History Main / ScarsAreUgly

* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]'s origin story revolves around one of his failed devices (meant to allow him to talk to his mother's soul in {{Hell}}) blowing up right in his face, leading him to don his iconic mask and armor to cover up his now-hideous face. A later story revealed that the actual scarring, as seen in the page image, was merely on his left cheek; while noticeable, it wasn't exactly terrifying. However, Doom was such a perfectionist that he was still completely horrified, and traveled to Tibet where a temple of monks built him his suit of armor. He was in such a rush to cover up the shameful scar that he put on his iconic metal mask ''while it was still red-hot out of the forge'', causing much more extensive FacialHorror.

* Inverted entirely in ''{{Literature/Komarr}};'' Having taken an unscheduled dip in a pond, Miles Vorkosigan strips out of his wet jacket and shirt in a car, revealing to his female companion an extensive catalogue of surgical and battle scars, the results of a lifetime of medical treatments and years of combat experience. Although she is initially (mildly) shocked, more by the sheer number of them than by anything else, she pivots ''rapidly'' to finding them absolutely fascinating - and wondering to herself what scars he might have that she hasn't yet seen.
* In ''Literature/November9'', Fallon has a lot of insecurities and negative feelings about her burn scars, which cover the left side of her body. They're a constant physical reminder of her traumatic near-death experience and she gets stared at for them. They've irrevocably changed her appearance and thrown a wrench in her dream of becoming an actor. She doesn't like going out wearing anything that could show the scars, including wearing long sleeves even when it's warm. She's also reluctant to let [[LoveInterest Ben]] - or any boy she's attracted to - see her undressed and thinks she could never be truly seen as attractive because of the scars. Ben tries to encourage her to not be ashamed or disgusted by her scars, insisting that he finds her beautiful and the scars show she's a survivor.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': When they were kids, Gregor Clegane pushed his younger brother, Sandor, into a fire [[DisproportionateRetribution for playing with his toys]], which earned him a hideous burnt scar on the left side of his face. That incident made Sandor hate his older brother very much. Many people were intimidated by Sandor's appearance, believing that he was just like his sociopathic brother but Sandor doesn't like to be compared to him.

-->-- ''[[Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly Dragons, Butterflies, and Who Knows What Else?]]'', [[Recap/DragonsButterfliesAndWhoKnowsWhatElseChapter17 Chapter 17]]

* In [[Recap/DragonsButterfliesAndWhoKnowsWhatElseChapter17 Chapter 17]] of ''[[Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly Dragons, Butterflies, And Who Knows What Else?]]'', the normally confident Mirabel starts to develop insecurities about her appearance when her burn scars start attracting one too many weird looks from her neighbors.

-->'''Fleur''': You thought I would not weesh to marry him? Or per'aps, you ''hoped?'' What do I care how he looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! ''All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!''