Hey there, sorry if this is kinda abrupt, just discovered this blog just now, as a huge mecamorph and malware fan, and specially as someone who is trying to write a redemption arc for an au version of him, this blog just seemed like the perfect place to take note from, and overall just pretty good oc art and comics. Do you have any pointers for writing Malware, perchance?
I'm flattered to be some inspiration!
I don't think I have any real good tips tho as I don't really "write" so much as I scream my ideas out into the void
Allot of how Malware feels during his recovery arch has to do with the circumstances I've put him in (like because he's been petrified twice his body is pretty damaged so he's started experiencing old symptoms of his condition, and he's vulnerable cause of the inhibitor the plumbers made him wear)
But it's also mixed with some of my own personal feelings and experiences with loneliness and anger issues. For me, he's incredibly exhausted. He's still angry all the time, but he's too tired physically and mentally to do anything about it. Pretty much all his emotions have a layer of anger to them, even the positive ones. Negative emotions feel particularly intense (sadness feeling the worst because hell get angry sad), but nothing is really sparking that old flame anymore.
He's not completely self-conscious at the start, but as things go and it gets better for him, he starts feeling guilty about a lot of things, and it makes him feel inadequate in a very frustrating way.