
LarryDerp
I have a dilemma. Spoiler alert for those who aren’t caught up with Tendencies, and TW regarding a minor character death. One of the chapters, the one revolving a minor character; Max, was the first of a two part background chapter. It has nothing to do with the Larry plot, but it was a really interesting story. In the regular chapters with Larry, we find out Max dies but we don’t know how. The part two of his story would’ve explained how. I’m a few paragraphs into his chapter and I’m feeling really anxious leading up to describing his actual death. Like the writer in me is like “You can do it. This is a made up character. You literally created this dude—he’s not real.” But as someone who’s still grieving, idk how comfortable I am describing how someone died. Anything helps <3

LarryDerp
@girl_in_dirty_vans ❤️❤️❤️if I could heart your comment I’d heart it a million times. I think I know what you mean and I might place the chapter I’m working on a little further down the road. It’s not even a pivotal part of the story it’s just close to my heart. Cause, yeah, this chapter would need to be extremely detailed in things I can’t bring myself to write about yet Thank you, dude. You made me smile❤️ also, I read your bio—we’re friends now lol
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girl_in_dirty_vans
First of all — grieving and writing about death? That’s Olympic-level emotional multitasking. So give yourself a goddamn medal for even opening that doc. That said: you don’t have to dive headfirst into trauma detail hell. Take it one little toe-dip at a time. Start vague. Write around it. Let the emotion hum in the background without throwing your nervous system off a cliff. And if it feels okay later, then maybe go deeper. You’re not betraying the story by protecting yourself — you’re just finding the version that doesn’t wreck you. You will find the balance. You’re a good writer and a good human. Rare combo tbh. ♡
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