/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

How do you feel on artists who "abuse" their characters? Is it a fetish? Some kind of subconscious drive to make cute things feel "justice" due to your perceived slights in life?

I've been accused of treating a character of mine similar to the picrel artists and now I'm worried about the perception of me whenever I put her in the occasional unfortunate situation, my own reasoning is that I feel like those situations are much more interesting to see a character in than just a happy pinup where nothing happens.