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Reasons for the BSOD vary, but usually involves something that shakes the very core of the character's being. Classic examples include [[Dead Little Sister|losing a loved one]] (especially one that the character [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|failed to protect or save]]); discovering that the character is [[Tomato in the Mirror|not who he thought he was]]; being [[Et Tu, Brute?|betrayed by someone]] [[Heartbroken Badass|the character cared about]]; being forced to go against a personal code, core belief, or deep abiding reason to live; being delivered a nasty [[Hannibal Lecture]] by a particularly crafty villain; or [[My Greatest Failure|failing miserably at something that everything was riding on]].
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The best thing that can happen to a person suffering from a '''Heroic BSOD''' is meeting a friendly [[Warrior Therapist]], or for an extra layer of awesome, [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|getting rebooted with percussive force]]. Meeting a hostile [[Warrior Therapist]], on the other hand, is the ''worst'' thing that can happen to them, as they'd [[Hannibal Lecture|make damn sure]] that [[Despair Event Horizon|the character crashes completely]].
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