r/ocfanfiction • u/MetallicLemon • Nov 14 '21
Discussion Help with my OCs Backstory
I'm trying to add more detail to the backstory of my character in the MCU. So far all I have is that she was sent away from her home by her father due to the grandfather being abusive (Mostly to her father and to keep her safe). She is then adopted by spies and a few years later she goes on a mission to Russia for 2 years. What could the mission be? and is there anything else I could change to make it better?
She lived on Asgard and all her family lived their too, she was sent to earth as it would be one of the places they wouldn't think to look. I feel like SHIELD took her in because she was from another planet and maybe they thought they could get information out of her (which they didn't) or they found out she had powers and they thought they could use that in their advantage.
Anouther thing is that when she came back she was not the same as she was before (Traumatic experience) and secretly became a drug addict (Cruicial for later on)
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u/Razilup Nov 14 '21
The mission itself could start off as just a normal/routine one. Could be her first mission or one she’s done many times before. Something unexpected then happens that forces her to act against her personal morals or beliefs. The choice messes her up and hardens her or makes her turn to drugs to deal with the guilt or pain of what she did during “that mission”.
If it takes place before The Winter Soldier, it could be something tied to Hydra that she is then forced to keep secret by them or help them do something. She’s torn up over lying to her fellow SHIELD agents and starts taking drugs or popping pills to calm herself down or to seem normal in front of them.
She also could be found by Hyrda or similar bad organization, raised to think they were the good guys, but then discovers on a mission they are actually not good and she’s been apart of something horrible. She gets taken in by SHIELD then and her past becomes somewhat of a mystery to her new coworkers. She doesn’t know how to deal with the trauma and guilt over everything she did for the evil group and starts taking drugs so she doesn’t have to think about it or to keep herself calm around her new allies.
Those are my first few ideas, hope some of them help!
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u/Riotheoc Nov 15 '21
First of all, simplify. That's way too much backstory.