Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-14138255-20161115185224

You seem to be lumping characters between Panzies and Panzers, between crying cowards and stoic heroes who know what to do at all times. Real people aren't like that, the line between courage and cowardice is thinner than you'd think, and fiction reflects that. Characters can be hesitent without being cowardly, they just need to collect themselves is all.

"Dealing with the aftermath should never come up."

Alright, that is the one thing I will say about your writing process that I think is completely idiotic. What's the point in having a tense and action filled moment with hard choices if the character doesn't reflect on it, that's probably the best part. Even if they aren't completely floored by, say, killing someone, they can still meditate on it and wonder what it means for the side he's fighting on or himself, it's a human moment. For the guy who, in a moment of weakness, failed to kill Hitler and got another good man killed for it, he would sit down and collect himself and find the resolve to try again and make amends for his mistake. Why can't you see that?