Soo….I've never done a torture scene before, but now that I'm older and have chosen a main villain who is super sadistic I decide to put one or two in.
It's a harry potter fanfic, so there is no blood or gore at all. (Although a few slaps and the character's shoulder is already wounded.) The villain uses curses to give the MC pain. The villain also happens to be the MC's long lost mother, if that helps.
Basically, I don't need ideas on how to do the actual torture or the villains reactions, I just need to know how the MC would react. How does it feel to actually get tortured? How do you describe pain? (I have a hard time describing any pain at all) How should the MC deal with it? What are her emotions? The emotions of those watching her get hurt? Should I focus on the physical things (her pain, her surroundings, ect.) or emotional things? (her emotional pain at being tortured by her own mother, her fear, her thoughts, act)
Like I said, I've never done this before and really don't want it to get too dark. I don't want to focus on the horrors of torture, but on the reason the MC is getting tortured in the first place. And I want it to be a test for my MC, showing who she really is, her true strength, the final ordeal sort of thing.
Sorry if this is really confusing, but you get what I trying to say. Just give me a few tips.
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