This is a comic I've posted on DA for a bit. I have an older version, but this is the revision in order to add more to the story. Here's the summary premise
When she was 10, she lost her mother to violence.
A year later, she lost her brother to it as well.
And she ran.
That was 8 years ago. And a lot changes in 8 years.
With the help of dark magic, a psychic, and a malicious sorceress, Victoria Jackson entered the dark, winded path of hunting down each and every one responsible for ruining and stealing the two people she loved the most in the world.
But the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and her lust for revenge doesn't come without spiraling into madness.
The premise is about a young woman named Victoria Jackson who had lived with her mother and brother in the Chicagoan public housing in the 70s. And the community there wasn't good: a lot of it was ran by gangs and mobsters, and her mother got mixed with the wrong crowd.
This same crowd took her mother away too young and separated her from her brother. Victoria barely made it out herself, but she was filled with revenge and rage and shame because, even as a child, she wanted to be strong enough to stop it. And she just wasn't.
A year later, she comes into contact with a psychic who has the ability to grant her the powers she needs to get her revenge. But these powers are demonic and dangerous, and it's not going to be a smooth sail for Victoria. But the young girl still took that deal, because she wanted to be stronger.
Now it's the 80s, and Victoria is out for blood, hunting down the five people intentionally responsible.
I think the reason I tell this story because I'm a sucker for family-valued stories. Despite this story being as dark as it is (and it is dark, rated MA), the whole idea is that Victoria wants revenge. She wasn't able to do anything when she was younger, but now she has the power to do that. And the only thing running in her mind is the need to avenge her family. And she loved her family, and they loved her. Hell, the reason she got away was because her brother helped her get away (at the expense of his own freedom).
And well, maybe this story would be a metaphor for those who are stuck in similar situations and feel weak for not being able to get out of them. Like...there are some things that are beyond our control, and sometimes, shit goes south. And we're not able to change them immediately, no matter how much we want to. And yet, we want that strength to change our fate and not let people do us wrong.
Victoria might not have gotten that strength without sacrificing something, but she still got it. And I think that adds something to her character and to her motivation.