CLAIM YOUR BAGGAGE

[sokye]

Everyone has baggage. What's yours?



• Post with your character. Include name, series and preferences in the title.
• In the comment, list three things your character considers baggage. Per Urban Dictionary, baggage is "the shit people go into relationships with."
• Characters replying state whether or not they can deal with the baggage listed. If they can, they get to post a baggage of their own. The OP then gets to decide if they can deal with that.
• OR do whatever you want. Discuss said baggage, laugh, ask questions, be horrified, throw a party, whatever.
• Some baggage might be triggering.

Idea from anon here.

Comments

Keith | Voltron: Legendary Defender

[yousayvoltron]

1. I'm half-alien. Specifically, half-the evil race who killed my friend's people and destroyed her whole planet.

2. I can't tell or understand jokes or catch onto catchy cheers to save my life.

3. I'm no good at feelings.

1

[the11thhour]

That you worry at all is proof enough that origin isn't everything.

Clay Terran | Ace Attorney

[floatingsomewherebetween]

1. My mom died and I still get weepy about her.

2. I almost died once because some jerk stabbed me over a piece of rock.

3. I never shut up about space.

2!

[littlesapphire]

Was the rock at least, like, a diamond or something?

Tailtiu | Fire Emblem: Geneaology of the Holy War

[boltprincess]

1. My dad murdered the prince of Granvale with his own hands.

2. My brother is married to an evil witch who kills kids for sport.

3. I hide my problems from everyone.

[blackparagon]

[OoC: Holy crap, you just made my day. FE4 is my favorite in the series, and I adore Tailtiu.]

...I can relate. My own father committed heinous deeds, and I'm sorry you have to deal with that yourself. You deserve better.

kylo ren ( STAR WARS ) ota

[vaderstan]

→ Murderer
→ Worst Emo Band Front man ever
→ brand new fascist dictator
→ Daddy issues. Mommy issues. Grand daddy issues. Grand mommy issues.
→ issues
→ way more than three issues.
→ Will fight you about issues

Dr. Sally Marquez/ Batman OC

[midnightdoctor]

1. I kill people to avoid dealing with the fact that there are things outside my control.

2. My parents are super disappointed in that and never fail to mention it any time I call.

3. I was murdered and my body got dumped outside in the woods for a week.

1

[redtailedhawke]

Seems reasonable.

marian hawke / dragon age

[redtailedhawke]

- failed to protect her little brother from being killed by an ogre in front of her

- failed to protect her little sister from being captured and imprisoned as a mage

- failed to protect her mother from a serial killer who chopped her up and sewed her back together in some frankensteinesque attempt to resurrect his own dead wife

- considers 99% of the world her enemy she is in constant battle with

- automatically solves problems with stabbing

- does not consider the total destruction of a city one of those problems

3

[midnightdoctor]

I honestly hope you got to painfully murder that guy.

Connor (Reverse AU) | Detroit: Become Human | OTA

[sentbydpd]

>> Has no actual idea what having parents is like
>> Exposed to the worst humanity has to offer on the daily
>> Has long since reached the conclusion that he will not be missed if he dies
>> Would rather clog his arteries than think about eating anything resembling a salad
>> Would rather smoke than deal with his stress in any healthy way
>> Believes wholeheartedly that he has no actual reason to be alive besides his work with the DPD

Benedict Dearborn || original (urban religious fantasy) || ota

[fumitory]

Demons love to hate me.
My parents were murdered.
I'm known to bring work home with me.
I've been told that I am 'superstitious.'
Additionally, I live with OCD.
Also, my guardian angel tends to show up at both the most opportune and inopportune times.

( this is, admittedly, the most off the top of the head stuff. )

You could have had Magnus but you got War instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[what_is_it_good_for]

In my experience angels turn up when it suits them.

Leonard Snart/Captain Cold | DCTV

[robber_of_atms]

- I'm a career criminal.
- I killed my abusive father by shooting him through the heart with ice.
- I'm obsessed with my red leather clad nemesis.
- I don't like taking my top off around people I don't trust.
- I have a very hard time trusting or showing my feelings around others.

[vengaboy]

Yeah, I wouldn't put having an interesting rival anywhere near the same level of baggage as shooting your own father.

[As someone familiar enough with both of those things... in fact, Masamune sees nothing wrong at all with an unhealthy fixation on a nemesis in red. It's totally normal!]

Charlemagne | Fate series | OTA

[thewingedpaladin]

-Has murdered dozens of people
-Removed a nation's belief to force his own as law, and norm.
-Slaughtered innocent people with different outlooks such as sexuality, religion, and more.
-Lost his brother in front of him, and was blamed for it by few.
-Was part of the reason why his own family fell apart.
-Sold his chance of a peaceful death to be a heroic spirit out of selfishness.

Esther Moreau | OC

[57times]

○ Terrible with talking about/dealing with/having feelings
○ Trust issues for days
○ Wants to be in a relationship but doesn't let anyone get close for that to even enter the realms of possibility
○ CSA survivor
○ Kills people for a living
○ If rock-bottom self esteem is a thing, she's brought a pickaxe and is prepared to dig

James Norrington / PotC

[his_majestys_navy]

I. My father would have prefered that I drowned.
II. Still have feelings for the married woman who turned me down.
III. Confused and frankly impossible feelings over the most ridiculous of pirates.
IV. Occasionally desire to push civilian superior off a cliff.
V. Hat fetish

I

[midnightdoctor]

Holy shit really? That's awful.

Norman Jayden | Heavy Rain | ota

[leanonstuff]

1) Works for the FBI and moves around a lot

2) Has a very addictive personality, and a few addictions to go along with it

3) Is socially awkward and not used to getting into serious relationships

3

[sentbydpd]

The socially awkward thing is...definitely a killer. Especially when your job requires you to actually, y'know. Be sociable.

At least a relationship only has to be as serious as you wanna make it, most of the time.

Cullen Rutherford / DA:I

[knightcommander]

1. Only survivor of a massacre of friends and colleagues.
2. Unsure of Mages are people or monsters waiting to happen.
3. Major control issues.
4. Trying to come off state-sanctioned drugs if current boss will allow: don't feel like loosing my mind to lyrium
5. Don't write to my siblings enough

1

[the11thhour]

I'm so sorry. I... I understand. It's awful. Beyond agonizing.

Jester Lavore | Critical Role

[littlesapphire]

1. I spent most of my life in my room because my mom had to keep me a secret.

2. I have little-to-no impulse control.

3. I just found out my dad might be a crime lord.

[viciousmaukeries]

Not getting out much just makes everything more exciting when you get to see what's out there, though, doesn't it?

[You're talking to a tiefling that didn't even know candy stores were a thing until very recently, after all.

...he can't offer much comment one way or another on mothers or fathers, because really, Molly has neither. Well, he had Gustav. But that's a bundle of issues all on its own.]

Stiles Stilinski / Teen Wolf / M/M

[runningwithwolves]

1. I was possessed by a fox demon and killed a lot of people. I remember all of it.

2. I think I'm pretty worthless.

3. I have so many trust issues.

Elleve | Dragon Quest XI | M/M preferred for ships, OTA

[the11thhour]

[Since many of this stuff is spoilers, you can read the baggage here. Please comment there. I just can't resist this meme. <3]

Trafalgar Law | One Piece | OTA, m/m ships

[hot_mes]

- only survivor of genocide
- everyone he's ever loved is dead, killed violently
- genius surgeon, too smart for most
- will manipulate anyone for gain
- capable of removing your heart from your chest and keep you alive to be tortured so um
- doesn't like people touching him including a certain rubber captain who won't fucking stop touching him

oh my god a law!!! :D this made my day not gonna lie

[chief_of_staff]

Too smart for most? [He laughs.] If you say so, I guess.

[He wants to comment on the rubber captain line, but he'll wait to do so.]

Soren | The Dragon Prince

[katallest]

a. in denial about not being the favored sibling

b. knows he won't be able to fulfill his mission

c. dad probably evil

[fulminus]

Aaaaaaaaaabsolutely! What's family for? Here's mine:

1. Increasingly concerned that maybe Father isn't so moral.
2. Actively being asked to choose to sacrifice a loved one if the need arises.
3. No one seems to like dark magic, but it comes so naturally to me!

Xander | Fire Emblem: Fates | M/F for shipping

[blackparagon]

1. I served my father loyally, even as he commanded an invasion of the neighboring kingdom, because of the strict, but kind and honorable man that he used to be. I hoped he would return to the way he once was.

2. I have killed many opposing soldiers in battle, who were simply trying to defend their homeland.

3. I later learned that my father had changed not due to trauma but because he had been possessed and consumed by an eldritch follower of an evil god. Therefore, even if he had achieved his goal, the effort it would have taken would have been all in vain.

3

[flowersandfortunes]

Oh, no...that's awful! What a horrible way to lose a loved one.


[one of her prospect husbands becomes a vessel for an evil god in a bad future, so she can relate]

Mollymauk Tealeaf | Critical Role

[viciousmaukeries]

1. I'm pretty sure the person who had my body before me was a bastard.
2. I have a feeling that his life is going to catch up to me one day and I'm not going to live through it
3. The only consistent thing in my life is that my friend who always leaves me will come back eventually.

[selfburn]

To be fair you are still a bastard just a less violent and cruel bastard. More, uh, the playful type.

As I've said before, you are who you are now. Not your past.

Finn "the Human" Mertens | Adventure Time with Finn and Jake | some may be spoilers!

[helpshomies]

1. I gunked up my first relationship real bad, cause I tricked my gf at the time into having an epic fight with someone else.

2. I kinda killed another me... a bunch of times. It's messed up.

3. My human dad's a real ding wad who's always ditching me and running away from his problems, and I dunno if he really cares about anyone but himself. My human mom's a lot cooler, but she lives in a computer now.

4. Also I lost my arm trying to catch my dad once.

sombra | overwatch

[clasificado]

1) I work for an international terrorist organization.
2) I like finding out other people's secrets. Especially if they don't want me to.
3) I've been targeted by a conspiracy manipulating the world from behind the scenes. I'm probably the only one who knows it exists. And before you ask—no, I'm not crazy.

3

[hackerlad]

...I don't think you're crazy.

[Hmm, it's familiar and yet not--and with any more context he's pretty sure their situations with conspiracies are wildly different anyhow. But all the same...even despite the blindfold, it's a clearly sympathetic look leveled sidelong in her direction.]

But something like that--yeah, I can see why most people wouldn't think about it. ...How much do you figure you know, about it?

[How far have you been able to get, not asked but implied. It feels--a little like comparing notes, maybe...]

Jaina Proudmoore | Warcraft

[prideof]

1. I failed at convincing my father to let go of old hate and because of it he died. With his death I was labelled a traitor by my home nation.

2. My first ex turned into a monster devoted to wiping out all life. I often wonder if I could have saved him.

3. Even though it was Garrosh who planned the bombing of my city I don't know how much I could ever trust the horde again...even on a individual basis.

4. I wonder if I had acted faster, been a better mage, if I could have saved friends that I've lost over the years. I don't know if I deserve to be standing here when they aren't.

Ike | Fire Emblem (Tellius) | M/F for shipping

[blue_flames]

1. I left my own world behind after everything I'd accomplished there. I may or may not be still feeling some wanderlust.

2. I'm a mercenary, so even if I settle down, I'm going to be fighting often.

3. I'm...really bad when it comes to romance. I just don't have much mentality for it. Don't get me wrong, I can love just fine, it's just romance that throws me for a loop.