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How to make a character's death sadder

 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.

If they are my comfort character... Why do I like to make them suffer

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It’s 104% okay to come to your DM and just say, “Hi, can we be friends?” And then start asking you random questions.

Tokyo Ghoul:re - Urie getting fucked up

Please stop his suffering

Hinami: You should always say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

Ayato, to Tatara: Please shut the fuck up, thank you.

Hinami:

Hinami: Not what I meant, but progress nonetheless

akaashi’s characterization

the contrast between akaashi’s actual canonical personality in 2020 vs the  personality created by the fandom for him back in like 2015 (e.g. just being cold/calm/ethereal) really gets me. 

just based on the mujinazaka match, we find that his “cool and collected” personality is just a facade that he’s actively putting in effort to uphold. in reality he’s a mess of overthinking, low self esteem, and speaking in long ass metaphors no one really understands.

canonically akaashi is actually just an anxious dweeb who likes to write, owns a shirt with the word “setter” over a picture of an irish setter dog, and eats a fuckton of rice balls.  also, speaking as an anxious person, the mujinazaka match chapters themselves were oddly comforting. especially watching the way akaashi picked himself back up after his breakdown using “task focus.” also bokuto being super emotionally intelligent, with quotes like “giving your 100% is not something everyone can do.” and asking “are you reflecting on the game or regretting things?” after the match, was just so nice to see. 

is your heart supposed to pound for ten minutes straight after you answer one question in class

To all of you out there writing long ass...carefully cultivated...painstakingly characterized...thoughtfully written fanfictions...I see you and I appreciate the everliving shit outta you.

Not wearing glasses anymore. I’ve seen enough