Okay so this is only a small thing but I have this littleguy (tm) and he has had to run from his hometown to escape the law. then (after like eight-ten years or so) a place nearby his family's home is attacked and goes back to check in. everyone is fine but I think it's worth mentioning that his mother is blind and is able to identify some people by their hands, including littleguy. until however he goes to see her and gives her his hands and she unknowingly asks who it is (she no longer recognizes them because of scars from fighting and generally how long it's been)
yea
I think probably Lou's whole backstory, tbh. He lives in a world where certain children are tithed from birth to the family church (rhyming??) so he was never really raised with the kind of family connection he should have been. When he ended up in the church, his mentor was very abusive, which lead to him basically being high for years on magic (the magic in my story is complicated but it can be distilled and ingested to give a high.) He was improperly trained and ended up ingesting a lot of it over time, which was intentional on his mentor's part.
This damaged his memory of his family and further gave the impression that his life in the church was all he had. When we meet him, he's sort of a mystical magician-y figure because of everything above.
One of the main characters befriends him right after he runs away, and she becomes very close to him. She herself has a bit of a hair trigger and is very protective of him at this point. They learn magic outside of the church's teachings, with him showing her new techniques and her challenging his ideas about what magic can do.
Then, his old mentor kidnaps him. He's stuck for about five days before Callisto (the friend) can find and retrieve him. She kills his mentor in the process, which very conveniently ends his conflict so he can focus on his character arc again.
idk if we comment on other peoples stuff in this thread but OH MY GOD THIS IS ?!!?!
@estoc_ thank you or I'm sorry!! I really love his character and I hope other ppl will too
AND HER NOT RECOGNIZING LITTLEGUY BECAUSE OF WHAT HES BEEN THROUGH?? AGH the symbolism chefs kiss
@estoc_ thank you or I'm sorry!! I really love his character and I hope other ppl will too
AND HER NOT RECOGNIZING LITTLEGUY BECAUSE OF WHAT HES BEEN THROUGH?? AGH the symbolism chefs kiss
THANK.YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
ALSO DO NOT APOLOGIZE ITS AWESOME AND I MEANT THAT POSITIVELY
gasp where do I even start? I feel like a kid in a candy store!
Savannah: my girl was born into a misogynistic household that her parents only spent around two weeks of the year (not consecutively) with her. She was raised by her grandfather who had injected her with an untested mutation as a baby that would only activate when the person is too exhausted to carry out their tasks so he would 'train' her under the guise of becoming an assassin. Her cousin ran away from home, leaving her with her grandfather. Her cousin blew up their home and shot her in the arm. Her grandfather sent her away where she was kidnapped by her cousin with her friend before the two escaped and survived in the woods before making it back to town where she finds out her grandfather died, ultimately defeating her goal of proving him wrong. she later gets kidnapped and experimented on later because some group found out that she had this experimental mutation where she was forced to give up large amounts of blood and experimentations while slowly starving. She still has scars from the needles and the torture she endured in her life.
Paris and Jamie: both are siblings from a pacifist family who's house was destroyed from a bomb. Paris was the furthest from the blast and was not injured other than a broken rib and some scrapes and bruises. Their parents and two older brothers were killed immediately from the blast. Their other older brother had tried to protect Jamie from the blast and was severely injured. The three of them hid out in their family bomb shelter where Paris did her best to take care of her brothers' injuries. However, their older brother died in the shelter after two days from his injuries. He rotted in the shelter. They couldn't leave the shelter because the bombing and gunfire hadn't ceased yet. They survived off of eating some old canned foods. Paris was able to protect their shelter with a rifle her parents had kept. When they were rescued, Jamie was forced to have his left eye and leg removed. Paris had become vegetarian after seeing her brother slowly decompose for almost two weeks.
Carlos: he is the embodiment of bad luck, his twin sister Carmen being good luck. His sister was always the golden child in the eyes of everyone. At school, at the foster home they lived at, even to their parents after eventually finding them. Though it hurt Carlos, he didn't resent his sister and loved her. However, Carmen had begun adopting everyone else's viewpoints on her brother, especially after reuniting with their parents. Their parents hated Carlos, seeing him as only being bad luck and never a person. She saw the way Carlos acted as if he were a different person when things got tough. (Carlos would get aggressive with his bullies, never going beyond throwing a few punches. He had thought to have DID but in reality, he would be possessed by Cadmus, the embodiment of chaos in order to get out of sticky situations.) Carmen began berating her brother, going so far as to resent him and calling him a monster and a freak. The two never fixed their relationship, Carmen being prideful and believing she was right while Carlos feeling isolated and betrayed by the last family member he had left.
Simmons. Princess of another world. Star's parents were tyrants, and the common folk hated their royalty. But what could the common folk do? if they rose up and fought against the tyranny that plagued their world, they would all be killed. So they stayed quiet, bottling their resentment towards the royal family. Until two travelers arrived on the planet. Unbeknownst to them, the travelers were the ones who started, or as Simmons once told them "inspired them to revolt."
Star's family was executed, as well as everyone who was related to star. Even if the rest were innocents, and didn't share the same views as the tyrants. And poor, innocent Simmons, was set to be executed alongside them. The travelers end up saving star, taking star with them as they travel the cosmos. So. Simmons is the last one in star's family who is alive, and can never return back to star's home planet. Since, you know, the people wouldn't hesitate to execute both star and the travelers for aiding a "criminal".
my two faves (they got them feelings for each other, so they suffered through watching their partner suffer) each have been through a very torturous thing.
Jasmine got bit by the plant she is allergic to, big nasty reaction. I posted it in the writing club! it was hard for Quinn, cause he had to help her through it while she was all out of it.
Quinn, on the other hand– I literally just got this scene in my head last night. her got tore up really bad by somehting (idk yet) and he lost a ton of blood and he stumbled up to Jasmine and she has to take care of him while he's all delirious n stuff. he is also in so much pain😎👍
and I will kill the berserker girl's brother with a horrible death, so she almost loses her sanity for real and for good.
List for each character (cause angst is my thing):
Red: she pushes everyone away, she hurts the people she loves most in an effort to protect herself and then is constantly lonely and it's all her own fault that she can't keep a meaningful relationship for over a year.
Jack: 2 things actually, 1 he watched his sister die and 2 he is known throughout the land as a hero because he killed a giant but the reason he is famous is also his biggest regret. Which is ironic because before that he always wanted to be famous and now that he is he loathes it.
Goldi: all her friends and loved ones leave her. She has a very obnoxious personality and is kinda batshut crazy but she loves her friends but because her friends are all kinds toxic towards others they always end up going their separate ways leaving her in isolation for long periods of time and leaving her longing for connection
Peter: he met the love of his life but they couldn't stay together because he couldn't let go of the past and the life he made so she had to leave him and it ruined him completely.
Wendy: she left the love of her life and it's her biggest regret because she could have had a life of magical whimsy but instead she is stuck in a dull life with no excitement by her own doing and desperately wishes she chose differently.
Jill: she fucking dies. Before the story happens. She haunts the narrative
Gretle (idk how to spell her name): she tries to go back in time and save herself from becoming what she did and then realizes to late that she was the thing that set it all in motion.
Hansel: his sister fucking kills him he dies.
Cindy: her life is actually pretty great.
Robin: he is sentenced to death for something he didn't do and after he escapes he finds the person who framed him and proceeds to try and kill her until he is badly injured and guess what guys? He "didn't know where else to go. . ."
Anya: Is a literal synthetic human that was created by a mad scientist in an attempt to make her a secret weapon for a very shady organization. her entire life is just suffering and being molded into a good solider who won't betray her "family" no matter how many times she may be tortured
Astrea (i don't think I've done her yet): Uh, lets just say that her home was destroyed….by war machines, immortal beings and the nation's alchemist. Most of the people who lived in the nation are dead or cursed and they're probably one of the only few that remain alive
I don't know man anything related to the Psychological of warfare
Ross- having to live in constant episodes of PTSD,and getting discriminated and called a coward ( in world war 1 people who had PTSD were called cowards since PTSD research wasn't a thing back then)
Chance- the guilt of killing a entire camp of new recruits in cold blood.
Zimmer- shellshock
Officer Carl-the guilt of leading his men into a bloodbath
Sparkle - So mentally and physically traumatized she ended up going insane and has murdered over 7 million people. The worst part is, she'll never feel redeemed. She was bullied for her autism, adhd, anxiety, depression, blindness, tourettes, need for caffeine, and her hobbies + interests.
The saddest thing Dax has gone through is definitely being possessed by the sun god against his will. Although he is undeniably devout, the idea of really giving up his body to another entirely terrified him, and he ended up trying to resist serving as a vessel, even though it was his job. The mental turmoil this caused will affect him for the rest of his life.
Vyomia: being the only one of her kind and completely alone in the void, making her susceptible to its manipulation. When she finally does find people to surround herself with, the void rips it away from her and slowly infects her, making her a prisoner in her own body as the void uses her body as a puppet to harm her friends
Coral (she is kind of a side character now but once was a main character): Coral's childhood was filled with trauma and neglect. Her parents were never around and she was often left in the care of abusive relatives. As a result, she turned to her imagination and stuffed animals for comfort. However, as she got older, her mental health deteriorated, leading her to attempt suicide multiple times. She was eventually admitted to a mental institution, where she has spent most of her teenage years. Despite various treatments and therapies, she still struggles with her mental health and has been discharged and readmitted several times.
Axel: LITERALLY HAS NOBODY. He was born in the void, so he is immortal unless his creator says otherwise. He has no one to talk to, and he's been looking for someone to actually love for about… 3000 years.
Aisha: Being left alone and their friends hating them
Axel: LITERALLY HAS NOBODY. He was born in the void, so he is immortal unless his creator says otherwise. He has no one to talk to, and he's been looking for someone to actually love for about… 3000 years.
Yooo our characters are kinda similar lmao. I feel like they'd be besties
Aisha: Plus being born without a dad, they don't know what love is like. It's painful, she doesn't even have emotions, they basically shut them all out.
One of my characters accidentally killed his little brother. It's been over a decade in-story and he still lives with the guilt every single day. He hasn't spoken to his parents or his (now ex) fiancé since the incident because he ran away from everyone after it happened, and he is alone and consumed with regret and self loathing, blaming himself for something that he couldn't prevent or control.
Lottie getting involved in illegal business in order to pay her mother's medical bills, overworking herself to the point of sleep deprivation, and then going on a downward spiral about what her mother would think of her if she knew what kinds of things she was doing.
Monika killed someone under very complicated circumstances, the details of which I haven't hammered out quite yet, but it's a determining factor for how her life goes afterward.
Desdemona meeting the love of her life, only to lose her in WWII.
Aoife getting kicked out at around eighteen years old and living on the streets for a few years.
Rosemary having to get into rather unsavory work in order to pay back the man who paid off her family's debt.
Ramona losing her father at seven years old, followed by her family moving to an entirely different country in the same year.
My Protags Mother being killed by a reincarnated go who is actually his Father, but is also his Son?
Okay wait let me do the main characters in my Killjoys universe
Blood Summer: He deals with a lot of things like alcoholism, religious trauma, perfectionism, and disordered eating. But the hardest thing was dying next to his lover fulling believing that his life was worthless and he was going to go to Hell.
Fibia Fie: Being the (accidental) direct reason his close friend Kevin died before he could fully see him again, also causing the rest of the team to have to drop everything they had settled and run away forever so they weren’t killed as well.
Constant C: Extreme guilt from being the (indirect) reason Kevin died, and having to step down as leader of the gang.
Party Thump: Not being able to protect neither Marshall nor Killer from being killed because he wasn’t fast enough.
Killer Silhouette: Not being able to love Party Thump in the way he is supposed to.
Radio Pilot: Not being able to save his little brother when he “died”, but after they reunite his biggest struggle is Party Thump’s death.
My character, Ella fell in love with Loki Laufeyson during their time together on a planet called Sakaar. They both realized how much they had in common and found comfort and solace in confiding their secrets and troubles and trauma to eachother. They had both been through countless horrible experiences that had changed them both into emotionless, hidden people. Ella had to witness Loki be murdered by Thanos and it completely blinded her. She traveled down the path of the Darkhold and she ended up tearing universe upon universe apart trying to find one where Loki didn’t die. Eventually, she found her way to the TVA, where she saw Loki and Sylvie together. She didn’t know that it was the Loki before he had met her and that he wouldn’t even know who she was. She wreaked such havoc on the TVA that she was put in one the highest security prisons that the TVA had, alone, hopeless, forever.
Rainbow diamond had to be stuck on the jungle moon for 1000s of years!
So. I have this character. Her name is Seraphine. She died in a war, but ended up being shifted into a new universe. Same war, same death, another shift. War after war after war she fought, always dying buy she slowly realized things were changing with each new iteration, but that only meant a slightly worse death each timeline.
She went through this for thousands of years, and by the time the loop was over, she was broken, killing indiscrimanately. She was rehabilitated by a kind old lady, but when that lady was brutally murdered her mind completely snapped. Now she just wanders the earth, weeping as she murders anybody she finds in her path. No happy ending. No relief. Just broken.
That's her story so far.
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