Death In Fics

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Is it really allowed? I may have one of the characters killed off but not for a while yet, and as they are only a kid, I just wanted to check and assure you all that despite my signature and teen killing I am not a crazy person.

 

[Mega Trickster]

Of course death is allowed. I've read some deaths in fics before.

 

[Literate]

Is it really allowed?

*laugh* You seriously need to see the world around you. *shifty eyes* Of course it's okay. All you have to worry about is bringing in the wrong audience. Like you wouldn't rate a part that has major killing as G would you?

I don't know if you know that there are many stories that include death, dying, or will be dead. Many people find that this makes everything realistic, unlike people on cartoon shows where they think kiddies are watching it and it wouldn't be right.

On the topic about death, I wonder why you even ask that. You must really have been living under a rock all your life, thinking that death isn't right to write about. Come on. Many people include it in their fic or book whether in the forum here or in the world. ^.^

So don't worry about it. ^.^

~PEACE~

 

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Cheers guys, just did want to confirm it first.

 

[PDL]

of course it's allowed, anything is allowed in fanfiction. (weither people should read it is another story entirely though)

 

[Ledian_X]

It's allowed. If it wasn't I'd have gotten complaints in my story about it. A few people die and one was close to death. I don't want to spoilit but yea, writing death should be okay.

I mean, How many wizards and witches did JKR whack by the end of the 6th Harry Potter book? The books have a high body count thanks to Voldemort and his pals.

Anyway, check the rules. You'll see it is fine.

LX

 

[IceKing]

As long as they aren't sexxed up to death, I think it's fine. Though despite what the rules say, I think sex is still allowed in fanfictions. But yeah, death is a very natural thing and you should not fear writing it. In fact, in the time I wrote this message, ten people probably died.

 

[xXSaberXx]

*laugh* You seriously need to see the world around you. *shifty eyes*

LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

In fact, in the time I wrote this message, ten people probably died.

LLOLOLOAIEUT)(W$*6542!1111oone


Okay. Moving on.

Um, it is, in fact, totally allowed, but if you make it boring, or if you resurrect them AFTER they died for no good reason, like they just SPRING up out of the grave without the aid of like, ALIEN SCIENCE, then that's kinda a bad blunder and you'll probably lose readers. :/

Remember kids, don't go resurrecting dead people. Even in fiction. :/

Unless its Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris, then that's fine.

 

[IceKing]

Unless its Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris, then that's fine.

Don't forget Jack Baeur! I'm not sure if I agree with you on the ressurection subject... Generally, I think its best to leave death as mysterious and veiled as it is, but there can be some exceptions. Yeah, ressurection is a whole other topic o.o

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

How do you feel when you off a character?

Well, since this topic is about death in fics, I guess changing the topic to something related wouldn't be so bad...

Very well. My question is... how do you deal with killing off your characters?

I imagine a lot of people here will post that they don't feel bad or similar... but I think that's a wrong view.

Why? Well, while I was writing the latest (unposted) chapters for Three dots., I came across a somewhat difficult point... namely, the death of innocents the characters have interacted with.

Although I hadn't even decided yet whether the characters would die or so, just the idea was making me cathartic, because the idea of young kids being killed (especially considering the quite emotional scene I had made for the previous chapter) just didn't flow well with me.

So... what happens with you when you have to kill a character, as minor as it may be?

 

[Ledian_X]

I killed two people in my fic. One was good and the other was bad. I'll talk about the bad guy, first.

The bad guy was a rapist who killed several homeless people before killing the father of three of my characters, who was a nice and kind king. But, he was hired by a criminal organization and busted out of jail to kill the man because he represented ideals that the organization didn't like. Namely, the exploration of space and the cooperation of thetwo species.

To make matters worse, he raped one of the team's leaders. She was only 15 when it happened and it scarred her a bit. Bythe time of the story, she's okay but she did have a couple confrontations with him. Confrontations that I felt so icky writing. So, I had to make a choice. Keep writing the loser and feel icky or bump him off. So, I bumped him off in the most embarassing way I could think of. Let's just say that he got his commuppance. He really got the point. ^_~

The king unfortunately had to die because I wanted to show that the organization meant business. They hated Aquans(The aliens in my story) and I needed to show why. Plus, with his death, the Aquan trio got more character development. Aquuita, the eldest becomes a rock for them to lean on. Shrall begins to take on more responsibility and M'anta?

M'anta was the hardest hit because he wears his father's armor. He essentially has a Peter Parker reaction to his death as if the king was Uncle Ben. It hit him hard and he strikes to live up to his father's good name.

As you can see, the deaths bring a great deal of realism and the like to the story. It can create character depth. It can change a character for the better or worse. I didn't like killing the characters off. But, it was to make a point really about the organization that hired the rapist. Besides, I wasn't about to let Sirak's killer go to jail to be someone's butt buddy. No no...something HAD to happen to him.

All in all, I felt bad killing Sirak because he was a good king. Not gonna spoil what happens after he dies. But, killing Baxter? That was actually okay considering what I wrote him doing. I felt so icky re-reading it. He had to die.

On another note, sex in fics is fine, too. As long as you don't go into the Danielle Steele nitty gritty hardcore porn. I usually just have a love scene with kissing and the like. Then I switch scenes, leaving the reader to guess what they probably did. Keeps it cleaner that way.


LX

 

[Masumi]

I even seem to like killing off characters... I love drama, so that is likely to happen.

I seems to reach more people when killing off characters, especially when they are reeally attached to them.

But I do not ressurect them, that would be too.... um...How should I call it? Too expected? (me and my Dutch) ><

 

[Lupin]

There is nothing wrong with it, in fact sometimes you can make it work to your benefit.

I've read loads of fics where a character has been killed off and ithere have hardly ever been complaints about it. Sure people are upset, but they never complain.

 

[PkmnTrainerJ]

I think ressurecting characters would be silly. If the actual death is unseen, I have no problem of them re-appearing later, but once people are dead, they should stay dead.

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

*Points to the new topic.* Please read the entire thread and answer those questions, please...

 

[PDL]

I can't really bare to kill any of my characters, I cherish them too much ;_;

EDIT:I also suck at grammar

 

[CyberCubed]

I think it has to do with age a bit.

I really don't want to read (or write) any fics where infants die. A 5 year old being killed by a criminal? Ugh, count me out. :/

On the other hand, I don't mind teens dying for whatever reason...but I just don't like to see little kids die.

 

[JoshYEAH]

I've included deaths within my fic, usually being quite violent. Generally it depends largely on the audience. If you look at a movie for example, you'll notice that death can happen, though it's usually to a more evil character (Disney movies are a key example of this). However, keeping Disney in mind, look at how they portrayed the death of Mufasa. That was a pretty nasty scene considering it's a child's movie. Also of note is that a lot of death in Disney movies is implied, however you don't actually see how they die. (Falling down a pit is a classic).

It depends largely on audience though, really.

As for how to deal with killing of characters, I think the prime factors are how nessesary it is to the storyline. There's no point making a massive deal out of killing a character who's only going to be breifly mentioned, or osmehting like that. However when it comes to prime characters, then the factors of how nessesary it is come in. Then of course you need to think of why they die, who kills them, the effect it will have on the other characters, things like that. As well as whether or not it is nessesary, you need to be able to portray the emotions based upon the personality that a death would have on your characters. Some may be taken aback and become secluded, some may be driven insane, that's up to you, but you need to remember that you're the one that needs to portray this.

I think one of the benefits of killing your characters is that it gives the reader somewhat more attachment to the story. For example, when Sephitorth kills aerith in Final Fantasy VII, it was unexpected, and led to showing how evil Sephiorth is. In turn it also led to a more developed feeling and more motivation to kill the guy for the player.

If you have a bad character who kills off one of the primary characters that is actually liked, then the reader will most likely develop a strong feeling of resentment to the character that did the deed, and as a result will want to continue reading, especially if it is implied revenge will be taken.

Things like death are good to play around with in my opinion, and I myself will be using the theme on several occasions in my fic, apotheosis, both prime and minor in nature.

-Josh

 

[Act]

*Points to the new topic.* Please read the entire thread and answer those questions, please...

Dude, it's not your thread. You can't just come in and say, "Well, that's nice, but here's what I think we *should* be talking about, so listen to me now..." if you want *your* questions answered, start your own topic. That's why the option is there.

Anyway, yesh, of course death is allowed. Uh, like everyone said, just keep your rating on par with the brutality of it. Technically, there *can* be death in a G-rated fic, but a mention of someone's mother dieing, or even the action itself is much different than a gory flashback with all the irrelevant details. I mean, in The Land Before Time, which is most defnitely a children's movie, his mother dies-- it's the main idea of the story. But that's different than the scene in Spiderman where the Green Goblin dies. So, just think of your audience.


I have a hard time killing off characters. I get so attached to them, I just can't do it. >.<

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

I'm not saying that... I just thought that, since we're talking about killing characters, we could use the topic to talk to things related to it.

Like how you feel about killing your chars.

It just so happened that people were ignoring it and I just don't like feeling ignored.