How angry is too angry?

[bronte448]

When does it turn from basic anger to an unhealthy obsession, in your opinion? I find it extremely creepy when a character has their enemy's photograph on a dartboard and things along those lines.

[N1ghtm4r3]

hmm lashing out at friend and fow alike probabaly crosses a line

[TheLemmaLlama]

Does it impede on their everyday functioning? I think dartboards can be a healthy way to vent if it's kept in the darts room :]

[Swamp]

To me it depends on the tone of the series and the reason for hating.
Having their ex on the dartboard? Creepy and weird.
Having the evil king that slayed their village on their target dummy? Less weird.
Cartoon where they have the clown that scared them as a child on a dartboard? Not weird.
Rival's photo on their bedside table? Romantic.

Also, I don't mind characters being 'too angry' as long as the author doesn't think I'm 'in on it', you know?

[MeltingCORE]

I agree that it depends on the tone. I also think it's disturbing when a creator becomes so obsessed with another real person that they desire turning them into a character to hurt. I'm not talking about political leaders or abusers. I mean when you turn someone else into an evil, over-the-top character because you don't like them or had a falling out: It makes it look like there's something wrong with you and you're trying to victimize yourself through pity. I've seen this happen occasionally and the creator will purposely make it known what they're doing. Hmm, emotional manipulation? They're almost always a teenager too or mentally unhinged. It makes me unfollow immediately because I don't care about the drama they have with others.

No matter how angry I've been, I don't immediately jump to turning people into characters. It's weird and personally? People who have truly hurt me don't deserve to even be acknowledged in my art. Also, real people are three dimensional and you run the risk of lying because you want to look 100% good.

I can understand writing about your experiences when you've been hurt (a falling out, breakup, you got fired - whatever) but again, when you lean too far into making characters a personal punching bag - you're losing the plot.

[Shanny8]

I have a character that I will be introducing in my webcomic over the next few chapters and they are this type of person. They were wronged and more or less abandoned(which led to them losing a lot), but they survived and all their anger/focus is bent on one person- to the point where they've pulled innocents into their quest for vengeance.

[xkdeSskf]

It's perfectly normal to be that kind of angry, though...
Personally what turns from basic anger to an unhealthy obsession is that the frequency of this changing is high.

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