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#1 2010-08-28 16:34:49
How would you feel if...
... In a book you really like, one of the two main characters dies? It's an action adventure sci-fi type book. And Peter (the younger main character) kills Jeff (the older main character). (This is for a story I'm writing. 
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#2 2010-08-28 16:51:58
Re: How would you feel if...
Anyone? 
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#3 2010-08-28 16:52:55
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Re: How would you feel if...
Depends on the personality of the character.
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#4 2010-08-28 17:06:15
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Yes, that's understandable. 
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#6 2010-08-28 17:10:37
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Re: How would you feel if...
If they didn't choose to be in the situation, I wouldn't like it very much.
If they brought it opon themselves, like "Oh I have to save the world if no one else is going to!" then it would be okay. I would still be sad, but it be okay.
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#7 2010-08-28 17:11:18
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Personally I usually don't like it. It makes the book too sad, if the character is really developed and important to the plot.
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#8 2010-08-28 17:13:26
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Oh, and if it was part of a prophecy, then it would be okay. We all knew it was going to happen anyway xD
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#9 2010-08-28 17:14:55
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Oh, and if it was part of a prophecy, then it would be okay. We all knew it was going to happen anyway xD
Usually the author will find a clever way to twist them out of it when you're least expecting it though 
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#10 2010-08-28 17:18:30
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In my Summer reading book one of the main characters dies in the 5th or 6th chapter. And it's like 20 chapters long or something. Talk about depressing. She dies from a heart attack when her grandson scares her on Halloween. :\
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#11 2010-08-28 17:36:31
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I really like it when a good character dies. It gives a book depth. A hero has come all this way to die/be killed. It's pretty good, and to tell you guys the truth, if in a thriller, no one ever dies, I give it up. It makes a book more realistic if there's real dying, etc. 
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#12 2010-08-28 17:39:46
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Re: How would you feel if...
Anyone read A Living Nightmare?
Betraying someone for a good deed, leaving your family forever, having killer instincts. Talk about sad, but I loved it.
And as to your question, has Harry Potter proved nothing to you. People will still read.
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#13 2010-08-28 17:42:51
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Let me guess. You're wanting the character in the magic bath to die
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#16 2010-08-28 17:48:39
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Re: How would you feel if...
rufflebee wrote:
I personally think it's a little clichéd.
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about it
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#17 2010-08-28 17:49:42
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samurai768 wrote:
rufflebee wrote:
I personally think it's a little clichéd.
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about it
Really? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion... 
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#18 2010-08-28 17:50:38
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Re: How would you feel if...
The scene must be tragic, the characters must be impacted, and you can't bring them back in a badly-written way.
iCode-747 wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
rufflebee wrote:
I personally think it's a little clichéd.
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about it
Really? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion...
Some things are sadder than death.
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#19 2010-08-28 18:02:28
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Re: How would you feel if...
calebxy wrote:
... In a book you really like, one of the two main characters dies? (This is for a story I'm writing.
Hmm. I don't like tragedies personally, but I don't know
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#20 2010-08-28 18:07:17
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MaxtheWeirdo wrote:
The scene must be tragic, the characters must be impacted, and you can't bring them back in a badly-written way.
iCode-747 wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about itReally? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion...Some things are sadder than death.
Agreed, but it adds depth to the story. I do it all of the time. It can bring out the best in a certain character.
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#21 2010-08-28 18:13:59
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iCode-747 wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
rufflebee wrote:
I personally think it's a little clichéd.
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about it
Really? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion...
In most of the books I read (Which are not from "these days"), at least one main character dies by the end. It happens in newer books, too. I just feel like the author does that when they run out of ideas.
And, anyway, if you kill the two main characters, who's the book going to be about from then on?
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#22 2010-08-28 18:49:34
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It would be epic.... but dissapointing at the same time.
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#23 2010-08-28 18:52:45
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Re: How would you feel if...
rufflebee wrote:
iCode-747 wrote:
samurai768 wrote:
Yeah. Maybe you could have it so that they have a dream about dying so you still get write about itReally? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion...In most of the books I read (Which are not from "these days"), at least one main character dies by the end. It happens in newer books, too. I just feel like the author does that when they run out of ideas.
And, anyway, if you kill the two main characters, who's the book going to be about from then on?
"I think in order to be a classic, there has to be an animal and someone has to die at the end."-Greg Heffley
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#24 2010-08-28 18:55:56
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soupoftomato wrote:
rufflebee wrote:
iCode-747 wrote:
Really? Chiche?
No. These days, the main characters never die. There's no extreme emotion...In most of the books I read (Which are not from "these days"), at least one main character dies by the end. It happens in newer books, too. I just feel like the author does that when they run out of ideas.
And, anyway, if you kill the two main characters, who's the book going to be about from then on?"I think in order to be a classic, there has to be an animal and someone has to die at the end."-Greg Heffley
(Not perfectly quoted)
lol xD
Perfectly true. 
Maybe not dying, but something like going over to the dark side.
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