Trauma is not a personality trait. writers will put a character through 24 episodes of pure misery and people instantly call it a "masterpiece" like torture corn is peak fiction.
Getting beaten into a pulp, turning edgy, and crying in rain doesn't mean the character grew. that’s just pain for shock value. development is how they actually think, change, and make decisions after the fact.
Who genuinely had great writing without needing constant trauma corn to carry them. or tell me why i’m wrong?