Does the west even make "healing stories"? Japan has pretty much made a whole genre of it, but I can't think of any stories from America or Europe where all the characters are respectful of one another and get along, nothing terrible happens to anyone, and the purpose is just to make the viewer/reader feel calm. Western stories are always centered around some sort of conflict, and at least in my public education I was never taught that a story can be written any other way.
In English class I was taught that a story can be centered around 5 types of conflicts: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Self, and Man vs. Technology. I won't say that stories in the "healing" genre never have these kinds of conflicts, but they're not necessarily ABOUT them either. These conflicts are decidedly NOT the concepts the narrative is centered around. They happen on the periphery. Sometimes they move the story forward somehow, but they're not there to make a point.
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I will probably regret this in July and have to really scrounge but beans and rice are worth it for moth
hey! i'm looking for people who want their character(s) drawn to build my portfolio in my latest style.
it'd be pixel art, but on a larger scale (kinda like my pixel succubus mimic post, and my tarot card art, if you've seen me post those)
DM me with your refs, your character(s)' name, pronouns, and gender. please also let me know whether you want NSFW or SFW, and if you have any limits!
if you're into gore or candy gore i can also give a try at that.
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