Getting on the Same Page as Him
Oct 28, 2015 18:03:41 GMT -6
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Post by Sierra Peyton Refit on Oct 28, 2015 18:03:41 GMT -6
Getting Inside his head:
It's been no secret as of late that I've been struggling with writing Lin. I read Certain's interview with Ji, and it showed me something important. I've never tried hard enough to get into Lin's head. I've always stopped fighting when I felt his resistance. I finally sat down with some BigBang songs and a piece of paper and pen. Lin started to open up to me, finally.
Me: Okay Lin, its come to my attention that I might not know you as well as I need to. I find myself having a hard time writing you reactions.
Lin: *nods* You've been writing what you would do were you in my situation. I don't react the same way to things as you do. The part you don't realize is that you're not in this situation- I am.
Me: I think I do that because of the fact that your reactions are so different from mine. You're stoic nearly to a fault- I'm not. You're complicated because you keep your feelings so far out of reach.
Lin: You can reach them by trying to see the world how I do. Just because I hide my emotions doesn't mean I don't have them. But on the other hand, I also don't have to excessively show them. Its part of why Draidyan watches me so closely. He can never directly tell what I'm thinking. That's why you can't write me as being overly emotional- I've never been able to show my emotions well. That started at a young age when my dad and I had our initial fallout. He began getting angry with me for my 'nonsense'. He said harsh things to me- telling me that I was just a child who refused to grow past my childish ambitions of being something that I wasn't. As I got older, the accusation of childish ambitions became 'you're a fraud who knows nothing more than parlor tricks thought up to insult my intelligence'- I heard that one a lot. It eventually got to the point where I was too numb to be angry about it anymore. That's when I started hiding what I was really feeling. I wanted to mask the hurt that my dad caused so that Draidyan and Lukida didn't worry about it. And then after what happened with Madoka, I really had no desire to show anything that I was feeling. That never changed that I do have people I care about- Noll for example. I've known him for a long time, watched him grow up. I also taught him how to protect himself from his powers. Even though its still a very tedious balance between his body's anatomy and his powers. That's why I get angry when he does something stupid. There is such a slight balance between those two factors that he could easily kill himself on accident. Then his parents would have to bury their other son. And to add to that- I have a very moderate group of people that I truly care about. My family foremost, then the Davis's, and then there is Mai and the rest of the Irregulars. They're annoying at times, but they've also been loyal to Noll and respect his judgment. That's why I responded so violently when Noll's heart stopped after he fought the Ebisu. I thought I was going to lose someone that I cared about.
Me: Do you have a hard time opening up to people- I feel like this is the first time we've truly talked.
Lin: You've never tried to get into my head that much. If you ever felt resistance from me, you stopped trying and continued trying to write without my help. You've always ended up managing, but it takes you awhile to figure me out without asking me to tell you how I'd react. Like with Madoka and I getting back together- you had to wait until I was ready to talk before that could happen that way. And as far as getting close to people. I have a limited group of people that I show my emotions to. My feelings are closed off- this makes it work both ways. I can't get close to people as easily as some people.
Me: I think I've asked you enough to get done with this scene. Can we talk more if I'm wrong?
Lin: If you try to get inside my head and ask me what's wrong, we can. Don't try to get through this alone. You're writing about me, so why not write with me?
It's been no secret as of late that I've been struggling with writing Lin. I read Certain's interview with Ji, and it showed me something important. I've never tried hard enough to get into Lin's head. I've always stopped fighting when I felt his resistance. I finally sat down with some BigBang songs and a piece of paper and pen. Lin started to open up to me, finally.
Me: Okay Lin, its come to my attention that I might not know you as well as I need to. I find myself having a hard time writing you reactions.
Lin: *nods* You've been writing what you would do were you in my situation. I don't react the same way to things as you do. The part you don't realize is that you're not in this situation- I am.
Me: I think I do that because of the fact that your reactions are so different from mine. You're stoic nearly to a fault- I'm not. You're complicated because you keep your feelings so far out of reach.
Lin: You can reach them by trying to see the world how I do. Just because I hide my emotions doesn't mean I don't have them. But on the other hand, I also don't have to excessively show them. Its part of why Draidyan watches me so closely. He can never directly tell what I'm thinking. That's why you can't write me as being overly emotional- I've never been able to show my emotions well. That started at a young age when my dad and I had our initial fallout. He began getting angry with me for my 'nonsense'. He said harsh things to me- telling me that I was just a child who refused to grow past my childish ambitions of being something that I wasn't. As I got older, the accusation of childish ambitions became 'you're a fraud who knows nothing more than parlor tricks thought up to insult my intelligence'- I heard that one a lot. It eventually got to the point where I was too numb to be angry about it anymore. That's when I started hiding what I was really feeling. I wanted to mask the hurt that my dad caused so that Draidyan and Lukida didn't worry about it. And then after what happened with Madoka, I really had no desire to show anything that I was feeling. That never changed that I do have people I care about- Noll for example. I've known him for a long time, watched him grow up. I also taught him how to protect himself from his powers. Even though its still a very tedious balance between his body's anatomy and his powers. That's why I get angry when he does something stupid. There is such a slight balance between those two factors that he could easily kill himself on accident. Then his parents would have to bury their other son. And to add to that- I have a very moderate group of people that I truly care about. My family foremost, then the Davis's, and then there is Mai and the rest of the Irregulars. They're annoying at times, but they've also been loyal to Noll and respect his judgment. That's why I responded so violently when Noll's heart stopped after he fought the Ebisu. I thought I was going to lose someone that I cared about.
Me: Do you have a hard time opening up to people- I feel like this is the first time we've truly talked.
Lin: You've never tried to get into my head that much. If you ever felt resistance from me, you stopped trying and continued trying to write without my help. You've always ended up managing, but it takes you awhile to figure me out without asking me to tell you how I'd react. Like with Madoka and I getting back together- you had to wait until I was ready to talk before that could happen that way. And as far as getting close to people. I have a limited group of people that I show my emotions to. My feelings are closed off- this makes it work both ways. I can't get close to people as easily as some people.
Me: I think I've asked you enough to get done with this scene. Can we talk more if I'm wrong?
Lin: If you try to get inside my head and ask me what's wrong, we can. Don't try to get through this alone. You're writing about me, so why not write with me?