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* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
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* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''.''Webcomic/{{Ice|2003}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
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* Lucinda Potter from ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' is a de facto second in command of the pirate crew, an EmotionlessGirl and an expert on magical cannons (among other things). She UsedToBeASweetKid before [[spoiler: someone seduced her and broke her heart, [[DrivenToSuicide driving her to suicide]], and just as she was ready to jump]], a [[DealWithTheDevil raven came to her]]. Relief from the pain is her payment for working to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* Red in ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'' is a ruthless monster-hunter, quick to violence, ''extremely'' protective of November, and has AnAxeToGrind. Having died ([[UnexplainedRecovery she recovered]]) and hacked her way out of a wolf that ate her grandmother changes one's outlook.
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* Red in ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'' is a ruthless monster-hunter, quick to violence, ''extremely'' protective of November, and has AnAxeToGrind.wields an axe. Having died ([[UnexplainedRecovery she recovered]]) and hacked her way out of a wolf that ate her grandmother changes one's outlook.
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Susan, who spends a good portion of the early half of the comic emotionally detached or furious. Between catching her father cheating on her mother when she was young, and being forced to kill a vampire just a few years ago... well, she's had a lot of trauma to deal with. [[spoiler: She falls back on emotional detachment briefly after Pandora's death.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', Gray's unsympathetic, ruthless side only came about after his best (and first) friend was constantly bullied and eventually hospitalised with [[ConvenientComa little chance of recovery]]. This is what sent him on the warpath against Eunjang's hierarchy of bullies, and it takes a long time for his newfound companions to break through his hard shell and give him back some sense of happiness.
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* Erika Hayasaka from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' is cool, calm, sarcastic, and quick to inflict violence on anyone who violates her personal space. At first thought to be the only one in the cast who ''wasn't'' awash with neuroses, she eventually turned out to be possibly the most damaged of them all. And [[TropeNamers it was the title]] of one of her albums.
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* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better because of it.]]
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant -- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' offers several; Sal and Ruth, Billie and Sarah, for their various reasons. Sal and Sarah seems to be working through their issues, Billie’s problems really come down to FirstWorldProblems, Ruth is not coping at all. Oddly enough Marcie, who might be expected to have issues from her difficult childhood and subsequent mutism, seems to be quite a balanced, occasionally likeable character. Carla, the trans skater, might be expected to be one, but simply comes across as selfish and obnoxious.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant -- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' offers several; Sal and Ruth, Billie and Sarah, for their various reasons. Sal and Sarah seems to be working through their issues, Billie’s problems really come down to FirstWorldProblems, Ruth is not coping at all. Oddly enough Marcie, who might be expected to have issues from her difficult childhood and subsequent mutism, seems to be quite a balanced, occasionally likeable character. Carla, the trans skater, might be expected to be one, but simply comes across as selfish and obnoxious.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
* The title heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' is carrying heavy angst from some as-yet-unspecified childhood trauma, as well as guilt over her [[spoiler:unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abandoning of her baby]].
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
* The title heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' is carrying heavy angst from some as-yet-unspecified childhood trauma, as well as guilt over her [[spoiler:unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abandoning of her baby]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Post time skip Dani becomes one, after she thinks she saw her twin brother, Dorian, die.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Galatea ("Golly") in
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'':
** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
** Teo was broken at one point, but seems to have put herself back together and makes a habit of trying to do that with others by adopting waifs and strays.
* Erika Hayasaka from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' is cool, calm, sarcastic, and quick to inflict violence on anyone who violates her personal space. At first thought to be the only one in the cast who ''wasn't'' awash with neuroses, she eventually turned out to be possibly the most damaged of them all. And [[TropeNamers it was the title]] of one of her albums.
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** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be this -- or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come from
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense -- only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be this - or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come from personal experience or not - if they do, she's probably this trope, and a good deal more sympathetic than she had been previously. Which wouldn't be surprising, as a lot of villains tend to have a dimension of sympathy. (Except the BigBad himself, by [[WordOfGod admission of the creator]].)
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken by the time the game starts that she's forgotten what emotion feels like, [[spoiler: which makes her ascention to God Tier all the more heartwarming.]]
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better because of it.]]
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be this - or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come from personal experience or not - if they do, she's probably this trope, and a good deal more sympathetic than she had been previously. Which wouldn't be surprising, as a lot of villains tend to have a dimension of sympathy. (Except the BigBad himself, by [[WordOfGod admission of the creator]].)
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken by the time the game starts that she's forgotten what emotion feels like, [[spoiler: which makes her ascention to God Tier all the more heartwarming.]]
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better because of it.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' beIn ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', this - or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as appears to happen to Reiko when Skye calls it quits on their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come relationship as evident on this [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-384/ page]] and future pages of this particular arc.
* Ophelia Banksly frompersonal experience or not - if they do, she's ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised -- probably this trope, the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a good deal more sympathetic than she had been previously. Which wouldn't be surprising, as a lot tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of villains tend to have a dimension of sympathy. (Except the BigBad himself, by [[WordOfGod admission of the creator]].)
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken bythe time the game starts that she's forgotten what emotion feels like, [[spoiler: which makes her ascention to God Tier all the more heartwarming.]]
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting betterbecause of it.]]the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be
* Ophelia Banksly from
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken by
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better
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* The title heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' is carrying heavy angst from some as-yet-unspecified childhood trauma, as well as guilt over her [[spoiler:unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abandoning of her baby]].
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
%%* ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': JerkassWoobie [[DarkActionGirl Darkish Action Girl]] Sal.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant-- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* Ophelia Banksly from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of the time because of the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', this appears to happen to Reiko when Skye calls it quits on their relationship as evident on this [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-384/ page]] and future pages of this particular arc.
* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' offers several; Sal and Ruth, Billie and Sarah, for their various reasons. Sal and Sarah seems to be working through their issues, Billie’s problems really come down to FirstWorldProblems, Ruth is not coping at all. Oddly enough Marcie, who might be expected to have issues from her difficult childhood and subsequent mutism, seems to be quite a balanced, occasionally likeable character. Carla, the trans skater, might be expected to be one, but simply comes across as selfish and obnoxious.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Post time skip Dani becomes one, after she thinks she saw her twin brother, Dorian, die.
* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'':
** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
** Teo was broken at one point, but seems to have put herself back together and makes a habit of trying to do that with others by adopting waifs and strays.
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
%%* ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': JerkassWoobie [[DarkActionGirl Darkish Action Girl]] Sal.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant-- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* Ophelia Banksly from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of the time because of the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', this appears to happen to Reiko when Skye calls it quits on their relationship as evident on this [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-384/ page]] and future pages of this particular arc.
* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' offers several; Sal and Ruth, Billie and Sarah, for their various reasons. Sal and Sarah seems to be working through their issues, Billie’s problems really come down to FirstWorldProblems, Ruth is not coping at all. Oddly enough Marcie, who might be expected to have issues from her difficult childhood and subsequent mutism, seems to be quite a balanced, occasionally likeable character. Carla, the trans skater, might be expected to be one, but simply comes across as selfish and obnoxious.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Post time skip Dani becomes one, after she thinks she saw her twin brother, Dorian, die.
* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'':
** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
** Teo was broken at one point, but seems to have put herself back together and makes a habit of trying to do that with others by adopting waifs and strays.
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* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
%%* ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': JerkassWoobie [[DarkActionGirl Darkish Action Girl]] Sal.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant-- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* Ophelia Banksly from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of the time because of the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', this appears to happen to Reiko when Skye calls it quits on their relationship as evident on this [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-384/ page]] and future pages of this particular arc.
* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' offers several; Sal and Ruth, Billie and Sarah, for their various reasons. Sal and Sarah seems to be working through their issues, Billie’s problems really come down to FirstWorldProblems, Ruth is not coping at all. Oddly enough Marcie, who might be expected to have issues from her difficult childhood and subsequent mutism, seems to be quite a balanced, occasionally likeable character. Carla, the trans skater, might be expected to be one, but simply comes across as selfish and obnoxious.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Post time skip Dani becomes one, after she thinks she saw her twin brother, Dorian, die.
* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'':
** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
** Teo was broken at one point, but seems to have put herself back together and makes a habit of trying to do that with others by adopting waifs and strays.
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** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
** Teo was broken at one point, but seems to have put herself back together and makes a habit of trying to do that with others by adopting waifs and strays.
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** Given all she's gone through, it's surprising that Leez can remain so cheerful. When the facade cracks it's sad to watch. And according to the real Kubera, things are only going to get worse for her.
** Asha may also be a candidate, but it's rather hard to tell under the tough shell she wears.
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%%* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'''s main character 25th Baam in a case where we see the initial breaking in season one and the final result five years later in season two.
* In ''Webcomic/BloodBank'', most Art count as this: humans selected at a very young age to be raised as slaves for bourgeois vampires, often for sexual reasons. If they're "lucky" enough to escape being drained of blood by their masters after outliving their usefulness, they usually end up in the slums, unable to readjust to normal life. Special mention goes to Humpty Dumpty for being treated with drugs that prevent him from ever aging.
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'':
** Jillian Zamussels turns out to be a Broken Bird, among other things, due to being the princess of a destroyed kingdom that she never wanted in the first place, in addition to massive amounts of torture, MindRape, and failed attempts to ScrewDestiny.
** Her lover and torturer (yeah, it's that kind of relationship) Wanda isn't better: her backstory, explored in the ''"Inner Peace (Through Superior Firepower)"'' stories, reveals just how much she was broken, repeatedly, during her first turns of existence, slowly turning her into the ruthless and Fate-abider character she is nowadays.
** Bunny Velvetino. Her voice was taken from her by the Great Minds after she revealed Thinkamancy secrets to her lover, Prince Ponzie. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that these secrets involved literal MindRape from Doller Bill, who would rape a doll that she was mentally linked to.]] She is also implied to have had a hand in Ponzie's death when he tried to seize the throne, having to choose between Don King and Ponzie.
%%* Miranda West in ''Webcomic/TheWotch''.
* Red in ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'' is a ruthless monster-hunter, quick to violence, ''extremely'' protective of November, and has AnAxeToGrind. Having died ([[UnexplainedRecovery she recovered]]) and hacked her way out of a wolf that ate her grandmother changes one's outlook.
%%* Kamikaze Kate from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.
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** Faye -- though she subverts the FreakOut, she makes jokes about it while she's in obvious pain from bringing it up, and chooses to tell Marten beforehand. Still counts, though, because she is [[TheWoobie pretty broken]]. After finding out the whole story, Marten is careful to explain the situation to her next potential boyfriend.
--->'''Angus''': Wait, how do I know any of this is true? Maybe you're still holding a torch for her!\\
'''Marten''': Dude, when a park ranger warns you about bears, it's not so he can keep all the bear hugs for himself.
** More recent issues indicate that Dora may also be one, particularly regarding her relationship history and trust issues with Marten.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be this - or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come from personal experience or not - if they do, she's probably this trope, and a good deal more sympathetic than she had been previously. Which wouldn't be surprising, as a lot of villains tend to have a dimension of sympathy. (Except the BigBad himself, by [[WordOfGod admission of the creator]].)
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken by the time the game starts that she's forgotten what emotion feels like, [[spoiler: which makes her ascention to God Tier all the more heartwarming.]]
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better because of it.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-11-14 Seymour diagnoses the navy blue succubus as this.]]
--->''"So much cynicism in your voice -- masking untold sorrows."''
%%** [[spoiler: Blue herself]] is revealed to be one.
* The title heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' is carrying heavy angst from some as-yet-unspecified childhood trauma, as well as guilt over her [[spoiler:unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abandoning of her baby]].
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
%%* ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': JerkassWoobie [[DarkActionGirl Darkish Action Girl]] Sal.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant-- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* Ophelia Banksly from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of the time because of the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
%%* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'''s main character 25th Baam in a case where we see the initial breaking in season one and the final result five years later in season two.
* In ''Webcomic/BloodBank'', most Art count as this: humans selected at a very young age to be raised as slaves for bourgeois vampires, often for sexual reasons. If they're "lucky" enough to escape being drained of blood by their masters after outliving their usefulness, they usually end up in the slums, unable to readjust to normal life. Special mention goes to Humpty Dumpty for being treated with drugs that prevent him from ever aging.
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'':
** Jillian Zamussels turns out to be a Broken Bird, among other things, due to being the princess of a destroyed kingdom that she never wanted in the first place, in addition to massive amounts of torture, MindRape, and failed attempts to ScrewDestiny.
** Her lover and torturer (yeah, it's that kind of relationship) Wanda isn't better: her backstory, explored in the ''"Inner Peace (Through Superior Firepower)"'' stories, reveals just how much she was broken, repeatedly, during her first turns of existence, slowly turning her into the ruthless and Fate-abider character she is nowadays.
** Bunny Velvetino. Her voice was taken from her by the Great Minds after she revealed Thinkamancy secrets to her lover, Prince Ponzie. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that these secrets involved literal MindRape from Doller Bill, who would rape a doll that she was mentally linked to.]] She is also implied to have had a hand in Ponzie's death when he tried to seize the throne, having to choose between Don King and Ponzie.
%%* Miranda West in ''Webcomic/TheWotch''.
* Red in ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'' is a ruthless monster-hunter, quick to violence, ''extremely'' protective of November, and has AnAxeToGrind. Having died ([[UnexplainedRecovery she recovered]]) and hacked her way out of a wolf that ate her grandmother changes one's outlook.
%%* Kamikaze Kate from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''
** Faye -- though she subverts the FreakOut, she makes jokes about it while she's in obvious pain from bringing it up, and chooses to tell Marten beforehand. Still counts, though, because she is [[TheWoobie pretty broken]]. After finding out the whole story, Marten is careful to explain the situation to her next potential boyfriend.
--->'''Angus''': Wait, how do I know any of this is true? Maybe you're still holding a torch for her!\\
'''Marten''': Dude, when a park ranger warns you about bears, it's not so he can keep all the bear hugs for himself.
** More recent issues indicate that Dora may also be one, particularly regarding her relationship history and trust issues with Marten.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Considering recent developments with her character, [[DarkActionGirl Tsukiko]] ''might'' be this - or she might just be crazy. She says that she "likes" the undead because she thinks that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters living people are the real monsters]] and therefore the undead, as their inverse, [[InsaneTrollLogic must be good]]. It is, however, unclear whether these opinions come from personal experience or not - if they do, she's probably this trope, and a good deal more sympathetic than she had been previously. Which wouldn't be surprising, as a lot of villains tend to have a dimension of sympathy. (Except the BigBad himself, by [[WordOfGod admission of the creator]].)
** [[LawfulStupid Miko]] [[KnightTemplar Miyazaki]] could be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted as such]] as well; she was orphaned at a young age, is severely socially awkward, and her only friend is her horse. One could imagine a lonely young girl with poor social skills adopting a rigid black-and-white view of the world as a means of emotional defense - only making things worse, as her narrow-mindedness and arrogance drives people even further away from her.
%%* Iris Kolrick from {{Shadownova}}. Her past hasn't been shown yet, but word of god confirms that it is a tragic one.
%%* Lindsey from ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}''. She ain't forgiving herself anytime soon.
* Galatea ("Golly") in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' is much less of an emotional disaster than she once was, but she still tries to project an air of competence and experience far beyond what she actually has (even if she is a genius).
%%* Susan from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is not quite as broken as some on the list, but she has her problems. Also, one of the more Badass characters.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] [[EmotionlessGirl Megido]]. The poor girl is so broken by the time the game starts that she's forgotten what emotion feels like, [[spoiler: which makes her ascention to God Tier all the more heartwarming.]]
%%* Lucy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. It's only noticeable under certain circumstances, but ''wow''.
%%* Carmen of ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere''; explained by her childhood.
* [[spoiler:Bathory]] of ''Webcomic/{{Crepuscule}}'' seems to be this, as revealed in more recent chapters: [[spoiler:For hundreds of years, she's been searching for a surviving relative from the extermination of the pureblood succubi. Thankfully, she finds Angela, her aunt, and seems to be getting better because of it.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-11-14 Seymour diagnoses the navy blue succubus as this.]]
--->''"So much cynicism in your voice -- masking untold sorrows."''
%%** [[spoiler: Blue herself]] is revealed to be one.
* The title heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' is carrying heavy angst from some as-yet-unspecified childhood trauma, as well as guilt over her [[spoiler:unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abandoning of her baby]].
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off.
%%* ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': JerkassWoobie [[DarkActionGirl Darkish Action Girl]] Sal.
* Murai in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' is a variant-- her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her collapse during the bandit raid, meaning the broken side of her was shown before the facade was.
* Lei'ella if ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' puts on a ruthless facade and uses SpockSpeak to intimidate people in her capacity as a thief-catcher, a job which she admits usually results in her killing someone. She's cynical about Acheron's motives, and refuses to believe the thief Varden has any capacity for goodness. This is because she's an elf "afflicted" with mortality and exiled when she was twelve; since then she's had to hide her race because she's invariably been rejected by prejudiced humans.
* Both the protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Ice}}''. Hunter used to be quite an outspoken GranolaGirl before [[spoiler: getting raped by the Queensmen]], while Cirr, nowadays close to TheStoic, [[spoiler: has a messy DescentIntoAddiction]] as his backstory.
* Arthur in ''[[http://findchaos.com Find Chaos]]'' started out [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering]] his {{abusive|Parents}} SinisterMinister father, escaped from a mental institution by "dying, a little", and got recruited as a [[CreatureHunterOrganization monster assassin]]. He's also TheFriendNobodyLikes to his organization thanks to his [[TroubledSympatheticBigot profound religious prejudice]] against everyone in the group, including himself. His life is less than happy.
* Ophelia Banksly from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from founder Ma Oceana. She also has a DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, can't show weakness most of the time because of the racism and misogyny she faces as a black woman in a majority-white gang, refuses to confide in anyone (including her best friend Derry and lover Simon), and is younger than her mature, sophisticated demeanor projects.
