11-26-2010, 05:23 PM
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Gemini Wolf, the puppet concept is very interesting to me. It makes sense not only with my characters, but with some other experiences I have had in my life as well.
Experience You, I can personally relate to the wanting to feel negative emotions. It usually isn't a conscious desire, but after much self searching, I realized I was drawing negative experiences to myself as a way to distract myself from deeper, more painful issues that I didn't want to deal with. Also, people that have had severely traumatic experiences can get confused to the point where they actually interpret painful experiences as pleasurable (bit of a masochist myself).
As far as I can tell, some of my characters act completely on their own. I just write what I see them doing. It's like watching a movie.
Experience You, I can personally relate to the wanting to feel negative emotions. It usually isn't a conscious desire, but after much self searching, I realized I was drawing negative experiences to myself as a way to distract myself from deeper, more painful issues that I didn't want to deal with. Also, people that have had severely traumatic experiences can get confused to the point where they actually interpret painful experiences as pleasurable (bit of a masochist myself).
As far as I can tell, some of my characters act completely on their own. I just write what I see them doing. It's like watching a movie.