Wow, I'm so terrible about responding to comments. Sorry so late!
I started by sympathizing with him and ended wishing he'd turn the gun on himself. This, yes. I think it's easy to put the John of this universe into the role of bad guy... and one of the reasons I was really drawn towards writing his pov was to forego that easy solution and write something more complicated, where you can see his struggle and how ugly things get even though, at heart, he is not a simple villain.
Thank you for the compliments... it's always really good to hear specifics that worked. And, y'know, naked puppy pile werewolf boys would totally work for me :D
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I started by sympathizing with him and ended wishing he'd turn the gun on himself.
This, yes. I think it's easy to put the John of this universe into the role of bad guy... and one of the reasons I was really drawn towards writing his pov was to forego that easy solution and write something more complicated, where you can see his struggle and how ugly things get even though, at heart, he is not a simple villain.
Thank you for the compliments... it's always really good to hear specifics that worked. And, y'know, naked puppy pile werewolf boys would totally work for me :D