Discussion Prompt #2

[meganehaven]

If your OC could change one thing about themselves, what would it be?
A physical trait, an emotional attachment, or a fear? Perhaps a personality trait, or even their body's presentation? The possibilities are endless...

comment below your thoughts! <3

Comments

[lesbocannibal]

ugh sorry this is so late... TBH one of my goals w/ this story is to write something where the trauma really is inevitable, and where it does follow you around until the day you die. It's not therapist-approved but it's also kind of a pessimistic vent. Roan is never able to even tell Vesper what happened to him, and he's never going to be able to heal fully. But he is definitely happier with Vesper.

This inevitability of trauma I feel like is more apparent w/ Vesper, since her story represents generational trauma. She chooses to break the cycle, but the only way for her to stop the abuse from perpetuating is for her family line to die with her. It's already too late for her, she's cursed. She'll still painfully wither away. The only way she could make things right was by destruction, there was no constructive way to do it. Just a bitter, thankless elegy for the wreck of the Conchita dynasty.