Being mean to your OC

[RandomBlobMan]

Just like the title. Did you ever act mean to your OC, such as giving them hardships all the time, or even driving them to their death?


It sounds like a bit of a stupid question to me, but anyways, just wanted to ask.


Me, I drove two to death, one in a zombie apocalypse and one in something else. No, one. Other one isn't confirmed as dead yet.....


Whatever. Did you have any experience like that?

 

[LegoLad659]

I do that all the time xD My characters, especially the bright and cheerful ones, have a tendency to get very depressed for some reason or another. Maybe a misunderstanding in her past has put her in constant battle with her sister, maybe her best friend is being controlled by magic and has enslaved her, I even have one character who is immortal and, though she tries not to think about it, does get pretty sad when she thinks about her original time and the fact that everyone she knew and loved is already long dead.


Long story short, I'm a terrible person xD

 

[RandomBlobMan]

I do that all the time xD My characters, especially the bright and cheerful ones, have a tendency to get very depressed for some reason or another. Maybe a misunderstanding in her past has put her in constant battle with her sister, maybe her best friend is being controlled by magic and has enslaved her, I even have one character who is immortal and, though she tries not to think about it, does get pretty sad when she thinks about her original time and the fact that everyone she knew and loved is already long dead.
Long story short, I'm a terrible person xD

Thanks, I'll try some of that once!


If we did a rp where our OCs interact with us.......

 

[LegoLad659]

Thanks, I'll try some of that once!
If we did a rp where our OCs interact with us.......

The majority of them would hate me, without a doubt xD

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

I mean...


... I've killed a few before. -shrugs- I'm not against it. There's even a personal rule in place by some users that don't allow me to kill my own creations... even in an off-handed remark. xD

 

[Idea]

You have no idea. I love torturing my OCs, one in particular from long ago... That one first revealed to me the twisted turns a romance can really turn in RPs.

 

[Coward]

I think the people who don't torture their OCs are the real weirdos xD

 

[RandomBlobMan]

You have no idea. I love torturing my OCs, one in particular from long ago... That one first revealed to me the twisted turns a romance can really turn in RPs.

Let me guess... Yandere?

 

[RandomBlobMan]

I think the people who don't torture their OCs are the real weirdos xD

Hmmmm.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

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I mean...
... I've killed a few before. -shrugs- I'm not against it. There's even a personal rule in place by some users that don't allow me to kill my own creations... even in an off-handed remark. xD

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Well, I'm not against it either.... wait what

 

[Idea]

Let me guess... Yandere?

Nope. It would take context to really break it down properly, but in short among short, my character was possessed by four evil spirits and was trying to get away from every other human being, before being caught by a girl who helped him gain confidence and hope in himself to get rid of those spirits. In that quest, a relationship developed into a romance, only she ended up cheating on him. Before he could find out, though, he was taken in by yet another one of those spirits and ended up murdering a cop by stabbing his hands right through the man in front of her very eyes.


My character then left out of sheer guilt and this was the final drop that caused her to break up with him and my character to sink into such a depression that he gave in to the spirits and became a genocidal maniac.


And this is the short boiled down version.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Nope. It would take context to really break it down properly, but in short among short, my character was possessed by four evil spirits and was trying to get away from every other human being, before being caught by a girl who helped him gain confidence and hope in himself to get rid of those spirits. In that quest, a relationship developed into a romance, only she ended up cheating on him. Before he could find out, though, he was taken in by yet another one of those spirits and ended up murdering a cop by stabbing his hands right through the man in front of her very eyes.
My character then left out of sheer guilt and this was the final drop that caused her to break up with him and my character to sink into such a depression that he gave in to the spirits and became a genocidal maniac.


And this is the short boiled down version.

Uhh......

 

[Idea]

Uhh......

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[Luminari]

I have this idea for a TV show in my head, and over the last 3 seasons it's just the main characters dying painful deaths one by one...honestly, I think it's better than any idea I've had where my characters don't die xD

 

[Cashdash25]

I had a character suffer a psychological breakdown once.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

By far everyone seems like torture specialists.

 

[QuestingBeast]

I have begun to make use of this process of character torture, being urged on by Kurt Vonnegut's words; "Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading character, make awful things happen to them in order that the reader may see what they are made of."


He has a way with words, hasn't he?


What was I thinking before Kurt Vonnegut confronted me with my own foolishness, you ask? Well, I was caught in a trap of my own devising. I shied away from the idea of torturing a character because it seemed entirely unnecessary, not to mention illogical. Why should the character be harmed here? What good will it do the world to know he has crushed his arm in a mining incident? Won't this simply cripple me, the writer, and limit the use of this character?


These thoughts dominated me because I did not consider how the character would be affected, let alone how these troubles would reveal the person they truly are, not the person they pretend or want to be. It, indeed, is the harrowing of pain that draws out and exposes the true self.


I applaud you character torturers for your work. May all the world learn from your example.

 

[Idea]

By far everyone seems like torture specialists.

I would say that is because this "torture" is a source of conflict (or even the conflict itself), meaning the torture actually functions as an excellent tool for pulling the story forward and helping the characters grow or even just display who they are as individuals by giving us a sense of how they react to harsh situations.

 

[Idea]

I have begun to make use of this process of character torture, being urged on by Kurt Vonnegut's words; "Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading character, make awful things happen to them in order that the reader may see what they are made of."
He has a way with words, hasn't he?


What was I thinking before Kurt Vonnegut confronted me with my own foolishness, you ask? Well, I was caught in a trap of my own devising. I shied away from the idea of torturing a character because it seemed entirely unnecessary, not to mention illogical. Why should the character be harmed here? What good will it do the world to know he has crushed his arm in a mining incident? Won't this simply cripple me, the writer, and limit the use of this character?


These thoughts dominated me because I did not consider how the character would be affected, let alone how these troubles would reveal the person they truly are, not the person they pretend or want to be. It, indeed, is the harrowing of pain that draws out and exposes the true self.


I applaud you character torturers for your work. May all the world learn from your example.

I would actually like to disagree. While it is true that your character can't always be livIng in the clouds, so to speak, you shouldn't just torture a character meaninglessly . If you put s character through trials and tribulations you should try to dig into it and exploit the full value of that situation or as close to it as you can get. If the torture is just there for the ale of itself, that's not writing well, that's wasting time.

 

[QuestingBeast]

If the torture is just there for the ale of itself, that's not writing well, that's wasting time.

It, indeed, is the harrowing of pain that draws out and exposes the true self.

Hm. Have I not stated the purpose for torture already? In fact, the issue I once had is that I thought torture had no purpose, so I shied away from it.


In this situation, 'tis difficult to tell whether you misread or if I have.

 

[Idea]

Hm. Have I not stated the purpose for torture already? In fact, the issue I once had is that I thought torture had no purpose, so I shied away from it.
In this situation, 'tis difficult to tell whether you misread or if I have.

I read what you put in there, though there is a difference between what you said and what I said. Because what I said (or meant to say) is that there must be a literally purpose: moving the plot, showing a character's personality, making them grow and change, etc... That torture is a good tool for all of those and that's what gives it it's importance, not just the torture by itself.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Well.......... This suddenly got complicated.

 

[StoneWolf18]

You don't even know the shit I put my OCs through. Let me try and make a list...


- Mental Instablility


- Killing their mother at birth (in a particular way I might add)


- Biological family disowning then


- Constantly working themselves to death


- Parents that are a bit too enthusiastic about the wrong thing


- Parents disowning them because they were blind so they were put in an orphanage


- A female character growing up in a house full of guys


- Forced cannablism


Probably more but that's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

You don't even know the shit I put my OCs through. Let me try and make a list...
- Mental Instablility


- Killing their mother at birth (in a particular way I might add)


- Biological family disowning then


- Constantly working themselves to death


- Parents that are a bit too enthusiastic about the wrong thing


- Parents disowning them because they were blind so they were put in an orphanage


- A female character growing up in a house full of guys


- Forced cannablism


Probably more but that's all I can think of at the moment.

*faints*

 

[StoneWolf18]

*faints*

I just couldn't hit the "like" button x3