forum What is the worst thing you've done to your characters?

Started November 24, 2018 by Deleted user

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I probably torture my characters a bit by having them constantly be misgendered. It's my little bit of saltiness to add, I guess, I'm kinda making a statement about how being trans or NB is valid while also adding plot points, but idk.

Sasuke is named after the anime character

Robin saw their closest 2 friends encased in stone for centuries and was then kicked out of the courts and made to wander the woods, so they couldn't even see the statues. They do get their revenge and free the two friends, but it takes a while.

Lori you obsessed with pain and suffering.

Lori you obsessed with pain and suffering.

Thanks hon! I actually do that for a reason uwu

Queen Adalia has her husband killed right in front of her and her only child dragged off and presumably killed (she's not), all because some citizens were upset that the king poured more efforts into finding a cure for her illness than for general repairs kingdomwide. Also she has a tuberculosis-like disease that will most likely kill her before she turns 50 and is basically the puppet queen for her own kingdom after Sole takes over.

Vivian's closest friend is killed right in front of her, and then her other closest friend/boyfriend is whipped and left to bleed to death, although he survives. When she gains her ability to see the dead, she can see her friend but because of the way she died, she can't really speak to her (the friend was beheaded, so she can't really talk, you know?)

Kyoko technically being the reincarnation of a demonic dictator's former human self

Oleander is possessed by an ancient being and forced to do some truly horrible things while being fully conscious of it but unable to fight back. Also the being is immune to iron and ash, but Oleander's not, which leads to to the being forcing him to use weapons that slowly poison him. And when the being is forced out, it drains all of the color from his hair and eyes, along with his magic. And he's wracked with guilt from what he's done, and Ophelia's hunting him with every intent to burn him alive because she doesn't know he was possessed. Yay!

OOf that's sad, i think the worst I've done is murder my characters brother in font of her, and then have her watch as the rest her com unity was whipped out slowly while she looked on unable to help.

After years of abuse from her family, Esther gets married to a faery king she's in love with, only for him to suddenly do a 180 after years of marriage and dump her, leaving her disgraced and broke. Luckily she's able to move in with a friend, but she loses all claim as a noblewoman in the Autumn Court. And then when she meets and falls in love with her former husband's new wife and realizes the new wife is being mind controlled, she starts to question if her husband was ever a good man or just a cruel man pretending to be kind.

• Oberon and Titania are encased in stone a few feet apart but unable to get any closer to each other or check if the other is alright for centuries
• Carrie sells out her best/only friend in order to get back to her sister, only to learn that her sister has been executed for treason, leaving her on her own.
• Arthur just wants to read books and learn new things, but his boss keeps him working 5 to 9 essentially and is generally just an asshole to him, yelling at him for talking while he should be working and such. He falls in love with Trinity and gets into a fight with a few guys who were harassing and breaks a few of his fingers on his dominant hand, and his boss still makes him write with it even though it causes him a lot of pain. And he gets drawn into Ophelia's mission despite not being anything remotely resembling an adventurer. Then he breaks his arm falling out of a tree.

Then he breaks his arm falling out of a tree.

Did he fall or did he let go?
He fell

All we seee is liiiiiight!

When Veronica was still human, she was married off to a man four years her senior at the age of fourteen. When she became pregnant two years later, she found out he was having an affair with a Faerie servant and impregnated her as well. She was heartbroken yet didn't do anything about it (considering the fact that she was a girl in the B.C era). However, she couldn't suppress that feeling for long when she miscarried while the Fae woman bore a child for her husband. Her heartbreak quickly turned to rage and what she did to them, all three of them, was so vile and wicked, she created her own organic darkness-darkness that destroyed her humanity and turned her into the creature she is now.

• Carter deals with his issues by sleeping around and generally is ignored and mocked by the other people in his village. He also ended up being so broke that he ended up being a prostitute for a few years before Trinity got him a job.
• Juniper tried very hard to get pregnant but couldn't due to it being very difficult for Fae, and she ended up kidnapping a mortal baby and raising him as her own, disguising his inability to do magic by appointing him a servant to cover for him. She pretended that he was her biological son and had been raised in secret due to the turbulence in the courts, and ended up being assassinated before she could tell her son the truth.

Daniel was raped eighteen hours straight by fifteen Cloaker soldiers during one of his shifts as a prostitute. As siren males being the one who carry children, he became pregnant after it but proceeded to abort the child. He hasn't yet told anyone of this incident and doesn't plan to.

TF.

You are almost as bad as Lori. Lemme tell you kids something. (Please pardon my insensitivity if you have experienced sexual assault.) Rape is a big deal. A huge deal. For the love of everything that you hold sacred do not use sexual assault as a plot device for a tragic backstory. Please just don’t. Unless you have had the misfortune to have any experience in the matter you do not understand the impact. I realize that in this culture we can use death as just another tool in our belt to produce our craft. I also realize that we sometimes have to dig deeper to find good horror and tragedy. But please. Do not have such disregard for something as hideous as rape to easily use it as a plot device.

You are almost as bad as Lori. Lemme tell you kids something. (Please pardon my insensitivity if you have experienced sexual assault.) Rape is a big deal. A huge deal. For the love of everything that you hold sacred do not use sexual assault as a plot device for a tragic backstory. Please just don’t. Unless you have had the misfortune to have any experience in the matter you do not understand the impact. I realize that in this culture we can use death as just another tool in our belt to produce our craft. I also realize that we sometimes have to dig deeper to find good horror and tragedy. But please. Do not have such disregard for something as hideous as rape to easily use it as a plot device.

Deadass not many people are using rape as a plot device.
And, as for my characters, I use my personal experiences and escalate them by a lot to kind of cover everything up. It's a great way to express myself without revealing the truth. I'm sure other people do that too.
And yeah, some people overuse rape. They don't know any better. If it bothers you that much, block them or just do something so you're not reminded of it.
The whole point of this forum is about the worst thing that has happened to our characters. Not the whole idea of our novel. Just saying lmao

You are almost as bad as Lori. Lemme tell you kids something. (Please pardon my insensitivity if you have experienced sexual assault.) Rape is a big deal. A huge deal. For the love of everything that you hold sacred do not use sexual assault as a plot device for a tragic backstory. Please just don’t. Unless you have had the misfortune to have any experience in the matter you do not understand the impact. I realize that in this culture we can use death as just another tool in our belt to produce our craft. I also realize that we sometimes have to dig deeper to find good horror and tragedy. But please. Do not have such disregard for something as hideous as rape to easily use it as a plot device.

Yeah, it's not something that can just be brushed off as "Tragic Backstory For Angst", it needs to be dealt with with respect for the victim and with the sensitivity the topic deserves. It isn't just something to make a story Extra GrittyTM, it's an especially relevant issue and shouldn't be just tossed in for shock value.

You are almost as bad as Lori. Lemme tell you kids something. (Please pardon my insensitivity if you have experienced sexual assault.) Rape is a big deal. A huge deal. For the love of everything that you hold sacred do not use sexual assault as a plot device for a tragic backstory. Please just don’t. Unless you have had the misfortune to have any experience in the matter you do not understand the impact. I realize that in this culture we can use death as just another tool in our belt to produce our craft. I also realize that we sometimes have to dig deeper to find good horror and tragedy. But please. Do not have such disregard for something as hideous as rape to easily use it as a plot device.

Amen to that

You are almost as bad as Lori. Lemme tell you kids something. (Please pardon my insensitivity if you have experienced sexual assault.) Rape is a big deal. A huge deal. For the love of everything that you hold sacred do not use sexual assault as a plot device for a tragic backstory. Please just don’t. Unless you have had the misfortune to have any experience in the matter you do not understand the impact. I realize that in this culture we can use death as just another tool in our belt to produce our craft. I also realize that we sometimes have to dig deeper to find good horror and tragedy. But please. Do not have such disregard for something as hideous as rape to easily use it as a plot device.

Deadass not many people are using rape as a plot device.
And, as for my characters, I use my personal experiences and escalate them by a lot to kind of cover everything up. It's a great way to express myself without revealing the truth. I'm sure other people do that too.
And yeah, some people overuse rape. They don't know any better. If it bothers you that much, block them or just do something so you're not reminded of it.
The whole point of this forum is about the worst thing that has happened to our characters. Not the whole idea of our novel. Just saying lmao

You might be right. But I see it far too much.
Point.
True that. But I can’t see how something as horrendous as a gang rape scenario doesn’t take front and center instead of being backstory. But of course, take my views with a grain of salt since I have never been sexually assaulted.

Speaking as someone who's been a victim to sexual assault, it is kind of a big deal. Write it like you're showing the world how terrible these people are, don't just keep it in the back and in the shadows. Have characters come out about the fact, have them take a stand for themselves. It's something I was never able to do, and I really regret not getting the chance to tell someone sooner.