#raaaggghh

“hey!!!!! do you know theres a book called the emotion thesaurus : a writers guide to character expression that helps u in describing emotional flow cause no one goes from 0-100 without having some sort of mood disorder!!!!“

like what rlly pisses me off if characters are supossed to be strong and then a mild criticism has them literally running and crying??? like hello… are we 6 whats going on here

anyways the point is , funnily i went thru a lot of trauma with parents yadda yadda yadda + 17 yrs of therapy so im decked out there just wanted to write how funny it is to write angst cuz generally write more horror or comedy and this is the first time im actually making a traumatized character face their trauma

hi anon!! :)

i actually didn't know about the emotion thesaurus, I've just been writing from my own experiences and shit. I've had my own stuff that I've moved past (took a while, but i am way better, do not worry :) <3), but it's taught me a lot about writing trauma

part of the reason i haven't read as many cod fics is because i genuinely do not think people know how to write soldiers or write people with difficult careers. like I've seen so many reader inserts that are like "this is (y/n), she's super shy and super anxious but everyone is in LOVE WITH HER and she's actually super powerful and super strong and she's literally bulletproof but shes also new to the military and she's also a huge crybaby and ghost loves her the moment he lays eyes on her but also the entire 141 is also in love with her" like. dawg.

that or i just see people write an insert character with no dimension or they make the most insufferable, crybaby character ever and i wanna rip my skull out. like there are requirements to be in the fuckin military, man.