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For those who have created stories / characters may it be in writing or just in your head, have you killed off a character, and if so, why?

Personally, Ive made way too many characters meaning I have killed off quite a few and thus also have way too many reasons that I have killed them off.

Usually it was because their death served as an integral part of larger character's development or to make a point about how the world functions. The worlds I create in my head and with other people in RPs have a notable trend of being very tragic and depressing and with the setting I create, its highly unlikely for everyone to magically survive.

Think Attack on Titan. If all the characters there survived, wouldnt it be seen as a bit odd given how grim it is supposed to look like?

But usually my reasoning goes because it fit the plot / development of a plot-revolving character or to really establish the severity of the situation.

But that being said, as I mentioned on the Unpopular Opinion forum, I am too much of a fangirl for tragedy.
For those who have created stories / characters may it be in writing or just in your head, have you killed off a character, and if so, why?
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wantadog said:
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Mauserfan1910 said:
Much of my book revolve around conflicts between three empires, the Sone Empire, Automora, and Kairi. Due to the nature of war, characters die, sometimes unexpectedly.
Sometimes though, because it takes place over a couple hundred years, they just die of old age
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Similar situation in one of my RPs/stories then too XD
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zanhar1 said:
Yup. It depends on the story. In fics I simply like the dark AUs. My original story is about a war so it would be unrealistic if no one died.
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Same
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#WritingAboutWar
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Fun stuff
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ArcticWolf said:
Yes, for the reason you already explained - the death served as an integral part of another character's development/made a point about the world
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LGYCE said:
I certainly have. I guess my reason could be described the same as yours (character development), but in the one major case that comes to mind I think it'd be better called character regression. It happens fairly near the end, and serves to break the main character and undo all the good his (now dead) friend helped him grasp, abandon all the lessons he learned through the story.

I'm also a fan of tragedy.
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^Same Ive done that too
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