Allow me regale to you a story.
I used to have a character on World of Warcraft. She was a Night Elf druid combat medic- meaning she dealt with the nitty gritty of the worst wounds.
I was asked by someone I actually didn't know all that well to help him kill off his character, as he was 100% done with the character and its plots.
He wanted it done, and we planned to go out somewhere where there would be very little interruption.
Skipping all the gore, he tried to kill his character off during my toon's attempt to pull shrapnel from his heart.
I repeat once more to drive this point home:Â He wanted to kill the character. He planned this out with me. He was 100% sure that this was the right thing to do.
His guild, however, was not keen on this. In fact, they were SO against this idea, that they were harassing him in whispers not to do it as it was being done.
They were so insistent and so demanding, that he- defeated and actually quite upset -told me to forget it and that he had to retcon his character's death and our scene because of them.
He then killed the character off when no one was online, so that he could do it in peace. In fact, I think he quit/rerolled in secret because he was so put off by the whole ordeal.
The moral of this story, if it's not totally clear, is that you should do what you want with the character.
Do not let others dictate whether you should or should not retire or kill off a character.
It will either end in your boredom and resentment, or you becoming so disillusioned with RP that you quit/take a long break.
I myself have ended several RP characters- some through killing them off, some by giving them a happy ending, and some by just leaving them be in a neutral state.
If you want to do it, do it.
I used to have a character on World of Warcraft. She was a Night Elf druid combat medic- meaning she dealt with the nitty gritty of the worst wounds.
I was asked by someone I actually didn't know all that well to help him kill off his character, as he was 100% done with the character and its plots.
He wanted it done, and we planned to go out somewhere where there would be very little interruption.
Skipping all the gore, he tried to kill his character off during my toon's attempt to pull shrapnel from his heart.
I repeat once more to drive this point home:Â He wanted to kill the character. He planned this out with me. He was 100% sure that this was the right thing to do.
His guild, however, was not keen on this. In fact, they were SO against this idea, that they were harassing him in whispers not to do it as it was being done.
They were so insistent and so demanding, that he- defeated and actually quite upset -told me to forget it and that he had to retcon his character's death and our scene because of them.
He then killed the character off when no one was online, so that he could do it in peace. In fact, I think he quit/rerolled in secret because he was so put off by the whole ordeal.
The moral of this story, if it's not totally clear, is that you should do what you want with the character.
Do not let others dictate whether you should or should not retire or kill off a character.
It will either end in your boredom and resentment, or you becoming so disillusioned with RP that you quit/take a long break.
I myself have ended several RP characters- some through killing them off, some by giving them a happy ending, and some by just leaving them be in a neutral state.
If you want to do it, do it.
