[oc] Tragic backstories

posted by u/Yoffeepop · 2026-10-28 11:33 UTC

Today‘s DnDtober prompt was ‘fey.’ Tragic backstories are good motivation for becoming an adventurer. I don’t actually know much about Fey in terms of DnD and if they have any empathy for non fey, but I found the thought of one going to take a memory and seeing the tragic backstory kinda funny.

## Top comments

1. u/DudeFreek · 2026-10-28 11:37 UTC

Same energy

2. u/Shark7996 · 2026-10-28 12:14 UTC

"Oh, Gunter, I had no idea of your tragic past! What world could be so cruel as to trample upon such a magnificent creature?"

"...wenk"

3. u/zuzg · 2026-10-28 13:39 UTC

https://giphy.com/gifs/12HEvKEztn3vt6

4. u/TheDarkNerd · 2026-10-28 13:22 UTC

This felt like the most Adventure Time-coded chapter of the comic I've read. I could totally see Fionna getting into this scenario, though I guess Finn would more be the tragic backstory sort.

5. u/EmperorMittens · 2026-10-28 15:13 UTC

An even more tragic backstory established in the Fionna and Cake series is that Simon's relationship with Betty wasn't a healthy one.

6. u/Feenx_Fan · 2026-10-28 12:11 UTC

https://giphy.com/gifs/gVnet5HmqG5xu

7. u/Flying_Cooki · 2026-10-28 12:08 UTC

WENK

8. u/z3anon · 2026-10-28 17:31 UTC

9. u/shellbullet17 · 2026-10-28 11:36 UTC

Holy damn. When your tragedies are so bad the get suddenly decides you must be protected

....couldn't you have taken just a little trauma please. This face has seen so many horrors

10. u/Brehmes · 2026-10-28 11:53 UTC

The horrors persist, but so do I.

11. u/exzyle2k · 2026-10-28 12:27 UTC

But the trauma is the reason why wizards don't ask how big the room is before casting Fireball. Being able to disassociate means bigger boom.

12. u/Taedirk · 2026-10-28 14:17 UTC

Fun fact: a not-insignificant amount of wizard trauma comes from that first time casting Fireball before asking how big the room is.

13. u/Rargnarok · 2026-10-28 14:46 UTC

Its the circle of trauma and its the foundation of wizard societies

14. u/Prezofcalendars · 2026-10-28 11:44 UTC

Wow, the Fey went from seducer to mother….. gods knows what horror the wizard is carrying. Poor thing.

15. u/Rastaba · 2026-10-28 11:54 UTC

She saw someone she used to know waving at her and waved back. Turns out she was waving at someone behind her. The shame has haunted her ever since.

Source: Made it up as seemed funny.

16. u/Yoffeepop · 2026-10-28 11:56 UTC

100% this

17. u/Prezofcalendars · 2026-10-28 12:06 UTC

😭 some horror are best unspoken

18. u/ThekillerguyYT · 2026-10-28 12:07 UTC

I'm surprised she'd continue living after this happened to her

19. u/Captain-Obvious69 · 2026-10-28 12:13 UTC

I counter this by hitting the good ol' [Image]

Works every time (man, I wish mobile reddit still let you place the image where you want instead of always at the end)

20. u/BigAssBoobMonster · 2026-10-28 13:45 UTC

Or someone said hi and they said hi back and it turns out the other person was using a headset in their other ear.

What doesn't kill you makes you cry yourself to sleep at night