luckychinacat reblogged
The “dead parent” trope doesn’t work if the audience doesn’t have any emotional attachment to the parent and is clearly only being used to fuel a character’s guilt/trauma.
Dead moms especially have this problem. The common writing style is just making her nice and have a kind smile. But give me more!
What were her ticks? Her interests? Her flaws (show me her flaws!!!!)? Did she have regrets? How did she view her partner and children? I don’t need a dramatic backstory but I feel like it’s necessary to make parents feel like… ya know… people