History TearJerker / StrongFemaleProtagonist

*** Going off of that is [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-91-3/ the eventual reveal]] that he [[spoiler: mind-controlled his mother in a desperate bid to get her to love him, but the consequences of that was so traumatic for him that he erased his memory of the event and bottled it up because he, as Alison points out, believed it to the be the one thing that would convince those around him that he wasn't human.]] The statement he makes after explaining how it all worked to her is heartbreaking.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. Even worse, his dog only acted because he could tell that Patrick needed his mother's attention. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see. It's [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-66-4/ heavily implied]] that his mother was going to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder him]]'' to make her life easier.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

*** Going off of that is the eventual reveal that he [[spoiler: mind-controlled his mother in a desperate bid to get her to love him, but the consequences of that was so traumatic for him that he erased his memory of the event and bottled it up because he, as Alison points out, believed it to the be the one thing that would convince those around him that he wasn't human.]] The statement he makes after explaining how it all worked to her is heartbreaking.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. Even worse, his dog only acted because he could tell that Patrick needed his mother's attention. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see. It's [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-66-4/ heavily implied]] that his mother was going to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder him]]'' to make her life easier.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.
*** After all this, [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-67-4/ he walled off his need for love and acceptance]]. And then [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-68-4/ his fear]], and any other emotion that would impede him.
---->'''Young!Patrick''': Money, land, investments. Easy. The parts of myself that weren't useful, I plucked out. [[HadToBeSharp I made myself into the version of me that could survive]].

--->'''Patrick:''' You see, I love people, [[MoralSociopathy and I've always sort of wanted to be one]].

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. Even worse, his dog only acted because he could tell that Patrick needed his mother's attention. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see. It's [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-66-4/ heavily implied]] that his mother was going to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder him]]'' to make her life easier.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.
*** After all this, [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-67-4/ he walled off his need for love and acceptance]] - the lack of it still hurt, but the pain was nowhere near as sharp.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. Even worse, his dog only acted because he could tell that Patrick needed his mother's attention. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see. It's [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-66-4/ heavily implied]] that his mother was going to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder him]]'' to make her life easier.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.
** Going off of that is the eventual reveal that he [[spoiler: mind-controlled his mother in a desperate bid to get her to love him, but the consequences of that was so traumatic for him that he erased his memory of the event and bottled it up because he, as Alison points out, believed it to the be the one thing that would convince those around him that he wasn't human.]] The statement he makes after explaining how it all worked to her is heartbreaking.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. Even worse, his dog only acted because he could tell that Patrick needed his mother's attention. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog [[DisproportionateRetribution had ripped her stocking]]. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother, who is a sociopath, [[NeckSnap murders his dog]] one evening [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-7/page-62-5/ right in front of him]] - because the dog had ripped her stocking. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother, who is a sociopath, murders his dog one evening right in front of him. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

* During the Dynamorphic convention, Alison [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/page-74-3/ witnesses a heated exchange]] involving a dynamorph who is a SexShifter depending on emotional state.

* During the Dynamorphic convention, Alison [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/page-74-3/ witnesses a heated exchange]] involving a dynamorph who is a GenderShifter depending on emotional state.

* Daniel's conversation with Alison about the existence of good people in the world. She's the first good person he's met, and he's convinced himself she's the ONLY good person. [[spoiler: When Alison asks why he tells himself that when he knows it's not true, he reveals it's because if other good people exist, that means he's killed a lot of them.]]

* Pintsize's page long speech about how he hates the idea of deconstruction in a sense. How he feels it's unfair that people want Superheros to be sad and complicated all in the name of being smart, when all it makes him feel is like he's being an idiot just for wanting to be a good person and doing the right thing.

-->'''Patrick:''' You see, I love people, and I've always sort of wanted to be one.

* Alison viewing Patrick's childhood while inside his mind. [[spoiler: His only friend, the first mind he ever read, was his loyal and unconditionally loving dog. When his parents found out he was psychic he was experimented on by several doctors, at least one of them he reveals is a pedophile who targets third-world children (and is promptly slapped for saying so). His mother, who is implied to be some sort of sociopath, murders his dog one evening right in front of him. His father is revealed to have been horrified and upset by finding out Patrick can read minds, which Patrick can, obviously, see.]] His childhood is so horrible that it's a part of himself he locks completely outside of his mental barriers, so he doesn't have to deal with it.

* Daniel's conversation with Alison about the existence of good people in the world. She's the first good person he's met, and he's convinced himself she's the ONLY good person. [[spoiler: When Alison asks why he tells himself that when he knows it's not true, he reveals it's because if other good people exist, that means he's killed a lot of them.]]

* The reveal about Patrick. [[spoiler: He really IS evil, after all.]]. however, this doesn't mean he's not a well-developed, three dimensional character, who's firmly convinced what he is doing is right. And, Allison's pain is REAL.

* Pintsize's page long speech about how he hates the idea of deconstruction in a sense. How he feels it's unfair that people want Superheros to be sad and complicated all in the name of being smart, when all it makes him feel is like he's being an idiot just for wanting to be a good person and doing the right thing.

-->'''Alison:''' I should...I should stop her, right? But...it's the most heroic thing anyone's ever done, but I can't--