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->''"Doctor, my wife is seven months pregnant with a baby we didn't intend. My fifteen-year-old son has cerebral palsy. I am an extremely overqualified high school chemistry teacher. When I can work, I make $43,700 per year. I have watched all of my colleagues and friends surpass me in every way imaginable, and within eighteen months, I will be dead. And you ask why I ran?"''
-->-- '''Walter White''', ''Series/BreakingBad''
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->''"It is important to remember that while the audience requires the story to be believable, at least within the context of the story's own rules, but they have no such standards for a character's backstory. As such, the writer is free to make it as outlandish as they wish with no regards for WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief."''
->''"Poor Mary Sue lost her parents in a tragic double-dark lord homicide before she was sent to [[OrphanageOfFear the hateful home for Haggard orphans.]] There she was abused and set on fire every day, [[PlayingWithFire which is how she mastered fire magic.]] But she was so cold and alone, [[AnIcePerson she mastered ice magic too]] despite the other orphans hailing her as their champion. Then all of her orphan friends died... except for the jerk ones though. [[YankTheDogsChain Then she got adopted and her new loving adoptive family died.]] Then her middle school and high school boyfriend died so she can never love again. Also, she has orphanitis and is fated to die tragically should she ever find true happiness again, and she inherit her dead adoptive family's debt, and she got bullied too. Oh, and her dog died too."''
->''"Just keep lumping crap on that pile and setting it on fire. More tragedy just means more sympathy from the audience. [[{{Narm}} See, they're crying and I'm sure that's not tears of laughter.]] Trim down a character's backstory to retain believability and maintain consistency? Make sure the character's backstory doesn't clash with the tone in a way that undermines the story? Eh, sorry. but Mary Sue needs those pity points in her backstory. Otherwise, how will anyone feel sorry for her without her tragic backstory?"''
-->--'''JP Beaubien,''' ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', CHARACTER BACKSTORIES
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->''"It is important to remember that while the audience requires the story to be believable, at least within the context of the story's own rules, but they have no such standards for a character's backstory. As such, the writer is free to make it as outlandish as they wish with no regards for WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief."''
->''"Poor Mary Sue lost her parents in a tragic double-dark lord homicide before she was sent to [[OrphanageOfFear the hateful home for Haggard orphans.]] There she was abused and set on fire every day, [[PlayingWithFire which is how she mastered fire magic.]] But she was so cold and alone, [[AnIcePerson she mastered ice magic too]] despite the other orphans hailing her as their champion. Then all of her orphan friends died... except for the jerk ones though. [[YankTheDogsChain Then she got adopted and her new loving adoptive family died.]] Then her middle school and high school boyfriend died so she can never love again. Also, she has orphanitis and is fated to die tragically should she ever find true happiness again, and she inherit her dead adoptive family's debt, and she got bullied too. Oh, and her dog died too."''
->''"Just keep lumping crap on that pile and setting it on fire. More tragedy just means more sympathy from the audience. [[{{Narm}} See, they're crying and I'm sure that's not tears of laughter.]] Trim down a character's backstory to retain believability and maintain consistency? Make sure the character's backstory doesn't clash with the tone in a way that undermines the story? Eh, sorry. but Mary Sue needs those pity points in her backstory. Otherwise, how will anyone feel sorry for her without her tragic backstory?"''
-->--'''JP Beaubien,''' ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', CHARACTER BACKSTORIES
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->'''Steven:''' I-I guess. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E1GemGlow I kinda freaked out when they canceled my favorite ice cream.]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies And then, I got attacked by a giant bug monster]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies And I got trapped in a bubble and almost drowned]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers I lost control of my body and turned into a blob of cats]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays I almost turned so old, I died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss Amethyst almost died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter Pearl]] ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter did]]'' [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter die]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn Garnet got destabilized right in front of me]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak I woke up with a black eye, imprisoned on a spaceship]]--
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->'''Steven:''' I-I guess. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E1GemGlow I kinda freaked out when they canceled my favorite ice cream.]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies And then, I got attacked by a giant bug monster]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies And I got trapped in a bubble and almost drowned]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers I lost control of my body and turned into a blob of cats]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays I almost turned so old, I died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss Amethyst almost died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter Pearl]] ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter did]]'' [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter die]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn Garnet got destabilized right in front of me]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak I woke up with a black eye, imprisoned on a spaceship]]--
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->'''Dr. Maheswaran:''' Steven, do you remember anything ''bad'' in your childhood that particularly stuck with you?
->'''Steven:''' I-I guess. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E1GemGlow I kinda freaked out when they canceled my favorite ice cream.]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies And then, I got attacked by a giant bug monster]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies And I got trapped in a bubble and almost drowned]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers I lost control of my body and turned into a blob of cats]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays I almost turned so old, I died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss Amethyst almost died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter Pearl]] ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter did]]'' [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter die]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn Garnet got destabilized right in front of me]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak I woke up with a black eye, imprisoned on a spaceship]]--
->'''Dr. Maheswaran:''' ''(horrified)'' Steven, this is ''serious!''
->'''Steven:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall But... that was just the]] ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall early]]'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall stuff]].
-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E14GrowingPains Growing Pains"]]
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->'''Dr. Maheswaran:''' Steven, do you remember anything ''bad'' in your childhood that particularly stuck with you?
->'''Steven:''' I-I guess. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E1GemGlow I kinda freaked out when they canceled my favorite ice cream.]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies And then, I got attacked by a giant bug monster]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies And I got trapped in a bubble and almost drowned]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers I lost control of my body and turned into a blob of cats]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays I almost turned so old, I died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss Amethyst almost died]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter Pearl]] ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter did]]'' [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E16StevenTheSwordFighter die]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn Garnet got destabilized right in front of me]]... [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak I woke up with a black eye, imprisoned on a spaceship]]--
->'''Dr. Maheswaran:''' ''(horrified)'' Steven, this is ''serious!''
->'''Steven:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall But... that was just the]] ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall early]]'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall stuff]].
-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E14GrowingPains Growing Pains"]]
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'''[[spoiler: Other Eleanor]]:''' Real Eleanor]]/[[spoiler:Vicky]]:''' Actually, I'm not sure. I never met my birth parents. They put me in an empty fish tank and abandoned me in a train station in Bangladesh. Luckily, [[ThrowTheDogABone I was found and adopted]] by a ''very'' nice couple, the [[spoiler: Shellstrop's]].Shellstrop]]'s. \\
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'''[[spoiler: Other Eleanor]]:''' Real Eleanor]]/[[spoiler:Vicky]]:''' But then they died when I was four. Bird flu. [...] Anyway, orphanage burned down, yada yada yada, made my way to America, yada yada yada, learned English from watching ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', put myself through law school, and here I am.
