his own reactions. It feels very harrowing and real...
I've gotten very little fiction writing done, but a lot of nonfiction writing done! I'm very proud of the essay I wrote this week, it's one of my favorites, but now I have to deal with the letdown and the fact that it's unlikely the next one will have that kind of emotional "high" since I can't keep upping the emotional stakes indefinitely... (I also am unsure I can finish it in two weeks, this is a brutally busy time of year!)
How about you? What calms your character down--or you, because goodness knows we could all use some calm right now...
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Ah well... I did write over 50k last month, but... I wasn't able to finish either the Marvel or the DC BigBangs, even with amnesty. Since my wife and I signed up together and withdrew together, I won't be punished for next year and I plan to get a start on things right away! I started out strong on my BBs but... Ended up fairly depressed most of the summer and that wrecked everything. Then I had to push aside my creative writing for doing kimono research. I can't hardly be mad about that because the kimono panel went so well. Ah well! Live and learn. I'm really proud at how far my BBs came along though and I got SO CLOSE to finishing. They would have been my longest fics that I ever finished to date. XD At least I have been left with the motivation to finally finish things, which is like. The thing I never do.
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Truer words have probably never been spoken. :) Though I do like your eventual answer, that ruining other people's days helps!
Then I had to push aside my creative writing for doing kimono research. I can't hardly be mad about that because the kimono panel went so well.
Totally worth it then, really. Those kinds of real-world things do tend to get precedence! It's been ages (since I am so unable to finish anything myself), have you gotten any closure on the BBs?