Yes, I would perma-death a main RP character if the time/situation was right for it. I'm actually kind of surprised that I haven't yet, to be quite honest.
The possibility of that happening came up for one of my most oft-RPed characters a couple of months ago. Although it ended up not happening, that was simply a result of the RP not taking it to that point.
I'd done a lot of consideration on the subject and decided that under those circumstances and had decided I would be alright with it even if it would be a sad affair to lose that character. While his personal story was far from being "played-out" as some people put it, the thematics and echos let behind by his death under those circumstance would have been right and perhaps have served a greater purpouse in the overall story-arc.
Part of my willingness to do that, is because I find that often times, in these sorts of matters, taking the OOCly easy way out feels disrespectful to the character. Thats not to say that I have any issue when someone decides to opt-out of say, killing or maiming their character when it comes up. Just that when I get a feeling in my gut that something -should- happen but don't want it to for OOC reason I'm much more likely to set aside the OOC for the IC. Its a matter of their life choices (good or bad) having brought them to that point and shying away from the repercussions of that doesn't sit well with me.
Recently, I had to make a relatively spur of moment decision (if you count staring at the screen debating with yourself for 20 mins spur of the moment!) about whether or not to let my Roe, Cypress get stabbed in the eyes and blinded. While it certainly wasn't death, I think for this character, I actually would found that sort of decision easier to make than this particular maiming. While I could have written it off as her merely turning her head and getting her face scratched up, it would have brushed off the hubris that had led her to that exact moment. Her being blinded means that she's going to be challenged to learn and adapt when such a thing goes against her very nature. Its essentially worse than death to her to need to depend on the very person that she blames for her newfound circumstance. But it was poetic justice, and I'm interested to see what will happen. Just as I'm interested in the fallout that happens from characters' deaths.
So... moral of this post is, due what feels right in your gut. Whatever that may be, if its the right time for a character to have ______ happen to them, you'll know.
On a side note response to:
The possibility of that happening came up for one of my most oft-RPed characters a couple of months ago. Although it ended up not happening, that was simply a result of the RP not taking it to that point.
I'd done a lot of consideration on the subject and decided that under those circumstances and had decided I would be alright with it even if it would be a sad affair to lose that character. While his personal story was far from being "played-out" as some people put it, the thematics and echos let behind by his death under those circumstance would have been right and perhaps have served a greater purpouse in the overall story-arc.
Part of my willingness to do that, is because I find that often times, in these sorts of matters, taking the OOCly easy way out feels disrespectful to the character. Thats not to say that I have any issue when someone decides to opt-out of say, killing or maiming their character when it comes up. Just that when I get a feeling in my gut that something -should- happen but don't want it to for OOC reason I'm much more likely to set aside the OOC for the IC. Its a matter of their life choices (good or bad) having brought them to that point and shying away from the repercussions of that doesn't sit well with me.
Recently, I had to make a relatively spur of moment decision (if you count staring at the screen debating with yourself for 20 mins spur of the moment!) about whether or not to let my Roe, Cypress get stabbed in the eyes and blinded. While it certainly wasn't death, I think for this character, I actually would found that sort of decision easier to make than this particular maiming. While I could have written it off as her merely turning her head and getting her face scratched up, it would have brushed off the hubris that had led her to that exact moment. Her being blinded means that she's going to be challenged to learn and adapt when such a thing goes against her very nature. Its essentially worse than death to her to need to depend on the very person that she blames for her newfound circumstance. But it was poetic justice, and I'm interested to see what will happen. Just as I'm interested in the fallout that happens from characters' deaths.
So... moral of this post is, due what feels right in your gut. Whatever that may be, if its the right time for a character to have ______ happen to them, you'll know.
On a side note response to:
(09-15-2014, 07:02 AM)Knight Kat Wrote: I know many of you have loads of alts, so the death of an alt really can't have the same impact.I'm not sure if I agree that the decision to kill of an alt is necessarily a less impactful one though. Admittedly, that could be because in a given RP universe I usually have multiple characters that I would consider "mains", so that distinction between a main and an alt is super fuzzy for me in a lot of cases.
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