When i was writing my fantasy novel (which is still far from being complete by the way), i saw an opportunity to vent my anger towards certain people, people who have bullied me in the past. I was gonna base certain unlikable characters on these people or at least give them the same names, then i was gonna have incredibly horrible things happen to them (like they get eaten or vaporized or just torn apart limb from limb). I'm not entirely sure that it's working, but i am still trying.
Plus, this line of thought has also carried over to my plans for my fanfiction as well. One is a fan-made Second Season for a show that ended after one season and the other is a fan-made sequel series to a show that i liked. Since both of the shows in question had the main character suffer a long list of problems and issues (mistreatment, insults, being shown up, betrayal and people speaking out against almost every decision they make) it seemed like a good idea to subtly voice my concerns towards this mistreatment. In the fan-made Season two project, i was going to have certain characters debate the issue and have the main character finally vent about how he was mistreated. In the Sequel series idea, i was going to have the Main Character vent and have an evil twin of the Main Character being acting out on these frustrations.
The problem is, these ideas seem to be backfiring on me in a number of ways. For one thing, i seem to be placing the MCs on heroic pedestals, which is not only considered bad by most fans, but also seems to come at the expense of the other characters' skills, personalities and development. However, the biggest problem for me is that my sympathy for the MCs is causing me to have writers' block; I keep thinking of new ways for the characters to voice their anger and frustration (and dare i say even hate) that i'm losing track of everything else. For example: I keep thinking of new ways for the villain of my Sequel series idea to be tempting the hero that i'm not sure i know how to make what villain is saying wrong or something the hero would want to ignore.
Any thoughts (i think that's how i'll end threads like these)?
Plus, this line of thought has also carried over to my plans for my fanfiction as well. One is a fan-made Second Season for a show that ended after one season and the other is a fan-made sequel series to a show that i liked. Since both of the shows in question had the main character suffer a long list of problems and issues (mistreatment, insults, being shown up, betrayal and people speaking out against almost every decision they make) it seemed like a good idea to subtly voice my concerns towards this mistreatment. In the fan-made Season two project, i was going to have certain characters debate the issue and have the main character finally vent about how he was mistreated. In the Sequel series idea, i was going to have the Main Character vent and have an evil twin of the Main Character being acting out on these frustrations.
The problem is, these ideas seem to be backfiring on me in a number of ways. For one thing, i seem to be placing the MCs on heroic pedestals, which is not only considered bad by most fans, but also seems to come at the expense of the other characters' skills, personalities and development. However, the biggest problem for me is that my sympathy for the MCs is causing me to have writers' block; I keep thinking of new ways for the characters to voice their anger and frustration (and dare i say even hate) that i'm losing track of everything else. For example: I keep thinking of new ways for the villain of my Sequel series idea to be tempting the hero that i'm not sure i know how to make what villain is saying wrong or something the hero would want to ignore.
Any thoughts (i think that's how i'll end threads like these)?
