He could die protecting a cowardly character who's as cowardly as he is/was. Sort of showing that even though he was a coward, he was worth protecting.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Or die protecting someone who felt compelled by the sacrifice to do something with their life.
Fighting instead of hiding is heroism in itself.
Spontaneous Human Combustion.
I know it's not really helpful. I just always wanted a character in a story to spontaneously combust for no good reason whatsoever and have it be completely unexplained. Just so the other characters could go, variously, "Huh." "Whoa." and "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!"
Bleak House. Although IIRC they didn't phrase it exactly like that.
It's Dickens - LOTS more words, many more syllables.
Exactly. And wonderful words they are.
I would think a collection of essays about working in customer service would be a wonderful place for a charcter to spontaneously combust.
Hmmmm....
No one has posted a topic yet, eh? I suggest: spontaneous combustion.