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[seriousfic]

Hey, I'm looking to write a book with a character who was abused as a child and I wondering if there are any books or movies y'all know of that are particularly realistic about the aftereffects of that sort of thing. Because I don't want to be "Well, here's a random character, how can I add pathos? I know, CHILD ABUSE! La la, MAN-PAIN!"

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[azarias.livejournal.com]

Honestly, Zuko's character arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender is the most accurate portrayal I've seen of my own experiences. Not what the abuse was like, necessarily, but the long term effects and recovery. A lot of Zuko's story is his growing understanding that his father doesn't love him, his father is incapable of loving him, and that means there's something wrong with his father, not him. That's a hard lesson to learn and a hard one for a lot of people to understand needing to learn.

[mcity.livejournal.com]

Not to mention Azula, who knows she's messed up, knows her family isn't anything close to healthy, but is unwilling or incapable of doing anything about it.