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K'nahli · **09-15-2014, 01:43 PM**

(09-15-2014, 10:41 AM)Siha Wrote: My honest answer with myself, no probably not. Not before I felt that the character's story was played out. I'm immensely attached to my main and while I often think of scenario's where she would and could die I don't think I could actually kill her before her time was done and I felt that I wouldn't have regrets about it.

I will say this though, that I intensely admire those who can handle being able to kill their mains, like has been said it's a very powerful storytelling device sometimes and I envy those who can wield it to an extent. Now kind of commenting on the two perspectives about if it's ok to kill your character with/without permission:

I'm of two minds on this one because it is your character and the death may be for an OOC reason, you have to keep yourself happy or your RP will suffer, so maybe you just can't play that character anymore and rather than abruptly changing their personality you'd rather end them and let others remember them the way you'd want them to. Or it could be for any other number of reasons. I completely get that it's your character, BUT, on the other hand I also see the other side of the spectrum because I have been on it. While the character that my character lost DID come back, she didn't know this and when he kicked the bucket it changed her story and her completely for a time. She went from naive, friendly and hopeful to desperate, closed off, and depressed. If left that way it's possible that she could have changed completely in both personality and her story in general because she was traveling the path of very dark magic in any hopes she could bring him back.

Minus all that rambling, the death of a loved one can be traumatic to your character and completely change the way they're played so yes it does affect others in a very large ripple, so I can see some people taking it as a smack in the face when you decide to kill said character. To clarify though I don't think it's wrong on either side, just that I can see both sides of the argument clearly. Not helpful but certainly my two cents!

This is a large reason why I am not sure I ever could kill of an "important" character of my own when other peoples' RP can rely pretty heavily on the fact that they're alive. Not saying that that is quite the case for me, but to use my own two characters as an example:

K'nahli

Her death would deeply trouble her younger sister K'mih and have a massive impact on her RP but I do not think it could be considered interesting or dramatic as opposed to troublesome and even selfish. It would also have a significant impact on a tia named K'rahto who has a bit of a thing for her as well as her father though he wouldn't be a primary concern I guess. K'rahto's story hinges a lot on K'nahli since he was sort of developed for that unrequited and forbidden love dynamic, haha.

Andre

He is sort of Clover's excuse to go to events without being there alone. I'm sure his death wouldn't stop her and probably wouldn't trouble her that much but it would be an OOC inconvenience to the player so for that reason alone I could not kill him, even if I really wanted to.

Would You Perma-death?

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