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Especially the creepy manipulative kind

Definitely an interesting take

And man, the more I read of your opinions, the more I think you should read the Witcher. It has an undeniably unconventional romance subplot. It starts with a boy meets girl of sorts but gets turned upside down in the next story, and even in the first book's framing device. So it's basically two very difficult people with a very long lifespan who've been bound by fate. So they have a very lengthy, very tumultuous on-and-off-again relationship, with a (not entirely consensual) love affair with the woman's best friend, and it only really comes together as they both learn to be better people, both on their own and towards each other.

Not saying Lucifer will be the demon striking the deal. Which is the main problem with the idea for now. I need to flesh it out in a way that doesn't make the last part too muddled.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of forced happy endings either, but I do enjoy them when they're done well. The story really needs to make me like the characters and care for them enough for me to want them to get together. I'm kind of not planning for either of the two protagonists of my fanfic to be with anyone by the end, tbh. While their romantic (and also some purely sexual) relationship play a role in their development, the story is ultimately aboit brotherly love and should their development go the way I expect it to right now, I just don't see either of them ending up with anyone in a way that doesn't feel contrived.

Speaking of, I had an idea to implement Faustian elements to the last bit of the whole fanfic, i.e. the Lisifer arc. I think that'd give me a good explanation for the missing eye and also an opportunity for some really intense stuff. But it's still a very loose idea for what might happen - I still mostly just want to go with the flow. It just came to me today.

The solution to that problem is simple - make the hero an expy of you so that them ending up with your ideal woman feels right That's actually a trickster mentor type of advice, as it's pretty much impossible to not give your characters some of your traits XD

"Got called out on whether I'm really as good as I act like I am, and it got me thinking on the matter."

You have just earned my respect. You are a better person than most people on this planet and I now know that at least I was partly wrong about you.

One thing my wife noticed, for example, is that I write vulnerable men. And though that isn't intentional, I'm quite happy that actually comes through because I've never really been satisfied with the portrayal of masculinity in the media.

Still, the worst part of all of it is actually sitting down to write stuff. Like, juggling ideas like we do over mognet is fun and feels empowering, but I'm still kind of kicking myself in the face for not reading and writing enough. I always have some kind of excuse. Need to stop that and just gir gud, as the kids say these days

Well, writing correctly is part of my job description, so I guess I had to hone that skill out of necessity.

Also, it's interesting to me that you mention Christian allegories as being so present in my writing when I really always felt like Classical Mythology motifs were something I used more blatantly. Its interesting how different that looks from a different perspective!

The takeaway I think is that we both need to keep doing our best. In one way or another, we'll get there. Whatever "there" is. Our mutual love for writing is really what made this conversation happen in the first place, so whatever anyone says, we just need to keep going.

(also, don't worry, the person in question has personally attacked me like this too. Some people are just like that)

Again. Young. Where thevhell did that even come from? My fingers are out of control