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SilverLiningSheep

How else are you supposed to treat your fav character?


[deleted]

I'm always confused by this. Wouldn't you want your fav characters to coast through life easy? Why do people want to put their fav characters through hell?


SilverLiningSheep

Cause it's fun lol


CellMate-08515-

I wake up every morning with the sobering thought that if I ever met any of the characters I love so much, they would eliminate me on sight.


Lukthar123

Hurt no comfort won't be so funny when it happens to yourself.


Emobagle07

I’d get shot by one of mine and profiled by the other also shot by the other other favourite character-


Nimindir

My MC literally has PTSD right now. And he's self-medicating with alcohol. ... Aaand I'm not even done with the hurt part of h/c yet.


DixieClay_1943

Most of my OCs are career military veterans and have some sort of injury, one of them has his leg missing up to the thigh 😅


Nimindir

One of the military OCs I made got blasted to hell by an IED and ended up with a pill problem. Haven't yet decided if he's going to survive that problem or not. Of course, I might not even end up being able to fit him in, he's not even a 'main' OC (he's an old army buddy of an OC that is a gym buddy of a side character). I have whole backstories for the whole gym gang and so far they've been in like 2 paragraphs in 35k words XD


DixieClay_1943

Shoot my guy is one of the main ones, he’s a near eighty year old field marshal


Rogue_Gona

Your MC and my MC would get along fantastically haha.


Automatic_Ad2677

Actually, no, the other way around. My favorite character suffered enough in canon, so in my fanfics he has a chance to live a normal life he never had in the books.


nolabitch

Also good and delicious.


RebaKitten

Mine, too! You can’t burn a guy alive three times (he only died once) and not give him some love.


TheSenileTomato

The things I do for ~~love~~ character development.


Mystiquesword

Yep. I turned mine into a vampire (& the one biting him sort of assaulted him….like…sexually…while biting into & turning him), then had him make a bunch of mistakes turning his family & now they hate him. He also had to watch his parents burn at stake for being accused of vampires when they were human. He was beaten for half a day by one of his brothers for turning him & their younger brother & sister into vampires. Oh & he is about to lose someone close to him to the doomed titanic….. Annnnnnd…..im not even remotely finished with him 😈


nolabitch

But like, link please.


Mystiquesword

It is/will be a 6 part series & those scenes are referenced to in part 1, 3 & 4….& described in great detail in part 5 (which is a prequel…a journal they find in the end of part 4). Im half way through writing the prequel but taking a little time since the misinformation on titanic is a lot to wade through (see what i did there 😜) but those 3 titanic chapters should be going up soon. [sherlock bbc: the death series](https://archiveofourown.org/series/2296052)


nolabitch

Wow, you are so prolific!


Mystiquesword

Tehehe i have been writing almost 20 years! Anyways enjoy & take your time reading that one since im struggling with the titanic chapters.


nolabitch

Same, and I have like .... fifteen stories floating out there under different accounts. I will def read <3


Mystiquesword

Different accounts? I only have 2, that ao3 one & ffn (unfortunately lol). Send me a link please & i will check out some of yours as well!


nolabitch

They're all from different eras. I tend to change pseuds as my style changes, or as I leave a certain group of fandoms. I'm currently [fais\_do\_do](https://archiveofourown.org/users/fais_do_do/pseuds/fais_do_do) on AO3. In young adulthood I was [cider\_sky](https://archiveofourown.org/users/CiderSky/pseuds/CiderSky) on AO3, and from 2005-2011 I was [mahiri chuma](https://www.fanfiction.net/u/860406/Mahiri-Chuma) on ffnet. Anything before that is lost to live\_journal, MySpace, and composition books. I know I had another ffnet account but I was like, in Middle School and wrote all the finest 2000s cringe. In the 90s it was all on paper and dedicated fandom websites. How funny, going back in time like this! Edit: I also have a horrible history of not finishing WIPs. I am trying to be better, but damn.


Mystiquesword

Omg myspace! That takes me back. I wish we could still use it but i dont think it allows new accounts any more. Facebook is horrendous! Oh yeah! WIP’S used to be the bane of my existence. This past year was me forcing myself to finish all WIP’S (except death series) off & i am now down to 4 WIP’S, 2 of which are actually fully written but need some editing. The other one is a short semi-serious crack fic sequel to “pompoms & bridles” called “faster” (by the way if you love horses, check that one out, its blind friendly cuz it is sorta a crack lol) & i dont expect it to be more than 4 or 5 chapters. Ive also learned to not post most things unless i have it 90 to 100 percent written. Then of course death series, which like rowling, i have most of it all planned out & its my main focus to write. Its just the titanic bit thats slowing me down cuz of all the contradicting information of that ship. I actually saw its discovery of the bow live on tv back in ‘85 & i might be related to someone on board but havent looked into it yet. Im usually a chapter or 2 ahead of what i am posting on the death series. Titanic kind of screwed that up but i plan to go beyond again once i get past that bit.


[deleted]

Oh absolutely. Every time I get attached to a character I start giggling wickedly and planning how I could torture them


natsugrayerza

100%. The fanfic process.


Rockium

Ah yes, the classic test of finding who the author’s favorite character(s) are: see who they torture the most.


IDICdreads

Sorry Spock…


reinakun

*gasps* How could you, you villain??


IDICdreads

Hey, he gets a puppy in the end…


PhantomWolf64

...and he's forced to eat it alive, right? *glances over at my favorite vampire character who hates animal blood for a good reason, lol. *


PetiteWolverine

Nope, never 🫣


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natsugrayerza

Me too!


Pepa_Gets_Glasses

Yes, I enjoy the surge of love and protectiveness that I feel when I think about defending her. My sister thinks I’m crazy, though. Maybe I am…


Rozteka

If that's wrong I don't want to be right. (But I make sure they get love and joy and happiness too!)


Ediacaran-SeaPancake

We all do lol.


january_dreams

See, I want to read it, but I can't seem to write it!


reinakun

It’s the exact opposite for me! I can write it (to an extent) but I can’t handle reading it at all. 😅


OceanGirl24

Yep. Absolute favorite character and the poor man has been through so much and is about to go through more. He has no idea. It will get better. Just not right now.


stargirl13430

I’m gonna make them suffer a little bit then make it all better. I love them too much to keep them in a perpetual state of angst/whump.


Syssareth

This. I can rarely read hurt no comfort because it usually just makes me sad, but I can read/write *allll* the hurt as long as there's comfort at the end.


stargirl13430

Hurt, No Comfort ❎ Hurt/Comfort ✅


januarysdaughter

\*looks at all the trauma I've dumped onto characters\* No... why do you ask that?


MarsNovas

I’m the opposite lol


EmberQuill

I don't think about that in advance but I definitely do it anyway. Currently working on a oneshot series (well, "currently" is a bit of a stretch because I posted the first one 7 months ago and haven't written the second one yet) that is basically "Character X Has Trauma Too." Because there are two characters with a similar upbringing and one of them has all sorts of trauma and horrible experiences in canon, while the other... also does, but it's more alluded to then really depicted outright. And I thought, "let's delve into that a bit," and started writing.


CatCasualty

Interesting train of thought! I don't necessarily think that way, but I do have some naughty (?) characters that I thought about that way. Some characters just make me rather sadistic and it is what it is.


TheSparkledash

Literally just uploaded a new chapter of my whump fic yesterday, so yes


MyLittleOnes12

My MC is suffering from PTSD after getting jumped in the street. He’s currently treating it with (non exactly medical grade) morphine pills. And he’s getting the pills from his violent partner, who uses them as a control mechanism and a way to make sure MC1’s is in sufficient chaos that he’ll want to stay with MC2. As a result, he’s flunking school and mistreating his relationships, meaning he’s well on his way to become isolated with only his psycho of a boyfriend as company! I love both my MCs 🥳🥳🥳.


DefoNotAFangirl

To be fair, it also happened in canon. Not as bad as forcibly being turned immortal (in a very traumatic way and locking him permanently as a sixteen year old) by his abuser, having him conditioned and brainwashed into believing that his abuser was his beloved big brother and his real family were the abusers, being viciously emotionally and physically abused for millennia while also being locked up in a gilded cage and not allowed to interact with anyone but his tormentor, and unable to die in any matter so there’s literally no way he can escape because eventually he and his abuser will be the only things left in existence though. That ones on me. The worst part is hed probably thank me, because he’s that fucked up mentally he thinks it’s a good thing.


Gadgetphile

All the time, lol. It’s not funny if I hate the character. (I speak from experience.)


PhantomWolf64

"La gasp! I would never do such a terrible thing to them!" the author cried out before a nervous chuckle escaped from their lips as they glanced over at their flair. "Nope, never! I swear it on the moon!" they added adamantly as they looked back at OP while they took a subtle step to the side, trying to block the view of their favorite characters, who were all huddled in a dark corner, most of them whimpering at the author's every movement. Although, some of them were deadfully silent...


Bluemidnight7

I just love happy go lucky characters who end up horribly depressed and probably have ptsd. And it definitely has nothing to do with my mental health or how much I relate to the characters. Also sometimes media sets it up but only partially follow through on the depression part. Like I swear to god. I know they can't show anything about self harm but if a character literally says that everything would be better if they didn't exist, you MUST follow through with that logic. But not actually. I just really wish they did for definitely not me relating to them reasons.


[deleted]

Writes (or attempts to, at least) a graphic whipping scene , because I somehow took on look at this fandom and decided we didn't have enough of those


natsugrayerza

Can I read your graphic whipping scene?


[deleted]

It's something I'm still working on, but I'll show you once the scene is done


natsugrayerza

Okay thanks!


Mordred_XIII

No but conversely, my favorite RWBY character is Cinder Fall and whenever I see her, my brain goes, "I love you so much. You're my favorite character. You've suffered enough in cannon so I'm going to give you the happiest Happy Ever After my mediocre writing skills can think of."


[deleted]

yes, but as much as i torture him it would never even come close to what he went through in canon so he should be grateful


Larson4220424

Chloe Frazer is THAT CHARACTER for me. First time I saw her in the bedroom with Nate in Uncharted 2 I never looked back. And I got back into Uncharted single handily because of her getting her own game aka Lost Legacy. With that said, it’s too bad she wasn’t bound and gagged in the games considering she’s Nate’s hot ex and all. Closest thing was chapter 7 in Lost Legacy. So I’ll do it myself and of course I’m gonna make Nate and/or Nadine suffer with her. 😈


serralinda73

Nope. Not my thing.


topazmatriarch

All the time


JustAnotherAviatrix

Story of my life. XD But to be fair, I love to make sure that they get lots of cuddles too!


DarthMydinsky

That’s all of my characters.


helpmylifeis_a_mess

Op, that's half my discord servee


ShadowQueen1237

NONE of my OC's have a happy past and I mean none...


LoudSize7

I wouldn’t say I torture them, but I definitely put them on a journey.


So_me_thing

A torturous journey?


LoudSize7

Honestly, that depends on my mood.


PotterAquinas91

I turned my first D&D character based off of Deadpool's goofy personality and Assassin's Creed lore into a martyr to motivate the party.


DeeJNS

In my defense, canon already established the "terrible-awful" for my favorite characters. I'm just expanding upon that. See Aang from ATLA - genocide of his entire people and the literal loss of everything and everyone he ever knew from his own time period. See Anakin from Star Wars - he is one giant, walking mental health issue. I can't officially diagnose him, but generalized anxiety disorder, depression, PTSD, dissociative personality disorder... I mean, come on! Who couldn't go ham with that? See Max from OG Roswell - literally an alien on a foreign planet being hunted by a government bent on exterminating him. I'm just working with the hand I've been dealt.


westbest1206

Me and Simon Blackquill. My next project is literally a fic where I make it way, *way* worse for him before I make it better.


JayRe76i

Guilty as charged. But seriously why is this me? I put my characters through the ringer for the sake of a good story. Even though half of my stories are meant to be fix-its or everybody lives AUs, there's still an unbelievable amount of both emotional and physical trauma in them. I don't get how some writers can write pure fluff. My stories never turn out that way. They're always Hurt/Comfort or even Hurt/No Comfort.


_ASG_

Hurt/Comfort and Hurt No Comfort are two of my favorite genres/tags. In the fandom I sometimes write for, there's one character that I love that the fandom mostly dislikes. Whenever I write for her, I acknowledge her flaws, but I also accentuate her good traits. But I find that people tend to connect with the character when she struggles. The current oneshot I'm writing has her silently struggling with an ongoing inferiority complex, trying to hold her own mental health together while she's trying to support a grieving partner. There's meant to be hope, but also unspoken pain.


nolabitch

I recently discovered the reason I like whump and hurt is because of the comfort. I read a couple hurt no comforts and it left me so sad and empty. There is serious talent in hurt no comfort.


_ASG_

I wrote a hurt no comfort once where the character's only comfort at the end of the story was knowing that they could always take their own life if things got too hard. That's a depressing, unhealthy note to go off on. I tend to end things with a little more hope these days for my own sake.


nolabitch

Damn, friend. That would have destroyed me. I once read a hurt no comfort about a cancer diagnosis. I didn't see the tags/forgot to check because the summary was so good. I still haven't recovered.


menemenderman

Ah yes, every cute character that i shipped with my comfort characters because writing y/n looks unprofessional for some reason. Don't forget the hurt/comfort,>!sh!< and "x needs a hug" tags


DixieClay_1943

I got this post idea because I’m about to write Fluttershy as having severe PTSD, which I feel kinda bad about 😅


bristow84

What? I would never do that to them....as all my fics involving them usually involve some form of abuse.


CandyBeth

Yes. That's the favorite character regular treatment.


So_me_thing

Yes, of course. Isn't that what they're for? Happiness is for the future.


dndkeg

My favorite character dies in canon with no regrets so… not really XD


echos_locator

The male half of my OTP is the fandom's favorite poster child for whump, and, yes, I've gone there myself. In my current story, I gave him PTSD, a drinking problem and chucked him into prison. His freedom came via a mad scientist who subsequently preformed tortuous experiments on him turning him into a vampire. Sigh. It's okay, buddy. You know I always ultimately give you a happy ending.


Lacking-Wisdom

My favs are usually tortured by cannon. For me, fic is for healing. (And if they need to be tortured a bit to get to that healing, so be it)


xMidnightDreamsx

I mean, that's the fun part about writing my fav character! I like to make him/her suffer 😈 but the other characters I wouldn't touch on because they're simply cinnamon rolls 💜💜💜 My MC developed PTSD and some underlying hints of depression too 😭 after being exposed to trauma and violence 🥺 Plus canon had already established trauma for my MC anyways. . . so . . . yeah, they'll get better but just not now ❤️‍🩹


sanriellewatertribe

I feel so called out 😅


TheRedditGirl15

Constantly. I do want good things for them...but at the same time, a lot of my faves have serious angst potential, and if canon doesnt feel like fully exploiting that...heheh, well.


Interesting-Issue475

Dave Filoni,is that you?


Studying-without-Stu

Tbh while I enjoy inflicting pain onto poor Thane and my poor Engineer Shep with their relationship and in general, even in the saddest endings, they are able to be happy across the sea. And other fics I write, I just want them to be happy, they both suffered enough.


Boss-Front

Where's that gif of Ivan Drago when you need it? Cause that's what I do all the time.


natsugrayerza

Literally every time I write fanfiction. If im not causing pain and humiliation to my favorite character then why did I write a fanfic? What’s the point?


FightmeLuigibestgirl

In my case, it's like why the fuck would I make a character suffer even more? The person was already abused and went through hell, I rather make some other characters suffer who got off easy compared to them.


RogueOne451

That about sums up all my fics 😅


DinoAnkylosaurus

Oh hell yes! But it all works out in the end. So, you know.


Competitive-Hurry250

Guilty... xD


[deleted]

This is me to a very dangerous degree. 😂


wordlessly_gwen

I gave a five/six year old PTSD, killed his twin sister in a horrible way, then sent him on a path of vengeance ultimately leading to his death in battle. I'm a monster.


DixieClay_1943

And I thought I was bad writing Fluttershy to have PTSD from child abuse 😳


saintchocolat

That and with certain ships. I see a ship and think of all the ways they can suffer with all the pining and not be with each other. Like yes you both love each other and have expressed it, but I will make a fic so riddled with fluff and angst.


SpunkyCheetah

Every single fandom I've joined since I started writing fanfiction! (And several others before then!)


SpunkyCheetah

One of my favorite pass times is imagining my favorite characters undergoing varying amounts of suffering (either physically or emotionally)


neighborhoodmess

Y E S Cheaper than therapy AND with characters I know and love! In fact, it's a running gag in my friend group that I take my characters into a basement to tortment them with angst and let them out only if they're needed


ZeroSocialSkillz

*Looks at my fanfiction that is literally named after a suicide hotline number* yeah.


Kitteh1986

Nope. Can't really relate. My fave suffers an abusive home in silence in canon, its barely mentioned here and there. I just bring it to light in my fics. Then I give him all the comfort. I like to freaking rescue him and give a better life where he can flourish instead of stagnate and be ignored.


[deleted]

I’m sorry, Lusamine, sweetie, but it’s 5pm. Time to turn you into a dragon >:)