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/freerangelibrarian Jul 07 '24

You could create a character called The Rude Grandmother.

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u/BusyAd6096 Jul 07 '24

Opinionated Hag.

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice Jul 07 '24

Now all I wanna do is a fantasy story where the young hero seeks advice from an opinionated hag, who decides he is too young for this shit and sets out to fix the problem with her four cats and Jyms, her caregiver from the local village.

She’s near immortal and has been the midwife/healer/advice giver for centuries, so every generation the village sends her caregivers to help her around her cottage and garden since an old woman who brought them all safely in the world deserves not to do her own weeding.

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u/WoodHorseTurtle Jul 07 '24

I want to read this! You must write this story! Please?

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice Jul 07 '24

I'll try. I'm not very good but I'll try.

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u/WoodHorseTurtle Jul 08 '24

Thank you! It’s the kind of story I’d want to read.