Just A Rattling Bag Of Bones

One of the horrifying things about Pluribus that I can’t stop thinking about is how the the WHOLE WORLD doesn’t just know she’s gay now. They also know every time they’ve had sex,every time they’ve kissed, every time they’ve said I love you, every single thing about Helen’s life even stuff Carol doesn’t know (like how Helen likes cotton candy). I’m sure that when Zosia and Carol slept together Zosia did exactly what Carol likes in bed BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT TOO! And then every single awful thing Carol experienced at conversion camp and anything she told Helen about how she felt about it. Like the only bit of privacy Carol has left is stuff she never ever told anyone. Like she wasn’t just outed on a normal level, every single secret she ever had that ever at any point existed outside of her own head they know now. Everyone knows now.

The most obsession inducing trait a character can have for me is knowing somewhere in their heart That They Are A Bad Kid

This isn't necessarily literal. It can apply to characters who aren't children too. But there's something about characters who are either certain of the fact, or terrified of the possibility, that they are just fundamentally wrong and bad at their core

It is also important to me that it is not true. No one is fundamentally broken and evil.

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

Feeling inspired... Might put off writing and think about it the whole time

Love character relationships that can only be described as "whatever the fuck these two have going on"

redemption arcs that double as tragedies!! you’re a better person than you’ve ever been and you have nothing left to your name!!you have to rebuild yourself and your life from the ground up and you’re smiling in the ashes!! you were devastated your life is ruined!!! nothing is ever going to be the same ever again you are never going to regain what you had you are never going to be free of the guilt you are never going to be able to go home there is nothing left for you!!! you are free you are more yourself than you’ve ever been!! fires help forests grow!!

Going insane about kicked dog with rabies type characters

On a more serious note though perhaps I'm obsessed with this because I want more sympathy for characters who externalize their problems. Fuck being a perfect victim fuck being a decent one, something horrible was done to you and it was never recognized and you will never ever get back the person you were before, you had everything taken from you and now all you're left with is anger and sharp things and you know what. You should be able to bite people about it