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To save Blaze! So Solar has arrived and he can indeed pick her up safely. So with that, they're off to the top of Mountain to get Blaze patched up. So at this point I'd say it's safe to talk about this topic. This has been a topic I have been particularly curious about for a while and would like to know what others have to say on it. That topic being, character death. I have always thought that the death of a character should be a big event, it should have an impact on the story, the other characters, etc. I don't like bringing characters back to life in my stories since I feel that robs the significance of the event, so if they die, they generally stay dead in my works. So when I plan to kill off a character, I like to consider these three questions

1) What stories can be told by keeping them alive? What can they do, what impact can they have on future events, can a future story be told about them, how does them being around effect other characters, etc?
2) What stories can be told by killing them off? How does their absence effect future events, what impact does their death have on other characters, can any story be told as a result of their death, etc?
3) Considering the answers for 1 and 2, which results in a better or more interesting story? If keeping them alive makes for a better story, keep em alive, if killing them off results in a better story, kill em off.

So what's my decision for Blaze then? Well for her it comes down to the effect it has on two stories, Solarshadow and Shining Consequence and in this case, I think that it make for a more interesting story with her being kept alive. So Solar is indeed saving her life here!

Since this is a merger page, there will be two of these to follow.
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To save Blaze! So Solar has arrived and he can indeed pick her up safely. So with that, they're off to the top of Mountain to get Blaze patched up. So at this point I'd say it's safe to talk about this topic. This has been a topic I have been particularly curious about for a while and would like to know what others have to say on it. That topic being, character death. I have always thought that the death of a character should be a big event, it should have an impact on the story, the other characters, etc. I don't like bringing characters back to life in my stories since I feel that robs the significance of the event, so if they die, they generally stay dead in my works. So when I plan to kill off a character, I like to consider these three questions

1) What stories can be told by keeping them alive? What can they do, what impact can they have on future events, can a future story be told about them, how does them being around effect other characters, etc?
2) What stories can be told by killing them off? How does their absence effect future events, what impact does their death have on other characters, can any story be told as a result of their death, etc?
3) Considering the answers for 1 and 2, which results in a better or more interesting story? If keeping them alive makes for a better story, keep em alive, if killing them off results in a better story, kill em off.

So what's my decision for Blaze then? Well for her it comes down to the effect it has on two stories, Solarshadow and Shining Consequence and in this case, I think that it make for a more interesting story with her being kept alive. So Solar is indeed saving her life here!

Since this is a merger page, there will be two of these to follow.
For Solarshadow:
First Part: Next part: , Previous Part:

For Shining Consequence:

First: Next: , Previous: