I think the victim being nice adds to the interest, personally. The original victim in Matty Groves was a much-loved sweetie pie.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
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deborah grabien - Sep 21, 2005 1:04:25 pm PDT #4171 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2005 1:04:40 pm PDT #4172 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My theory is, nice people get murdered, too
I can't see how a nice person could be a no no. I mean, avenging and all. I'd think it a perfectly suitable draw.
Amy - Sep 21, 2005 1:05:31 pm PDT #4173 of 10001
Because books.
Why can't I write books for you guys?
::pouts::
SailAweigh - Sep 21, 2005 1:07:23 pm PDT #4174 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Not the red/green sort
That's what I was wondering. There is more than one type of color blindness. Red/green is the most common. More rare, but still out there, is the blue/yellow. As long as the guy wasn't any sort of a wire chaser who had to be able to read wire colors and resistor bands, it wouldn't necessarily be noticable except possibly in some very odd wardrobe choices. My teacher relied on his wife to let him know if his tie matched his suit, etc.
Kalshane - Sep 21, 2005 1:08:22 pm PDT #4175 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I worked with a guy that wore a bright purple (like, Prince would decline wearing it -- Barney bright) suit two or three times a week.
Did he also have green hair and a huge grin?
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2005 1:12:28 pm PDT #4176 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did he also have green hair and a huge grin?
You're evidently thinking of a more muted purple than was in evidence.
Kalshane - Sep 21, 2005 1:20:13 pm PDT #4177 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
That's truly frightening.
P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2005 1:31:22 pm PDT #4178 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm very scared.
Paul worked with a guy who's good suit matched his Camero.
Nutty, $200 doesn't buy you much of a man's suit, as I recall from joining Paul in the suit section, unless you're buying close-out.
Amy, I think I've read mysteries where the victim was nice, and it didn't throw me off the story.
Ginger - Sep 21, 2005 1:34:54 pm PDT #4179 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Nice victims only bother me if we spend a lot of time getting to know the nice victim and then she's killed.
Susan W. - Sep 21, 2005 1:36:09 pm PDT #4180 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Amy, presumably the victim dies early in the story, right? Because while I can see it being an issue if some nice character readers know well and have been rooting for dies at the 3/4 mark, I think it makes a mystery more interesting rather than less if the victim was nice. If they weren't, well, the motive is obvious, and maybe the deceased got what was coming to them. But if they were, that makes the search for a motive more interesting, and it raises the stakes by making the killer worse--someone we really want to see brought to justice, someone who might be a risk to other nice characters.