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For a guild that supports the abuse of characters, we don't reward it very often. It's more like a secret fetish or something. So, here we go - this thread is to honour those creators among us and in the big wide world who really do torture their characters.

Now, here's how it works:
1. Nominate a character you think is abused in a post here. A character will have to get a score of 10 or more points using the scoring system below to be considered. One other member of the CAA must also approve that your facts are correct.
2. Once a character is in the CAA Hall of Pain, their creator will go into the Honoured Torturers list.
3. A character who has all their points from physical pain will be listed in dark-red, while one from all psychological will be in blue.
4. A creator with three or more characters in the Hall of Pain will go onto the records as an Ultimate Torturer, and have their name in dark-red. Any story with three or more tortured characters in it will go into the LIST OF DOOM.
5. Yes, you can nominate your own characters, but they will be checked!

Scoring:
0.5 points for physical damage that does not leave a lasting mark, eg. a black eye. Colour code with dark red.
1 point for physical damage that leaves a lasting mark, eg. a scar, missing teeth. Colour code with red.
1 point for short-term psychological damage, eg. partner has an affair - though this really depends on the character. Colour code with dark blue.
2 points for long-tern psychological damage, eg. parents killed - although again this depends on the character. Colour code with blue.
Points are awarded per occasion, not per mark. For example, if a character were stabbed repeatedly on one single occasion, that only counts as 1 point.
Characters who are tortured for a living, eg. Tom from Tom and Jerry or the Coyote from the Road Runner Show, are not eligible as they are basically big damnit-dolls with no complex histories.

The form is thus:


Example:
Okay, let's say I want to nominate 2D from Gorillaz for our Hall of Pain.
Let's see here. Starting with the "Rock The House" video; in this, he was shot with billiard balls repeatedly. I know that this didn't leave a lasting mark, so he gets 0.5 points for that. The "Jump the Gut" cartoon ended in a very painful crash, which will get him another 0.5, and the "Fairground Indent" in which he gets run over also gets him a 0.5. There's also a game in which you swap his organ's for Murdoc's while he's asleep - I think that counts as another 0.5.
His front teeth were knocked out by Murdoc for not going to an interview, that counts as 1. He also got a croissant pushed into his face which knocked out his tonsils, that's another 1. Since his two 'fractured eyes' occurred on different occasions (the first, Murdoc drove a car into his face, the second, he was catapulted out of a car) that comes to 2 more points. The regular abuse from Murdoc, including having a phonebook thrown at his head, a cigarette butt extinguished on his arm, etc, I am going to put under a collective 1 as this is constant, ongoing physical trauma. He also fell out of a tree as a kid, which resulted in his migraines and blue hair (don't ask), so he gets a 1 for that.
For the psychological side, Murdoc did bang his girlfriend, and although he still whines about that, it really only comes to 'short-term' damage, therefore a 1.

So this is how I'd present the form:

Character Name: Stuart "2D" Pot
Creator: Jamie Hewlett/Damon Albran
World: Gorillaz
Trauma:
- "Rock The House" video - 0.5
- "Jump The Gut" bite - 0.5
- "Fairground Indent" - 0.5
- "Operation" game - 0.5
- Front teeth knocked out by Murdoc - 1
- Tonsils knocked out by croissant to face - 1
- Car driven into face resultant in "fractured eyeball" - 1
- Catapulted out of car resulting in second "fractured eyeball" - 1
- Ongoing Murdoc-induced trauma - 1
- Fell out of tree in preteens, resulting in migraines and blue hair - 1
- Girlfriend (Paula) cheats on him with Murdoc - 1
Total: 9

Therefore, unfortunately, 2D is not eligible for the Hall of Pain (unless someone else can come up with something I've missed). Even if he were, one other person in the guild would have to check my facts first.

HALL OF PAIN

"Xavier" Montmorency (20.5)
Felix Harrowgate (20)

HONOURED TORTURERS
Sarah Monette (Felix Harrowgate)
Eleanor Updale ("Xavier" Montmorency)

LIST OF DOOM

Yep. You could nominate Kerrigan, Leon, anyone. ^.^

The first trauma I would only assign one point to, as Felix doesn't really remember his mother, and seems much more affected by what happened after his abandonment than the fact that he was abandoned. At least, so far as I can remember. That still would only bring the total to 20, though.

Check check check...everything seems in order...yep, all this did happen. And only in the first book, I might add. 3nodding

*secretly tacks on one point for the random shallow cut he got on his face* ninja

And, by the way, the final trauma on the list has to be my favorite. 3nodding So, do we call it an even 20?

All of that happened in one book?

It was a long book, though. And its timeframe is actually, what, a year and a half? A little over a year? A lot of s**t can happen in a year.

Hey, Rae, I'd say any series that starts with the title character falling through a skylight and into a machine... well, that definitely belongs in our hall of fame. That's just the start of poor Monty's pain and suffering.

I'd generally put drug addiction as psychological damage, not so sure about long-term illness... both about equal to 1, though. What do you think?

Yeah, but I'm more thinking of the effects a wasting illness can have on a character--in some cases it could affect them long after the illness has passed.

To be honest, it's been so long I don't entirely remember why I brought it up. sweatdrop