Yes, I've been being vague about the exact location in case this gets to the point where I might ask for beta readers on DW. As much as I like lilacsigal's suggestion, trying to implement it in this particular setting bogs the action down with words and creates a new moment of implausibility. The gunfight and what happens immediately after are high melodrama, so they need to be more emotion than explanation.
Pallas_rose's reply about stitches being rare for gunshot wounds got me headed down another path, which is in keeping with character, where they are in the plot and lakorn as a genre. Bandaging it up that night with the expectation that this will be enough, except she doesn't sleep because [spoilers :D ] and aggravates it is more than plausible. It is 100% what she would do, and will continue to do, so it's a much better fit than trying to explain in a sharp object which shouldn't be in the setting and how she managed to fall/interact with it in a way which gave her a serious wound.
This grounds it in the characters and their emotions quickly, which is how good lakorns manage their melodrama. The draft currently does have stitches to help keep some of the intensity as I step it down into more regular life. Is it what a doctor would have done? Possibly not. But these characters, it fits :D
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Date: 2025-03-10 03:09 pm (UTC)As much as I like lilacsigal's suggestion, trying to implement it in this particular setting bogs the action down with words and creates a new moment of implausibility. The gunfight and what happens immediately after are high melodrama, so they need to be more emotion than explanation.
Pallas_rose's reply about stitches being rare for gunshot wounds got me headed down another path, which is in keeping with character, where they are in the plot and lakorn as a genre. Bandaging it up that night with the expectation that this will be enough, except she doesn't sleep because [spoilers :D ] and aggravates it is more than plausible. It is 100% what she would do, and will continue to do, so it's a much better fit than trying to explain in a sharp object which shouldn't be in the setting and how she managed to fall/interact with it in a way which gave her a serious wound.
This grounds it in the characters and their emotions quickly, which is how good lakorns manage their melodrama. The draft currently does have stitches to help keep some of the intensity as I step it down into more regular life. Is it what a doctor would have done? Possibly not. But these characters, it fits :D