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I do!!! I'm slowly putting a half sleeve of panels together. 🤩

*high fives back* (if that even makes sense lol what is correct grammar anyway)

I was a bit confused about this message at first (as my usual :p ), but then I realized that I queued a video about a ballad played with the hurdy gurdy, so I suppose that you were referring to that post? :)

Anyway, I mean, can you blame us, it’s such a fascinating instrument!! <33 (listen, at this point I just have to link these videos because famous guitar riffs played with the hurdy gurdy, I’M WEAK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHeOcItSkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUzh0nTDJDE)

My MC, the guy with the frost magic, gets very often into serious trouble, but he likes to suffer quietly – he hides in his home and sleeps though it, but his pain tolerance has its limits. And I want to take him to that level where the medicine can’t erase the pain and his only escape is sleep.

Hey Dimi, welcome back!

The way your supernatural characters experience and work through pain is entirely up to you and how you want to construct the culture. There are two parts to take into account with handling pain: The physiological reaction and the cultural expectation. Let’s break it down.

Physiologically:

For humans, the physical body has certain limits that are determined by how much damage the body can take before it begins to deteriorate. Pain is our body’s way of telling us, “Hey, something happened that could put this body in danger.” The more pain, the more severe the wound, and the more danger the body believes itself to be in; the less pain, the less severe, and therefore less danger. When we prick our finger on a tack, for instance, we register it, but it’s not a lot of pain, so we know we’re okay and we process accordingly. If we put a nail through our foot, on the other hand, we register a lot more pain because there’s more damage to our body.

For your supernatural characters, the same idea applies. Think about how resilient your characters’ natural bodies are. Do their powers grand them more resistance to certain forms of damage? Do they burn more easily or is their skin such that fire doesn’t really affect them? Are they more susceptible to certain forms of damage? Their pain receptors will be calibrated accordingly, just like ours are. If fire doesn’t affect them, they may not feel any pain from that, or they may not feel as intense a pain--like when we get a paper cut.

Figure out what hurts them and how that changes from a standard human when you take their powers into account.

Culturally:

Every culture has an “emotional schematic” that dictates acceptable ways to deal with emotions. For the U.S., it’s an unfortunate fact that a man crying is considered to be a bad way to cope, but for a woman, it’s basically expected. Individuals are expected to act a certain way, and when they’re not acting in those socially accepted ways, it’s cause for concern within the community.

So how do the various supernatural characters’ cultures look at emotion? What are acceptable ways to handle various emotions in the view of each culture? What are some unacceptable ways? What do people think when someone is coping poorly with something? Do they reach out to help the person cope “appropriately” or do they avoid them because they’re not following the cultural expectations?

Is staying apart from others to work through their pain an acceptable form of displaying emotion in your MC’s culture? Of course, you’ll also want to take the character themselves into account. Just because a culture says, “Here’s how most people deal with pain, and that’s pretty much what we expect of everyone,” doesn’t mean that’s how your character deals with it. If what you’re describing is true to the character, then by all means go for it. Just remember to think about how others in their culture will react to his coping mechanism.

1. Who are you named after? my mom’s grandmother

2. Last time you cried? i guess a week ago probs

3. Do you like your handwriting? it literally changes from pen to pen, so it really depends

4. What is your favorite lunch meat? lunch meat?? i haven’t heard of her

5. Do you have kids? i have not

6. Do you use sarcasm? do i ever?

7. Do you still have your tonsils? nope 

8. Would you bungee jump? not sure

9. What is your favorite cereal? there are these honey ones. and ones that are like chocolate chip cookies. brands are varied

10. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? yea, most of the times

11. Do you think you’re strong? yes

12. What is your favorite ice cream? chocolate and hazelnut

13. What is the first thing you notice about someone? facial features i suppose

14. Football or baseball? football

15. What is the least favorite thing you like about yourself? i self destruct

16. What color pants are you wearing? black like my soul

17. Favorite smell? chocolate, cocoa, the smell after rain

18. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? according to my phone history, one of  my best friends

19. Favorite sport to watch on TV? ice skating & volleyball

20. Hair color? chestnut with some remains of red 

21. Eye color? brown, in the sun - topaz

22. Favorite food to eat? pizza, all forms of potatoes, sarmi, McDonalds’ hamburgers, corn

23. Scary or funny movies? neither, but probably funny

24. Last movie you watched? I, Tonya

25. What color shirt are you wearing? erm, ochre i guess

26. Favorite holiday? christmass

27. Wine or beer? NEITHER

outgoing, creative, caring, reliable, random, cats, open-minded, adventurous, hard-working, cats 

many thanks, @chimis-changa​ ! *bows*

3 Favorite fictional character(s)? Red (from the game Transistor), 2b from Nier Automata, Harley BUT THERE ARE SO MANY 3 Favorite movie(s)?  oh no :D okay so: Loving Vincent, The Fall, Kedi Favorite music?  oh god so many ... so recently, like a few days ago, I started listening to Børns and ?? oh my god?? so good ?? wtf ?? Nothing but Thieves, Alltta, Jaymes Young, Kasabian, Kimbra, Lana, The Neighbourhood, The Weeknd, LP and so much more 3 Favorite tv-show(s)? Marvel’s Runaways, Lucifer, Black Mirror One thing you should know about me. I really love cats. One thing I hold dear. compassion One thing I really love. In the following year I’ve come to realize that having someone to support you, to actually listen to you, to be really there for you when you need them to be, is something that needs to be appreciated more and is truly a gift.  One thing I really dislike. lies Do I have any pet-peeves? small repetitive noises either coming from someone or something What is my goal in life? find my place What is my passion? art, comics, video games What is my biggest fear(s)? death, loneliness What did I want to be when I was little? everything!  What do I want to be now? i want to be confident in myself and find a way be happy /i guess in my career choices/

7. Favorite actor of the year?

Gal Gadot

9. Best month for you this year?

January ( birthday month is always best month )

16. Post a picture from the beginning of the year

[Link] January 1st ^_^

Thank you, @chimis-changa & @didhs-random-things 

for tagging me ! :3

Rule: list the top ten songs you are listening to nowadays and tag mutuals.

Poets of the Fall - War [x]

Jaymes Young - Stoned on you [x]

Jaymes Young - Don’t you know [x]

Halsey - Strangers [x]

20syl - Ongoing Thing feat. Oddisee [x]

The Weeknd - Nothing Without You (Acoustic) [x]

Lana Del Rey feat. The Weeknd - Lust For Life [x]

Paramore - Hard Times [x]

Panic! At the Disco - Emperor’s New Clothes [x]

Panic! At the Disco - Death of a Bachelor [x]

Name: Kali (Kalina) A four-letter word: klutz A boy’s name: Kaleb An occupation: kettle operator (i had to google that and that was the first result and im dying :D ) Something you can wear: knitted sweater A food: kumera (sweet potato,apparently) A place: Kanye (had to google cities as well, i obv had to use this one :D ) A reason for being late: “knowing” i have time,when i don’t  Something you shout: KIMCHI A movie title:  Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama (i never knew this existed) Something you drink: kola An animal: kiwi A type of car: kia?? Title of a song: Karmacoma - Massive Attack ♪

tagged by: @inamorda thank you so much!!