#I've decided mq!ravyn tried skateboarding as a teen until they fell and smacked their chin on the concrete

[high-voltage-rat]

Giving your OCs scars is actually so fun and fleshes them out so well. I've seen so much writing and character design "advice" that, in an unfortunate attempt to discourage edginess*, tells you most people don't have many scars, but the truth is, they often do- and you (and they) just may not notice at first glance.

This character used to be really reckless as a teenager and wiped out on their skateboard trying to do a trick or ride down too steep a hill, getting a deep scrape. This character has shaky hands and once cut their thumb chopping fruit. This character slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk going to class and scraped up their hands catching themself. This character was a bored teenager who thought it would be funny to shoot something that wasn't an arrow from their archery bow and lost a chunk of skin where it got snagged when they let their not-arrow fly. This character had a minor laparoscopic procedure. This character tried and failed to slide down the firefighter pole on the playground and put their teeth through their lip. This character was really intense about their favourite sport or game and got a giant scrape/cut making a glorious play to win the match. This character just kept picking at that acne spot over and over.

There are so many mundane ways one can get scars, and they tell such interesting stories about one's life. This is not to say that scars from life-changing incidents are all that rare or edgy: I know plenty of folks with those, too. But almost everyone has some little scars- and when you're writing, it can be fun to think about little, almost insignificant details like these that add depth to your characters.

* - friendly reminder to do whatever you want forever with your characters. Edginess is the coward's invention and you should free yourself from its restrictive bonds.