How brutal should your character's backstop be?

[TsumiHokiro]

The character has to fit the story. No more, no less.

 

[HungrySheep]

Not at all if you're writing a Hello Kitty fanfic.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

their is a thick line between a brutal backstory and a ok, we get it, aids infested rats cralled up his ass to eat his poo daily...now can we get to the current storyline? backstory.

Dear god, what a tragic backstory for that poor rat. It had AIDS and it had to crawl up a man's ass to find food? Man. Edgy as fuck.