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mindripper
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There has been a proliferation of violence in fics these days, and the question about the extent to which said notion should apply still begs an answer. How much violence is enough to bring a point of genre across, and yet how much edges the line? Does the character make-up affect that decision, or is there a benchmark?
I have also shamefully jumped on the bandwagon, even though I believe I have my points of differences from other people in the business, and anyone who has read my prologue knows what to expect in my fic. No matter the genre, there is still always a limit to the violence, past which the character becomes sterile, much like the theory of the disindustries of scale would work. What then is an appropriate level of violence a character can work with in accordion to his/her personality, being emotionally believable enough to pull off those acts? My main character is rather the artist when it comes to violence, but there was still a limit which I dared not cross, as in I could not make my character superhumanly powerful, killing for the sake of it, but rather reacting like a human in that situation would, if morality and survival compete. Do others share the same view, or does the end justify the mean?
I wanted to ask this question to get a general idea of whether I have developed my main character in an ideal fashion. There will probably be little or no change in the character, but knowing what others think can do no harm.
PS: Mod, please change my thread title for me if possible. I accidentally deleted the "n" in violence and created the thread. I cannot stand the error in the thread name. Thanks.
I have also shamefully jumped on the bandwagon, even though I believe I have my points of differences from other people in the business, and anyone who has read my prologue knows what to expect in my fic. No matter the genre, there is still always a limit to the violence, past which the character becomes sterile, much like the theory of the disindustries of scale would work. What then is an appropriate level of violence a character can work with in accordion to his/her personality, being emotionally believable enough to pull off those acts? My main character is rather the artist when it comes to violence, but there was still a limit which I dared not cross, as in I could not make my character superhumanly powerful, killing for the sake of it, but rather reacting like a human in that situation would, if morality and survival compete. Do others share the same view, or does the end justify the mean?
I wanted to ask this question to get a general idea of whether I have developed my main character in an ideal fashion. There will probably be little or no change in the character, but knowing what others think can do no harm.
PS: Mod, please change my thread title for me if possible. I accidentally deleted the "n" in violence and created the thread. I cannot stand the error in the thread name. Thanks.
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