(Art Tag: Sayomiwolf Arts) Hello~ OuO/
I'm an 18 year old female art student who enjoys drawing, animating, gaming, and singing. The main fandoms I'm in at the moment are Steven Universe and Star Wars.
My new account is@lunardolphinalex and I will be posting everything there from now on. Yeah, I’m abandoning this account, but I’m still leaving it up. If anyone still wants to follow me, then follow my new one.
In the psychology world, often when we look at abuse we tend to view it as a endless cycle. To put it simply, if you have been hurt you will go on to hurt others. The once victim becomes the abuser, and that abuser’s victim will go to abuse, etc. Nobody is innocent in this scenario…hurt begets hurt.
Lapis hurt Jasper because of what Homeworld did to her. By taking back that power -no matter how noble her intentions- she became the abuser. Does that mean that Jasper was the innocent one here…um no.
Furthermore, they are a prime example of a toxic relationship and what it does to your psyche. They both hurt each other terribly, but still want to be in a relationship…yet they do not need to be in one because they are horrible for each other.
I’m glad the Steven Universe crew pointed this out…its so possible to want a relationship with someone and not need it. And it is so easy for a victim to become the abuser.
Even more importantly, Lapis broke the cycle in this episode. She told Jasper “No!”, even though she missed her because she understood that their relationship was hurting both of them. And that is so important.
Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).
Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.
Give them strong relationships with other characters.
Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.
Kill them in the middle of their character arc.
Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.
That’s enough Satan’s publisher…
>B)
7. If possible, try to kill them off in the middle of the story, so we had time to like them and we will have time to let the loss settle in.
8. Also, place surviving characters in a situation where having the deceased person there would help them get out. You can choose whether you will point this fact out or if you want the audience to make the connection themselves.
9. Make them die by sacrificing themselves to save someone they love from a danger created by the antagonist.
based on a few deaths that made me blub like a baby…
10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.”
11. have their pet come looking for them.
12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.
13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.
~ Mulan
so… let’s add some frustration to your dear readers’ sadness, shall we?
14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.
15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.
16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.
17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)
18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.
19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)
20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal.
and the best one…
21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN
reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.
have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else
have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others.
have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole.
This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.
Satan out.
22. Don’t kill their body. Kill their mind.
Leave the physical shell walking and talking, but strip out everything that made that person who they were. Make them forget all about their loved ones, themselves, their experiences and past, their skills, and have them have to start over completely from scratch. Physical and mental disabilities bonus points.
And keep them in a place where their loved ones will be taunted every day by a living ghost.
23. the character you kill should be the most innocent one. it’s horrifyingly sad if the puppy gets killed. but if its the bad guy that dies, it’s like “oh, cool.”
24. Show how it effects the other characters. Don’t just gloss over it. Is this the death that pushes them over the edge? Do they blame themselves? Do they scream at everyone and break down, or do they suffer silently?
25. Have their family find out. The mother screams, the dad cries, the brother punches the wall or holds the body sobbing “I was supposed to protect him”, or “come on, you need to wake up”
26. Have them beg for death from the person they loved most…
Antra no stop pls
CHILL
27. Have them die by accident. Take the character the readers will love most, who has never been mundane throughout all the time the readers knew them. Take that special character, the leader, the fighter, and let them die from something none of your characters could have prevented. A rotten bridge, a runaway carriage or drunk driver. Anything that could happen to anyone. Let it happen to them.
Dude, I’ve seen you’re art, and I’m just about to try to get enrolled in a community college, you at least have a better chance than me, and if anything your art’s amazing!
Wow, I’ve reblogged a lot of Steven Universe stuff tonight. Today’s episode was… strangely relatable.
Also, I understand both Lapis and Jasper are at fault for the harm caused to each other. I’ve seen SOOO much stuff tonight about that and I wanted to make that clear.
