Trouble aspects are the hardest

[Da_Gut]

Just saying.

Though I'm pondering one "The Red Court hates me and the Loa aren't too fond of me either".

[CMEast]

'Enemies on all sides'
'Beset on all sides'
'Good at making enemies'
'Court in the middle, can't get any Loa'
'Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right'

[Doc Nova]

Heheh...I like #4...

[Da_Gut]

Hmm, the character is a "Insatiably curious Red Court Infectee". He is an ectomantic researcher who is as driven as Martin to the destruction of the Red Court. I was toying with "the ends justify the means" as a possible aspect (I want some of his actions to be highly disturbing to the other pc's - he isn't a very good man.). But, what do you think of  "And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks back at you." as a trouble aspect? Or better as a regular aspect?

[kihon]

A little Friedrich Nietzsche - interesting. 

How about:  "My conscience is clean, I never use it"

or

"My conscience is clean, it doesn't apply when dealing with Vampires"

[YuriPup]

Going with a mentorless wizard. Her trouble is "Doesn't know enough".

[Kragshot]

Naw, man...trouble is easy as all heck. Just pick a real-life problem, magnify it by two or more, and you're done!

Seriously, it is not nearly as difficult to come up with a primary complication for a character. The problem that I'm seeing a lot of people having is that they are trying to come up with "fantastic" or "extraordinary" complications. The crap that ordinary people go through can still be problematic enough for a heroic character; just remember that heroic people have the same problems that regular people have...it's just that their problems are more heroic in scale.

Substance abuse:
"Just another hit will get me through the day..."
"Gin makes a man mean...."

Dependents/Family problems:
"Rebellious teenagers suck"
"Lone Wolf (Wizard) and Cub"
"My ex is a bloodsucking vampire (figuratively/literally- choose one)"

And that's just off of the top of my head....

Have fun with it and they'll come together.

[Barrington]

As Kragshot said, real-life problems make much better trouble aspects. And they don't have to sound mundane, either. You just have to figure out how to word it. For example, my character is a man who keeps a nearly uncontrollable rage bottled up inside. It's just really, really bad anger issues, but Anger Issues isn't a very interesting aspect name, so instead I named it The Beast Within. That says the same thing, but also represents how he fears the anger inside him and how much damage it can do to people that are nearby when he lets the monster out.