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the reality is that every character in the history of writing has been edgy as shit at least ONCE and it’s high key important that they are bc it’s realistic. people evolve and devolve, they’re flawed and imperfect.
for example, saying that a ‘happy’ or ‘charismatic’ character being portrayed occasionally as ‘depressed’ or ‘angsty’ as ooc feels sooooo immature. because it just doesn’t make sense for someone to be, and feel, ONE thing ALL the time.
let characters be angsty, let em be depressed!! fuck, let em be embarrassing!! let them be flawed and make mistakes as if they were real people!! it makes for better writing anyway!!