2.2: "It's all his fault!"
A while ago, Sasha came up with something to try to get me to understand when I'm being a jackass in her book, or in someone else's. Every time I 'fuck up', I write out the whole thing as a scene. Because what people do that I don't understand, I'll understand perfectly when I'm writing characters.
Sometimes it works, or at least that's what she tells me. Sometimes, it doesn't.
It never works with Lorelai.
The one thing I understand? Whenever we fight, it's my fault. I've fucked up, I'm the jackass, I'm insensitive, and blah motherfucking christing blah. Whatever, right? So I've gone back and rewritten the whole thing. Tried to stay as true to what actually happened as possible. Most of the time I feel that click where I can go into the other character, the one who's views I generally don't fucking agree with and would rather call bullshit on, and figure them out.
Never. Not once. Not even a little. Not even when I reverse gender roles and change specifics.
I don't know what it means. Maybe it's the bias, maybe I'm stuck with some fucking mental block it wouldn't be the first time it's happened, now would it?, maybe it's something else. I don't know.
All I know is, when Lorelai and I fight, the old standard is always going to be there, whether I get why it's happening or not:
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Patient: Miles Lawson
Fandom: Original Character
Word Count: 304
Partner: strangeandsweet
Sometimes it works, or at least that's what she tells me. Sometimes, it doesn't.
It never works with Lorelai.
The one thing I understand? Whenever we fight, it's my fault. I've fucked up, I'm the jackass, I'm insensitive, and blah motherfucking christing blah. Whatever, right? So I've gone back and rewritten the whole thing. Tried to stay as true to what actually happened as possible. Most of the time I feel that click where I can go into the other character, the one who's views I generally don't fucking agree with and would rather call bullshit on, and figure them out.
Never. Not once. Not even a little. Not even when I reverse gender roles and change specifics.
I don't know what it means. Maybe it's the bias, maybe I'm stuck with some fucking mental block it wouldn't be the first time it's happened, now would it?, maybe it's something else. I don't know.
All I know is, when Lorelai and I fight, the old standard is always going to be there, whether I get why it's happening or not:
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Patient: Miles Lawson
Fandom: Original Character
Word Count: 304
Partner: strangeandsweet