And now I'm definitely wondering...
Jun. 20th, 2010 01:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritIf I started this in the wrong place.
I'm not sure that the reaction shot is what I should begin with here. The visceral horror of what Ben is confronted with, considering his history and the bad memories this brings back of sadistic insurgents (who, canonically, killed one of his female comrades right in front of him while he was helpless to intervene), might be something I need to confront directly instead of just alluding to it in dribs and drabs ("Her body was still warm.") while he tries to forget.
Or I could flash back to it in a nightmare.
Dammit. This thing is going to go way over 10,000 words. I think I just complicated my life.
I'm not sure that the reaction shot is what I should begin with here. The visceral horror of what Ben is confronted with, considering his history and the bad memories this brings back of sadistic insurgents (who, canonically, killed one of his female comrades right in front of him while he was helpless to intervene), might be something I need to confront directly instead of just alluding to it in dribs and drabs ("Her body was still warm.") while he tries to forget.
Or I could flash back to it in a nightmare.
Dammit. This thing is going to go way over 10,000 words. I think I just complicated my life.
