I don't think anyone here knows you enough as a person to be making negative comments about YOU... so I trust it's all in character. Since people attach themselves to their characters, sometimes even IC insults can be hurtful if you're caught off guard and forget to keep that world separated entirely.

It's not like this is Facebook or something and people you actually know in real life are talking shit about you. We really don't know anything about you other than what you relay to us through your posts.