#fictional death

[saturnniidae]

It's so funny to me how determined the series is to pretend Hiccup hasn't killed people/isn't capable of killing people when necessary.

They act like he wasn't out there every day of the week burning and sinking dragon hunter ships with his friends in rtte. He just seems to be very stuck in the mindset of: 'if I don't see the bodies, then who's to say I've done something as morally reprehensible as murder?'

Like he literally caused multiple of Krogan's henchmen to be electrocuted at once and fall off their dragons but he didn't actually see their bodies hit the water so it's fine.

But he can't directly kill someone. He struggles when it's not some faceless soldier, and he has to look at or speak to them knowing he needs to take their life.

Unless Toothless or Astrid are in immediate danger. Then all reservations about killing and violence disappear (rightfully so).

#i love him #he probably tries his best to compartmentalize but that never really works so he like cries himself to sleep while hugging toothless or smt #because it suddenly sets in how violent some of his actions were despite how necessary they were at the time #hes so silly like that #httyd #httyd rtte #rtte #race to the edge #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #hiccup haddock #fictional death #tagging that just in case #moth.txt

[fandomsoda]

obsessed with and in tears over the fact that Ink is one of the most resilient, impossible to destroy entities in the entire multiverse, but…

once this fandom dies (which won’t be soon, but inevitably will happen)…

All of the other characters get to exist within an eternal limbo, effectively turned immortal in the fact that nothing is ever going to happen to them again. Time will not pass, and so neither will they.

But Ink will die.

He’s the only one that will properly die.

Justified, playful hubris will become complete, unforgiving oblivion.

There’s a poem in there somewhere, but I’m too hollow to write it at the moment.

#text post #soda rambles #ink sans #tw angst #angst #tw death #tw mention of death #mention of death #fictional death #tears me up inside #Ink is fun on the outside but once you get into the weeds about his true nature and stuff its either oddly horrifying or absolutely tragic

[jerzwriter]

The question has to be asked... what fictional deaths... it could be TV, movies, theater, novels, etc... but what fictional deaths moved you to tears?

@tveitertotwrites go for it! lol

#my extensive list to be posted later #sad stuff #angst #movie deaths #tv deaths #fictional death #questions

[em-dash-press]

The Dark Art of Character Sacrifice: 5 Reasons Why Writers Kill Their Characters

There are some good reasons to kill characters in your fictional stories and definitely some bad ones. It’s hard to know what’s cliche and what’s not when you’re first starting out (or when your mind is caught up in the middle of a manuscript).

Use these ideas to see if taking one of your characters out of a story could make it work better.

1. To Start Their Story

Plenty of stories start with someone dying in the first chapter or two. It’s usually someone important to the protagonist. Sometimes it’s someone whose death directly or indirectly changes the protagonist’s life.

Here are some examples:

The protagonist is a 10-year-old child raised by their grandma, who passes away. The story is about the protagonist experiencing the foster care system.

The protagonist is an 18-year-old graduating from high school. A few days after graduation, the president of their country is assassinated by another leading country. The protagonist joins the military to fight in the ensuing war. The story is about the horrors of war.

The protagonist is a 50-year-old woman. She’s independent, has a thriving career, and feels great about her life. Suddenly, her best friend of 20 years dies. The story is about processing and living with grief.

All of these deaths are foundational to each story’s overall plot and theme. Without the deaths, the stories would be very different. The protagonists would continue living their normal lives and not experience the specific events you want to write about.

2. To Emphasize the Theme

Character deaths can emphasize a story’s theme. Let’s say you’re writing about how deeply cruel humans can be to one another over money. The antagonist kills someone the protagonist cares about. The loss sets the protagonist back due to staggering grief, so the antagonist gets to make a financial deal that the protagonist was trying to score.

There are a few ways this would reflect the theme. It shows how greed can be all-consuming, to the point of erasing someone’s morals. It also speaks briefly to the reality that cruelty happens to people indirectly. It’s horrible for the person who dies and those who love them.

3. To Add Closure to Their Arc

At some point in your story, there will be a character who completes their arc. They might make amends with someone they hurt, feel at peace about their life after reaching a big goal, or otherwise finally feel settled. If that character dies, the reader and protagonist grieve together. They can also come to the same conclusion through the rest of your story—the character who died lived a life that made them happy.

That’s not to say happy people can’t continue growing. Life is always going to present new ways to grow. Stories will do the same for characters. However, when you don’t necessarily need a character anymore, death can be a poetic end.

4. To Add Justice to the Story

When your protagonist stops the antagonist from harming others, the crimes the antagonist committed might make the protagonist call for their death. We have this in the real world with the death penalty. 

This post isn’t going into the ethics behind the death penalty, but I mention it because wanting justice to the point of killing the perpetrating criminal is something many people can relate to. It’s a tool you can use in your story to drive home your theme (what real justice looks like, mercy, forgiveness, etc.) or exemplify your feelings about real-world dilemmas (the actual death penalty, vigilante justice, etc.).

5. To Add a Plot Twist

While you’re writing your story, that draft belongs exclusively to you. You can do whatever you want with it. Sometimes it’s helpful to write a death scene and re-read your work. See how the story feels and if it works with that death written into it.

You might not have planned it, but maybe it gives you fresh ideas about where to take the story. Every plot twist has a purpose—you can find it before or after writing the twist by giving yourself the freedom to explore alternate realities within your fictional world.

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There are many other reasons why writers kill their characters. By all means, do more research if you don’t feel like these ideas fit with your WIP. It’s better to know what deaths can mean and do in fiction because it informs your writing. Your stories will make more sense to you and your readers.

#tw death #tw: death #writeblr #writing tips #writing advice #writers of tumblr #creative writing #writing community #writing inspiration #writing #writing help #writing resources #writing death #writing death scenes #fictional death

[consult-sherlockholmes]

Just a little question of curiousity: What would be the better option, injecting them with a syringe filled with liquified datura seeds or with an overdose of insulin.

I would inject them under their tongue while they sleep so the scar won't be found. Afterwards I would pack them up in my car and drive at least two hours away from where I live. There I would dig up a 12 feet hole, bury the victim halfway, put the corpse of a dead animal on top and close the hole.

If I'm feeling fancy I may cut up the victim's corpse and and bury them all halfway with animal caveses on top, far away from my home.

Anyways, what's the better poison for this?

This is all theoretical and for science's sake, it's a fun mental exercise to sometimes plan a murder so do not be concerned. An usually endogenous substance like insulin that naturally exists in the body would be much harder to determine as the murder weapon, than an exogenous poison like liquified datura seeds that usually is not present in someone's body except if they have been poisoned. Insulin isn't part of regular tox screens, so if there is no suspicion no one would go looking for it. So in that case insulin would be the better choice.

It's difficult to determine and interpret insulin levels postmortem, insulin not being very stable and autolysis or hemolysis making blood as a sample impractical, which is why vitreous humour is used. Insulin levels can be determined with immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) or liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). In the case of natural insulin levels, it should be below the detection limit in the vitreous humour, but if the levels are increased due to poisoning it should be above the detection limit of the method, thus indicating that the death was not natural.

Another way to differentiate endogenous (your own bodie's) or exougenous insulin poisoning, is by looking at the ratio of insulin to C-peptide. During the synthesis of insulin in the body, C-peptide is cleaved from the proinsulin, which means that per formed insulin molecule there is also a C-peptide molecule formed, so with an endogenous poisoning the ratio of C-peptide to insulin should be 1:1, while if the insulin has been administered exogenously the ratio is >1 (more insulin than C-peptide).

And I am not entirely sure how you would want to create a proper solution of 'liquified datura seeds' that can be properly injected, because that would require purification and extraction of the active compounds. You can't just crush some seeds and put them into a syringe with a bit of liquid, it would clog up the needle. Meanwhile insulin already exists as solutions ready for injection, much better choice. Making such a datura seed solution would mean more effort, and would be easier to trace than insulin.

An injection under the tongue sounds uneccesary. Would be quite awkward trying to open someone's mouth while they sleep to put a syringe under their tongue, they would wake up and your plan would be foiled. And neither would it scar given scars are a healed wound and if they are dead there won't be any healing or scarring anymore. And why bother hiding the injection site when you already plan to dispose the body anway in a way so no one would find it. Hiding injection sites is only necessary when someone finds the body, but if the body is burried and decayed there won't be any determination of an injection site when the tissue is decomposed. But the whole process of transport and burial sounds a bit risky and could be prone to failure.

#rp #roleplay #sherlock roleplay #sherlock rp #sherlock #bbc sherlock #sherlock holmes #fictional crime #fictional crime case #fictional murder #sherlock replies #sherlock holmes roleplay #sherlock holmes rp #sherlock holmes replies #post mortem #forensic #forensics #science #biology #chemistry #crimes #detective #biochemistry #fictional death #forensic science #pathology #crime rp #crime #consulting detective

[fandomlife-confessions]

#fandom life confessions #death #fictional death #tw death mention

[redhotchilipepper1]

“Don’t watch *insert show here*!!/don’t read *insert book here* All your favorite characters will die!”

Bitch, I’ve been doing this since I was like 9 years old. I’m used to it by now. (I still cry over their deaths, I just get over it quicker)

#multi fandom blog #marauders #percy jackson #the heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #harry potter #teen wolf #supernatural #greys anatomy #crying over fictional characters #fictional death

[aninvisiblevision]

Not to sound dramatic or anything but the death of Satoru Gojo is easily the worst fictional death I’ve been through.

Aside from his absolutely mind blowing abilities. It felt like his morals and ideology were extremely relatable even outside of the context of the medium.

There have been a lot of theories circulating around Twitter regarding reincarnation and subsequent second rebirth of Satoru. Many of which seem to be more fun then anything….

…Still, part of me holds onto the truth of those theories. There are still way WAY too many loose ends for Gojo to tie up. It would be a completely unfathomable blunder on Gege Akutami’s part to leave those unanswered. Considering his massive influence from Bleach, and the notoriously loose ending to that series.

#jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #jjk #Theories #jjk spoilers #JJK Gojo #manga #anime #thoughts #fictional death

[ok-ish-life-series-headcanons]

lizzie, mumbo, and ren are presumed permadead by the others and skizz's return did nothing to disprove this as they chalked it up to his being left out by virtue of DL needing an even number of players :)

Thanks for your submission anon!

Woah.... imagine if they are permadead? Wouldn't that be a conversation to have?

"oh yeah where's Ren by the way? Will he be back next season"

"Oh actually he's dead don't worry about it."

"....."

#headcanon #trafficblr #life series #ldshadowlady #lizzie ldshadowlady #mumbo jumbo #renthedog #skizzleman #fictional death

[fandomsoda]

clangen is wild

like hhhh Lightmoon literally just got her warrior name why is she dead

#text post #soda rambles #clangen shenanigains #tw animal death #fictional death #tw death mention

[str33t-c4t]

Keina and Mana when they were younger and the bestest of friends Surely nothing will ever happen between them

#villain introduction? #had to make at least one of them shiny #keina sugimoto #mana masuda #art #artists on tumblr #death #fictional death #sneasel oc #anthro #sneasel anthro #fc #oc #pokemon #sneasel #cartoon style #pokemon oc #anthro pokemon #shiny pokemon #shiny sneasel

[milomilesmib]

If this is how I'm dealing with a fictional character's death I'd hate to know how I'd deal with a real person's death lol

#its 12:20 am btw #fiction #fictional characters #fictional death #death #books #booklr #bookblr #movies #tv #grief

[keter-class-anomaly]

I’m on the Magnus archives, season four.

I love Elias so much, I hope he dies horrifically by the end of the series

#tma #fictional death #death #elias bouchard #the Magnus archives #keter class ass

[zc-undertale]

(WIP Project Spoiler)

Me, working on an angsty Undertale animatic: "I have to draw SO many pictures, so I'll just sketch sloppily & use flat grayscale coloring so I can churn these out quickly."

Also me:

…Dang it!

(Now I HAVE to make the surrounding frames detailed too aaaaAAAAAFfHKJSH)

(Image Descriptions natively included)

#xzacloudx #zc art #zc ut art #undertale #g-route #frisk #sort of #gun #sans #undyne #alphys #ut angst #fictional death #perfectionism #adhd #angst #crying #body horror #zc project #sans angst #skelebros angst #alphyne angst #image description included

[cryptid-stimming]

☣ Cosmic Rust (Transformers G1) Stimboard ☣

x x x / x x x / x x x

[Image description: a 9 gif stimboard; from left to right.

First line: a gif of a board with 3 bolts painted with faux dust and being dusted with a fine powder, a gif of someone rotating a steampunk camera model they have painted to appear rusty in both hands, and a timelapse gif of 3 hanging rectangular metal pieces being sprayed with salt solution and developing rust.

Second line: a gif of someone scraping and removing rust from a rusted knife with a smaller knife, a gif from the Transformers G1 cartoon episode 'Cosmic Rust' (which aired in 1985) of two robots on a computer screen stumbling and falling as their bodies are slowly devoured/destroyed by rust, rust particles float in the air around them, and a gif of someone scraping rust from a rusted knife with a smaller knife.

Third line: a gif of someone reaching out and opening an abandoned rusted car door, a timelapse gif of rusty tools in a plastic tupperware of vinegar (the rust is bubbling and flaking away), and a gif panning over the hood of an abandoned rusted car.

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#self indulgent as fuck #I am desperately trying not to make a million Transformers related stimboards I am so sorry lol #stimboard #body horror #fake gore #fictional death #destruction #rusty #rusting #timelapse #hands #abandoned #flashing gif #knife #peeling #fictional illness

[lepicera]

midnight, shadow, and cloudy

#art #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #drawing #cc by nc sa #oc art #bright colors #eyestrain cw #original character #ocs #do i have to tag oc stories with death warnings #fictional child death #fictional death #fictional animal death #there we go! #cat art #cat drawing #original story #eclipsed story #doodle #sketch