wondering when I last killed someone
In July I killed Lex and Ethan. Oh, and last week I hinted at the death of both Luke and Han. I'm not sure if that counts.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Sep 10, 2003 6:50:16 am PDT #6531 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
erikaj - Sep 10, 2003 6:53:12 am PDT #6532 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Eh, well, Christmas will be here soon enough. By the end, even I want to kill people. Although somebody did get torn to bits in my last one. But she was dead when we got there, so...
P.M. Marc - Sep 10, 2003 6:53:20 am PDT #6533 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
Oh, wait.
I've killed Giles, Dawn, Faith, and Spike in Sunrise, haven't I?
And an extra.
Huh.
It may have a higher off-screen body count than Absolution. Yep.
Depending on how you define it, I only really killed three or four characters in Absolution.
Anne W. - Sep 10, 2003 7:23:44 am PDT #6534 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I haven't killed anyone in my fics--yet. The crossover-that-wouldn't-die has a string of deaths coming up, including the death of a beloved pet. I'm looking forward to the hate mail.
askye - Sep 10, 2003 7:27:29 am PDT #6535 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I haven't really killed anyone, except Faith. It depends on how you define killing. "Off screen" so to speak I offed everyone in Smallville in one story. But there wasn't in blood and gore so I don't think that counts.
I like to inflict pyschological torture on my characters. Not to much and not in a hurt/comfort kind of way. Just a hurt/hurt kind of way. I probably shouldn't enjoy inflict any kind of pain on characters but---it's kind of fun.
Anne W. - Sep 10, 2003 7:27:59 am PDT #6536 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I like to inflict pyschological torture on my characters. Not to much and not in a hurt/comfort kind of way. Just a hurt/hurt kind of way. I probably shouldn't enjoy inflict any kind of pain on characters but---it's kind of fun.
Sing it, sistah!
erikaj - Sep 10, 2003 7:29:50 am PDT #6537 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
When I said protecting, I meant more from consequences than actual life and limb...maybe I should move that to GWW. I haven't produced sufficient fic to judge.That is not just a promising beginning with no story, I mean.
P.M. Marc - Sep 10, 2003 7:30:55 am PDT #6538 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
It also occurs to me that me swearing that "Sunrise" will have a moderately happy ending may not reassure people who know my feelings about Triptych (WHICH DID SO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING!!!).
Cindy, I don't mean a Triptych happy ending. I promise. I'm not giving them pain and emotional growth for the hell of it.
Anne W. - Sep 10, 2003 7:33:30 am PDT #6539 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
It also occurs to me that me swearing that "Sunrise" will have a moderately happy ending may not reassure people who know my feelings about Triptych
See, I consider a happy ending any ending that has even a glimmer of genuine hope. Character deaths, apocalypsisesseses, spectacular failures, messy break-ups, and the like are not necessarily mutually exclusive with a happy ending.
deborah grabien - Sep 10, 2003 7:38:20 am PDT #6540 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Character deaths, apocalypsisesseses, spectacular failures, messy break-ups, and the like are not necessarily mutually exclusive with a happy ending.
That's true in straight fiction as well. Although I got awfully tired of explaining that to editors....
Thinking about it, I consider a happy one in which the character in question knows joy, or peace. Sometimes hope isn't really the factor, but I expect it would be more so for me in fic than in fiction.