#characters fighting

[justapunduhhh]

Au male Elita and fem Orion fighting. I've been told that O doesn't look feminine tho, but meeehhh, looks feminine enough for me

[missredpen]

Question for writers

Does anybody else have trouble writing conflict?  I have two characters who love each other very much, but they’re about to go into some bad times.  They’re going to consider breaking up.  Am I overthinking this?  Should I get into their heads one by one and write from their individual points of view?  All I know is I don’t want to give up on this story because I’m frustrated.  Help.  

[writing-ideas-inc]

Dialogue Prompt

“What do we do now?”

“I think we’re supposed to fight.”

“What?! Each other?! That’s dumb. This isn’t a battle or anything, we can easily talk this out!”

“That’s what I said!”

Mod Carolyn @theories-fans-andwombats

[sirenalpha]

Fighting

Sometimes I feel bad for having  characters/couples fight. But, they're arguments I feel the characters need to have. It's not like I'm actively trying to get them angry at each other, they just get mad like people do.

Sometimes I read stories and get annoyed that the characters don't fight or have never fought. It almost seems like bad communication. It prevents them from ever talking about things that are important to them and their relationships. Or it seems like one character is supremely dominant and what they say goes which isn't all that great of a relationship.

It kind of reminds of that episode in Bones where Mr. Abernathy tells Brenan that she and Booth are about to have a fight and he can tell by their politeness to one another. If characters never fight or at least have serious discussions about their problems, then it feels like they're just being that sort of polite.  

[fang11803]