Mmmm, killing someone in a story... depends on the story.
Keeping in mind that I know nothing at all about this comic, ^^; this is my two cents on character death.
It can be necessary. If you have a dangerous situation like a quest/exploration/adventure where people could die, it becomes unrealistic to have them all survive, all the time, for the entire story, otherwise the dangers stop having an impact, because hey, they always survive.
I know that in a big plotty thing I'm working on right now, one of the group does, indeed, die. It sucks. I don't want to do it. I really, really like this character and so does the group. I hate doing it and I get physically choked up about it sometimes. But I'm still going to do it because it makes the story stronger.
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Date: 2011-01-25 04:45 am (UTC)Keeping in mind that I know nothing at all about this comic, ^^; this is my two cents on character death.
It can be necessary. If you have a dangerous situation like a quest/exploration/adventure where people could die, it becomes unrealistic to have them all survive, all the time, for the entire story, otherwise the dangers stop having an impact, because hey, they always survive.
I know that in a big plotty thing I'm working on right now, one of the group does, indeed, die. It sucks. I don't want to do it. I really, really like this character and so does the group. I hate doing it and I get physically choked up about it sometimes. But I'm still going to do it because it makes the story stronger.