Blackwall Discussion Thread - The Resolve!

Thought I'd share what I wrote on Tumblr here about writing Blackwall in a fanfic I'm writing:


I love writing really masculine, tough men that show vulnerabilities at special moments. Blackwall has this by the bucket-full. He’s an older swordsman who has seen shit, done shit and has that checkered past. He wears his shame on his sleeve yet he tries for as long as he can to keep that secret hidden because facing open shame is that much worse. Yet despite the shame, he still has so much of his own code of honor, much shaped by what he knows he did was wrong. He holds people to higher standards than he holds himself, but I don’t think due to hypocrisy, but more due to what he aspires to be. He can come off gruff, even rude, then turn and bash someone’s head in, but at the same time is easily someone who’d gift a lover with a bouquet of flowers or a sweet note. He wants to make friends, but then shies away to spend time with the horses in the stables, whitling at some old piece of wood he found lying in the road.



I’m loving writing him. He’s funny, easily befuddled and tough. He also knows he’s beautiful in his own way and may be a bit smug when it comes to catching someone’s eye.



He’s a complicated man