How traumatized is your main character?

[Ace_Sorou]

I feel like this thread is just a way to show off (character) trauma. It reminds me of the Spongebob Salty Spitoon meme...

I regret asking. I thought my guy had a rough week, but apparently everyone here is running psychological torture facilities.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

What if your character is the trauma?

 

[Ace_Sorou]

What if your character is the trauma?

Then I regret asking even more.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

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...

 

[RiceCooker717]

I just realized that within the span of three days, my protagonist has gone through no less than four near death experiences, and discovered two bodies who were gruesomely mutilated.

Technically four days, since one of the corpses was found in his camp when he woke up. But I'm counting it.

All things considered, he's holding up well.

So... How badly is your MC traumatized?

I have a character whose power is connected to pain so I'm order to make his power in highest level, i make him suffer everything, lose of the love ones, rejection, betrayal, dream's fall-down, and other things everyone can think of. In the end, he committed s*ic*de and reborned again. Though he doesn't have his memories right now, i'll create a plot where he remembers them cause it's needed.

 

[AnEmberOfSundown]

Much as I hate to add to the Trauma Olympics, I actually don't hate it so let's go:

•Indoctrinated child soldier
•Trained to fight devils
•Nuke ability is literally weaponized trauma
•Watched her first squad die one by one over the course of days
•Blames herself for each one
•Dove headfirst into hell for revenge expecting to join them
•Didn't
•Ran away and was labeled an apostate
•Found a bunch of drunk idiot mercenaries and was invited to join them
•Didn't
•Lost another team
•Got blunt-force therapy at the hands of the original drunk mercenaries
•Bought a fainting goat and had her first birthday at 23 so things are looking up

 

[Ace_Sorou]

I have a character whose power is connected to pain so I'm order to make his power in highest level, i make him suffer everything, lose of the love ones, rejection, betrayal, dream's fall-down, and other things everyone can think of. In the end, he committed s*ic*de and reborned again. Though he doesn't have his memories right now, i'll create a plot where he remembers them cause it's needed.

Okay, Ares. What else are you doing to Kratos?
Ares: "Everything I did, I did to make you goated!"
Kratos: "Did that include hoeing me into killing my wife and child?!"

 

[RiceCooker717]

Okay, Ares. What else are you doing to Kratos?
Ares: "Everything I did, I did to make you goated!"
Kratos: "Did that include hoeing me into killing my wife and child?!"

He never have a romantic relationship, only rejection. Though there is a scene where someone tricked him by showing that she loved him and then picked his friend. I also make him k*lled the person he has the deepest bond with.

 

[Ace_Sorou]

He never have a romantic relationship, only rejection. Though there is a scene where someone tricked him by showing that she loved him and then picked his friend. I also make him k*lled the person he has the deepest bond with.

Still sounds like something Ares would do.

 

[TrutherP]

I just realized that within the span of three days, my protagonist has gone through no less than four near death experiences, and discovered two bodies who were gruesomely mutilated.

Technically four days, since one of the corpses was found in his camp when he woke up. But I'm counting it.

All things considered, he's holding up well.

So... How badly is your MC traumatized?

I just realized that within the span of three days, my protagonist has gone through no less than four near death experiences, and discovered two bodies who were gruesomely mutilated.

Technically four days, since one of the corpses was found in his camp when he woke up. But I'm counting it.

All things considered, he's holding up well.

So... How badly is your MC traumatized?

To the point of no return.

 

[Castoroftheink]

Oh man, my mc starts out heavily medicated and miserable, abandoned by his parents at 17, homeless, before getting a crummy job he can barely keep and an apartment thats more duct tape than plaster. Thats before the story even starts lmao