Yeah… “trauma baiting” is definitely a good phrase for it, I feel. Idk if I said this before, but it hits me especially hard because Karlach is like an almost flawless representation of the type of women I’m attracted to, and correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that butch/masc-presenting queer-coded women rarely ever get this type of “main character” representation in mainstream media, so… idk. Maybe I’m a little obsessed with her. And lonely. Maybe I need to go to a ren faire or something.