Character actions to emotions and emotions to actions Master list part 1
Voice- apologizing (for moaning, screaming, crying, thrashing, and shoving them away out of habit)>>/mumbling/rambling/stuttering/stammering/voice creaks/swallowing/speaking softly, slowly/gasping/not being able to speak/joke/pausing/whispering in caretaker's ear/little laugh with tears starting/hiss/shaky laughs/weak smiles/cry/begging for mercy (from enemy or friend)/quick unbroken talking/cough/choke/cry out for someone (friend or enemy)/shaky breaths
Mouth- licking lips (Seen Jeremy Renner do this)/biting lip/pursed lips/grimacing/mouth open but as if can't breathe/sharp intake (silent of not)/smile/trembling bottom lip/pursed lip smile/bared teeth/blows out slowly (to concentrate on breathing)/clenching jaw/stiff lip/half mouth wince (kinda like a half smile. Think Harrison Ford's half smile)/mouth drops open, but makes no noise/huffy laugh
Eyes- Swallows before silent tears/whelming tears/eye twitch/blinking rapidly/blinking away tears so they can see/furrowed brow (deep)/slow cry (close eyes, open, then tears)/eyebrow twitch (where they come together, like their trying not to cry)/avoiding gazes (turning their head away or closing their eyes)/eyebrows up/looks away with head bowed (like they can look at the caretaker because they feel like they have betrayed them)/thousand yard stare/stare/fluttering eyelids/stare on a point in the distance/eyes rolling back/wide eyes
With a caretaker/partner- pushing away caretaker's hand to tend to their own wounds themselves/reach, searching for their partner's hand/squeezing their partner's hand/snatching caretaker's hand or partner's/melts into caretaker/partner's touch/stare into the caretaker's eyes/gripping caretaker's shoulder to stable themselves/gripping the back of caretaker's neck to get their undivided attention
Movement- cringing/flinching to touch/wince/crinkle, wrinkle, scrunch nose/blush/grimacing/shrink back/freeze/clawing, crawling, dragging themselves to safety/goosebumps/heart wrench (sharp pain in the chest)/sweaty palms/shaking hands (but doesn't want someone to see it, so fists hands)/arching back/holding where it hurts/tries to tend to themselves/faints/shudder
Protecting- yelling at someone to take cover/charging that someone and ramming into them/pushing someone out of the way/wider stance to shield who is behind them/telling someone to run/taking a child under their arm and running/shield someone with their body/jumping on top of them/holding someone's elbow, asking if they are ok/tackle them around the waist and push them to cover/ending their physical fight quickly to turn and help their friend/running to someone who needs help (pushing and punching anything that gets in their way)/standing over a friend who has fallen, and giving themselves up so the friend could get away
Healing- smooth actions/calmest voice they can muster/grimacing (when looking or tending at a wound or injury)/swallowing/baring their teeth/grabbing patient's face telling them to stay awake (more desperate situation) ((begging they stay with them))/lowering themselves to whisper in their patient's ear (trying to keep them awake)/always talking/voice creaking, seeing the pain in the patient's eyes/sometimes not being able to look the patient in the eye/turning their head away, down, or closing their eyes/blush/furrow brow/ bear to look/goosebumps/head under patient's head, holding it/apologizing for the pain they are causing/"shhhhh...."/kneeling down beside them/slaps the patient awake again/calls to a friend who they know can help the patient
Anger/serious/flustered/fed-up
furrowed brow/licking lips/close eyes/palms placing calmly on a flat surface, or table/wild gesturing while talking/slapping/"wait, wait, no..."/keeping their voice even/looking somewhat worried in the middle of being fed-up/holding of character's forearms and forcing them to pay attention to them/hand on hips (female action)/speaking slowly and calmly/shoving/punching/head tipped down slightly, but looking straight ahead/yelling/glaring/clenching fists like their going to punch the wall, or something else.../looking up beneath lashes/throbbing veins/barred teeth/quiet/stare/plowing hands through their hair (or two hands)/speaking through clenched teeth/yelling a single sentence and then controlling themselves/spinning around quickly to face someone/rubbing their face/slamming their hand or hands down/quick thinking/walking away/bow head/sigh/head tilt/*someone starts walking away from them* and they grab their wrist or arm and turns them around/calls a friend/partner ma'am or sir
Stammering/furrowed brow (this one can be used for practically any emotion lol)looking down (this is like really confused)/shaking head/saying 'no, no, no...' ('how can this be?')/saying 'what?' (in whatever volume you wish. Could be more like 'what?')/lick lips and look away/waist on waist and rub their eyes/pursed lip sigh/eyes closed and a head tilt/looking at everyone else reactions/wrinkle, crinkle nose/asks questions/blinking/"how do you know?"/"where did you hear this?"/slight eye squint (narrowing eyes, could be judging or not)/peer intently at something/getting confirmation
both hands covering mouth/goosebumps/eyes squeezed closed/turn head away (when the hunter is close)/dropping to one knee/literally dropping flat on their stomach/grip handfuls of her skirts/squatting (and balancing on their fingertips)/eye twitch/grimacing (when too much noise is made)/weapon ready/crouch/running/head low/keeping one eye closed for night vision/back flat against wall (or whatever they are near... tree, wagon...etc)/hand on hilt of knife or sword/keeping others close/whispering barely auditable/cringing
face completely blank but whelming with tears/smiling faintly/remembering past times/speaking softly/closing eyes and breathing deeply/voice cracks (just not speaking because they know their voice will crack)/shoulders fall/heart wrench/rubbing hands down their face/covering their mouth and closing their eyes/freeze/fighting more passionately/clenched jaw/hugging a friend(s) or partner and blinking away tears/avoiding gazes/very little speaking/wipe the tears away/clutching necklace/bursting in tears (but they had been trying to hold them back)/glazed face (they've already cried)/long for a hug/crash into another character and cry on their shoulder (or for shorter characters or children... cry against their chest)/loosing their composure (perhaps in front of someone they wish they didn't)/crying out character's name/caving to their knees/gripping fiercely what they do not want t loose/apologizing for their tears/let's the tears fall/never knows what to say to someone else if they are dying or leaving
shaking (their whole body, and they can't stop)/holds friend's hand/licking lips dryly/bracing at every sudden movement/blush/voice cracks/goosebumps/clawing and grabbing, trying to reach something or someone/heart wrench/flinching/wide eyes/breathing deeply and not being able to calm it/running/jerking/looking around desperately/darting eyes/trembling
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