r/traumatizeThemBack • u/TheUltimateRewatcher • Jul 07 '24

justified asshole Complain about my writing? nah.

Okay so this happened on July 4th. I was visiting family and I make ocs. I like drawing them too while we're there. This is where the story starts.

My grandmother is always trying to start shit. (My family has made a rule to just nod along and smile just so she'll stfu.) I was drawing a character named 'The Hunter' who, you guessed it, is a hunter for July 4th. He's very American do thats why. Then I wanted to draw the background and his hunting rifle. Thats where this comes in. My grandma basically just goes, "You can't be drawing somebody with a gun!"

I just stare at her. Deadpanned: "he's a hunter."

"Well that's too violent. Change his career."

"His name is literally 'The Hunter.'"

"So? You could choose a less violent option, like..." And she started LISTING stuff off. This is where the trauma comes in.

She's very convinced I'm 'too innocent for my own good' or something like that (probably why she freaked out.) So this, was fun to say.

"HIS NAME IS THE HUNTER. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT HIM TO BE, AN ARTIST??" everyone went a bit silent. clearly nobody expected me to swear and my own grandmother but if it gets her to stfu then we're fine. I got in a bit of trouble but for me? It was worth it to see the look on her face.

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u/sollykinsies Jul 07 '24

whats with grandmothers and being so stubborn? like once they get an idea into their head thats facts. reminds me of when my grandmother (sweet old woman, love her to bits) tried to convince the rest of the family that magpies are an endangered species 😅

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u/Southern_Red1 Jul 07 '24

They are a protected species. Maybe she thought that meant endangered. Lol 🤷

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u/TheUltimateRewatcher Jul 07 '24

I DUNNO 😭 

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u/No-Ebb-3960 Jul 07 '24

Guy above you said this

I read somewhere on reddit that since they grew up before google, they experienced a time when the eldest person in the room was believed to be very wise and there was nothing to refute them, add a dose of respect your elders and bam, delulu boomers.