[quote=@Antarctic Termite]
<Snipped quote by Kho>

Do you ever get that irresistible urge to be a dick to your own characters for no particular reason, especially those you kept innocent for no other reason than being a dick to them?

...No? Just me?

oh. 

okay then.
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Wait a second... irresistible urges... be a dick to your characters...

[b]to be a dick[/b] [i]v.[/i] to act in a manner displaying little or no concern for the feelings or well-being of others; to be harsh, cruel, pitiless...

The well-being of others - their life, limbs, health, being sheltered and fed etc.
Their feelings - their emotional state of mind etc.

*Looks at all our characters*

Shet. We're all dicks.