I regret asking. I thought my guy had a rough week, but apparently everyone here is running psychological torture facilities.I feel like this thread is just a way to show off (character) trauma. It reminds me of the Spongebob Salty Spitoon meme...
How traumatized is your main character?
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What if your character is the trauma?
Then I regret asking even more.What if your character is the trauma?
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Lets see...
One was a Marine Sniper who served in Afghanistan. Then got executed for killing the guys who raped and almost murdered his sister when he got back home. So, he's pretty traumatized.
One ... woke up to discover he's now a woman. With superpowers. And apparently some grand destiny. Oh, and his old day job too. Moderately traumatized.
One ... has no idea what his background is; all he knows is he awoke after being pulled from the wreckage of a crashed air craft of some kind speaking Russian but who also speaks English (and at least three other languages) with native accents, and is a shapeshifter, who normally looks like a human with dark blue skin, black hair, and amber eyes. And who took over the life of a criminal who was murdered for trying to not only go straight but become a cop. He's not sure how traumatized he is.
One is a former army grunt with an unfortunate name who drinks heavily, smokes heavily, and now finds himself stuck with a quest to defeat a group of extradimensional invaders. Kinda traumatized.
And those are just the "solitaires" I've posted stories of here (though one, the ex-marine, was pulled).
Ones I haven't shared:
A day trader killed in a car accident now stuck in the body of a lesbian supermodel, who suddenly finds out there are real gods and goddesses out there, and some of them have plans for them.
A cab driver. Well, also a mage, but he drives a cab. He was supposed to be the bodyguard of the guy who can keep the door between two worlds opened, but that guy was never born, so he's pretty sure he's out of a job there... So he just drives a cab. He's so traumatized, he lies to the writer, let alone the audience and the other characters.
An alien stranded on Earth after a piece of space junk struck their ship. One of his team was killed in the collision and he was separated from the racial hive mind. Now he's stuck on Earth, growing attached to the creatures he finds there, but knowing the race that sent him to scout out the planet is on its way to conquer it, and two of his former teammates might be lurking out there ... somewhere... Pretty traumatized.
A CFO who lost a bet and now is being pursued romantically by three very different men, all of whom she has feelings for... Moderately traumatized.
On other sites:
A teenager who suddenly finds he has the power to fight giant monsters. And needs to use it. Frequently. Moderately traumatized.
A steadily growing and changing group of people. The initial six at the core consist of three childhood friends, the girlfriend of one of them, a girl who was almost the girlfriend of another but ... things went sideways and now she's a cop investigating a murder he stumbled on. And a warrior from another world. They discover they are part of an ancient prophecy - that will cost at least one of them their life, and impact their descendants. And a military team that gets drawn into their story as well... Most of them are just a bit more traumatized than normal but some have a good deal of trauma in there...
One was a Marine Sniper who served in Afghanistan. Then got executed for killing the guys who raped and almost murdered his sister when he got back home. So, he's pretty traumatized.
One ... woke up to discover he's now a woman. With superpowers. And apparently some grand destiny. Oh, and his old day job too. Moderately traumatized.
One ... has no idea what his background is; all he knows is he awoke after being pulled from the wreckage of a crashed air craft of some kind speaking Russian but who also speaks English (and at least three other languages) with native accents, and is a shapeshifter, who normally looks like a human with dark blue skin, black hair, and amber eyes. And who took over the life of a criminal who was murdered for trying to not only go straight but become a cop. He's not sure how traumatized he is.
One is a former army grunt with an unfortunate name who drinks heavily, smokes heavily, and now finds himself stuck with a quest to defeat a group of extradimensional invaders. Kinda traumatized.
And those are just the "solitaires" I've posted stories of here (though one, the ex-marine, was pulled).
Ones I haven't shared:
A day trader killed in a car accident now stuck in the body of a lesbian supermodel, who suddenly finds out there are real gods and goddesses out there, and some of them have plans for them.
A cab driver. Well, also a mage, but he drives a cab. He was supposed to be the bodyguard of the guy who can keep the door between two worlds opened, but that guy was never born, so he's pretty sure he's out of a job there... So he just drives a cab. He's so traumatized, he lies to the writer, let alone the audience and the other characters.
An alien stranded on Earth after a piece of space junk struck their ship. One of his team was killed in the collision and he was separated from the racial hive mind. Now he's stuck on Earth, growing attached to the creatures he finds there, but knowing the race that sent him to scout out the planet is on its way to conquer it, and two of his former teammates might be lurking out there ... somewhere... Pretty traumatized.
A CFO who lost a bet and now is being pursued romantically by three very different men, all of whom she has feelings for... Moderately traumatized.
On other sites:
A teenager who suddenly finds he has the power to fight giant monsters. And needs to use it. Frequently. Moderately traumatized.
A steadily growing and changing group of people. The initial six at the core consist of three childhood friends, the girlfriend of one of them, a girl who was almost the girlfriend of another but ... things went sideways and now she's a cop investigating a murder he stumbled on. And a warrior from another world. They discover they are part of an ancient prophecy - that will cost at least one of them their life, and impact their descendants. And a military team that gets drawn into their story as well... Most of them are just a bit more traumatized than normal but some have a good deal of trauma in there...