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[arkster]

What's the first time you ever killed off a character?

One of yours, I mean, one you'd petted and fed and watered and seen grow. One who'd surprised you, multiple times. One you'd grown to love and see yourself in, and - more gratifyingly - see all the ways you're different and always will be. One you'd enjoyed knowing, in all his or her or its imperfect rambling ways.

I'm two martinis in and I don't know how to feel.

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[boojums-snark.livejournal.com]

I don't think I ever have, if I'm honest o.0

And I don't think I could either. Not even knowing that in Paradisa he could come back 2 weeks later. I'd be heartbroken...and honestly, wouldn't want to put his cast-mates through that.

BACK OFF DAN DIDIO B|

[arks.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I'm glad. Dick dying is a horrifying thought. Nevermind the 2 week "break", it's still, well. DEATH. I actually think a resurrection window would make me less likely to consider killing a character; it seems a way to get a lot of grief and then sort of string it out like a shadow over the rest of that character's time there.

[boojums-snark.livejournal.com]

TELL A LIE. I did kill one of my characters off, back in Rive, YONKS ago. He contracted TB in his canon and slowly, slowly deteriorated in-game. That, however, was not what killed him. He was a happy-go-lucky Shinsengumi, and his housemate was a stoic samurai. After coming to such a point where he wasn't really living anymore, they came to a HEARTBREAKING understanding that would give him an honourable death ;;

We never shipped them IC, but OOC? omg, it remains one of my OTPs.

And yeah. In comparison to Para's two week 'lol, not-dead' clause, I know in comic-book/sci-fi-land NO ONE IS EVER REALLY DEAD once they're gone, but... I'd like to keep my superhero defying the odds for a few more decades, thanks.