Also today in particular due to MHW I was thinking more about Kayla’s “coming of age hunt going wrong” canon arc more; Perhaps the beast she fights decides to leave, so then Kayla has to struggle to find a way to get it down, and in essence learns of another ability she has- which also leads to her body just going “this is too much good’day ma’m,” and crashing from strain.
I like how I should be thinking about writing solutions when it comes to worldbuilding but instead I’ve been quietly thinking about Terra, a decent lot
For one her personality. Thanks to the MHW AU version of her (+ discussions with a friend when it comes to Terra/Kayla’s story arcs) I’ve thought more about Terra in actual canon-
I still believe she should have the air of a coolheaded lonewolf, but I do think that even if subtle that she should show much more emotions. When more intense emotions emerge they just BOOM out and she has to take her emotions by the reigns and regain composure, such as rambly excitement about weapons/magic where her face/voice hold a almost childlike glee, or maybe loud Aghast at something Riivar said or something. In more subtle cases being flustered/blushing for Kayla in certain moments (probably then looking away and ruffling her own hair or some other stim), actually showing disappointment and maybe irritation for when something she’s looking forward to isn’t there. The biggest challenge as both writer and artist will be more negative subtle emotions expressed, by that I’m thinking The Gravestone Scene (no details here cause SPOILERS NOT LEAKING); I imagine a slurry of emotions showing in her eyes and expression as she somehow calmly circles around it
(brain imagines something similar to her “default resting bitch face”, which is where the challenge lies; visually differentiating them), then seeing her trying to contain so much of those strong emotions as they try to leak out only for them for her to perhaps fall on her knees in distress.
I also want her to show SOME form of emotions/nature towards old friends/family- she can hold some of her composure but you see some of it relax before those she’s familiar with; a teasing/haughty child towards Riivar, a more worried/vulnerable self toward her sister Abbey, etc.. Maybe even have her quietly cling to them in crowded/uncomfortable settings. Basically make her more human.
But lastly is a bigger thought for a change for Terra; a little bit of her plot/story/background (if spoilers somehow show I am sorry but it’s a key chunk of her arc to think about). A lot of her story/arc is about opening up more, and also coming to terms of her heritage; despite her hatred for her Biological Family (and by extension the heritage she knew till now), she comes to learn more, and reclaim part of her heritage/culture which she can be actually proud of, embrace and love (that does not mean coming to love her Bio. family, that’s different). Originally some of her own changes in her body would make it that she has to face and try to learn about about her
heritage
which at this point she still hates, and then learn in her own way how to control it despite its dangerous nature, but at this point I’m not sure that really balances well? Basically I feel that “what runs in her veins will kill her and who she loves” needs to be nerfed out, and instead make it that she just avoids her latent powers due to just the hate she developed through her bio. family. This may mean the amount of power/influence in her finale may drop tremendously but at the same time it may make it better (perhaps making what she does to turn the tables in the final battle have more meaning too? “the hungry fire consumes the venom” so, maybe).
Writing this down this probably is a wall of text that is senseless to others but I wanted to put down digitally anyways as I continue to mill about Terra.
IDC THAT THE POSTS KEEP BEING ABOUT YOUR BAES, NO MEANS NO!!!
Reading some of these Autism-related articles on obsessions and hyperfocuses is somewhat rough/painful to take in, but at the same time, maybe it’ll change some things soaking this information while I sleep tonight.
everybody else: has fully-written and detailed backstories of their characters, knows everything about their likes and dislikes, has specific face claims for each one, and has fully thought-out personalities and flaws
me:
“Unos, Dos, Tres, SMASHOS!!!!“ (idc it’s the one line I loved hearing replayed)
You know considering how recklessly I used the hammer fighting my first High Rank Anjanath, I’m surprised neither him nor Deviljho successfully killed me (though there were indeed close calls).
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