
Somewhat related to a few points on the first page of the thread, I do plan out sad stories sometimes but I never set anything in stone. I had planned to kill off my (villainous) RP character on Tera when it became obvious that FFXIV would be my new full-time place to RP, but enough of the friends and contacts she made intervened so I let her retire peacefully. I don't want to, as the OP put it, waste the efforts of those I'm RPing with, so I never let my intended conclusion be unchangable.