forum What is the worst thing you've done to your characters?
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@GraceAnn:)

The only thing I don't see here is sexual abuse so…

BRO YOU RIGHT! thanks for the idea btw ;))))

Well i've hinted in my story some was indeed used for an unfair sexual desire but i've never really made it official that they were rapped

@primaldesire

Killed Alex's parents, then his godmother, he then moved to another state(which kinda benefited him since really didn't have friends there), then gave him severe depression when his condition of Demon's Curse began to affect him badly, THEN he got into a really good relationship with this girl who later developed cancer and died, so he tried to kill the main guy that supposedly gave her the cancer indirectly,
Then he tried dating someone else but-uh it was really abusive and he forced him into things, then he tried dating someone else but she was a bitch so yeah, now he thinks he like this German werewolf boy but he's not ready to get hurt again and his condition is getting worse.

@amber_is_in_a_loop

The only thing I don't see here is sexual abuse so…

I've done it and made it a huge part of her backstory and I felt terrible but it made for such a good plot. So I had no choice but to keep it in

@The-N-U-T-Cracker

Okay, I know I've tortured my characters enough already, but I need Akira to accidentally injure Hinata and I can't decide how she should be injured. It needs to be something that has permanent effects (physically or mentally, either work), doesn't stop her from walking/running, but is also serious enough to send her to the hospital, even after her brother attempts to heal her wounds. Should I have her arm torn off, her leg blown off and replaced with a prosthetic (I probably used the wrong word but whatever), or should she be stabbed/pierced/severely wounded and nearly die of blood loss? So many choices…

@HighPockets group

Okay, I know I've tortured my characters enough already, but I need Akira to accidentally injure Hinata and I can't decide how she should be injured. It needs to be something that has permanent effects (physically or mentally, either work), doesn't stop her from walking/running, but is also serious enough to send her to the hospital, even after her brother attempts to heal her wounds. Should I have her arm torn off, her leg blown off and replaced with a prosthetic (I probably used the wrong word but whatever), or should she be stabbed/pierced/severely wounded and nearly die of blood loss? So many choices…

If you want her to be able to run and walk, I'd suggest against blowing up her leg, since she won't be able to adjust to a prosthetic right away (if my memory serves me). Depending on the setting, a stab/pierce would also eff up her organs and she might die if the technology isn't good enough to repair them. An injury to the arm is likely the best choice, or to the shoulder.

@Your_Local_Scrivener

My character Coallen's backstory is perhaps not as graphic and overwhelming as some, but it's still pretty bad (and shapes him a lot) so I'll try to briefly retell it. It won't be as great as having the full thing, but here:
His people were once pacifists, but due to a halving of the population because of war they became angry and wanted to kill. Into this nexus of resentment Coallen and his three siblings were born.
Coallen was intelligent like his siblings, but he was mechanically-minded and scorned schoolwork and extracurriculars, while his siblings embraced it, gaining their scholarly parents' esteem. By twelve he was all but forgotten about by his parents, dismissed as the disappointment in the family. He soon built a tree-house for himself and rarely saw his parents, except for the occasional meal. It was, in essence, a kind of child abandonment.
But Coallen's youngest brother Madigan still made an effort to try and connect with Coallen, and he is the only person Coallen truly loved past the age of twelve.
At fifteen, Coallen got swept up into a rebellion on Tymbran, and became an assassin. He killed empire officials, all of whom were his own people, without mercy. At seventeen he influenced his peace-loving brother into joining the rebellion. Madigan became just as fervent, which will play into his story later.
At eighteen, the ruler of the empire came to visit, and asked to see Coallen.
This was a wonderful opportunity! Coallen prepared himself to kill one final time. Snap the backbone of the empire, and his people at last would be avenged.
And the ruler talked him over. (How he did it would require a lot more explanation than this.)
Coallen switched his loyalties, and all his family was captured and set to be executed.
Coallen didn't really care about his family – they'd never done anything for him except scorn him and call him a failure – but he did care about his brother.
So he tried to talk his brother into joining the empire as well.
And Madigan thought Coallen was forced into offering that choice, and proudly refused it.
This has caused Coallen to be plagued with guilt and the perennial What if I did this … question. For two years after the event he had nightmares, flashbacks, isolated himself, couldn't pick up a gun for anything without visualizing Madigan on the other end of it. Therapy helped him with other traumas, but on this point he refused help.
At the end of two years he accepted therapy and healed somewhat. But mentioning his brother to him is, quite often, the surest way to see the grief and guilt that lies beneath that poised facade which can fool the most acute observer.

@HighPockets group

One of my characters is a lost princess with amnesia, but unlike in a lot of stories, she never remembers anything about her past, so she just has 7 blank years of no memories. And then her love interest gets knocked out from a blow to the head and she freaks out because she thinks he won't remember her when he wakes up.

@MarDeColores this is not it kids

I gave my character, James, magic in a world where magic is illegal. If you have magic, you can either run to the streets and hide, or get arrested (read, killed). She didn't find out that she had magic until she was about 12 years old. When she told her parents about the magic (cause she's scared and your parents will always help you, right?) her parents tell her everything is going to be alright, then lock her in her room and call the police. She manages to escape and spends the next two years on the streets.

@primaldesire

I gave my character, James, magic in a world where magic is illegal. If you have magic, you can either run to the streets and hide, or get arrested (read, killed). She didn't find out that she had magic until she was about 12 years old. When she told her parents about the magic (cause she's scared and your parents will always help you, right?) her parents tell her everything is going to be alright, then lock her in her room and call the police. She manages to escape and spends the next two years on the streets.

Love stories were the parents are actual trash.