Y'know what irritates me the most about this particular little issue of hers? She keeps ignoring the fact that she really *does* control this fictional universe, and as such controls EVERYTHING about it. Time included.
You *can* kill off a character in your writing and not necessarily HAVE to "let him/her go". There are flashbacks. There are dreams and/or memories. Hell, you can even just go off and write some random scenes/stories about that character at some other point in their life! It's not like scratching them out of the *present* timeline is OMGTHEEND. Just wind the damned clock back for a bit, LKH. :P
At this point in the series, it's ridiculously absurd that some major characters *haven't* died! One of the things that was harped on the most in the earlier books was how death and tragedy were a part of Anita's world (Merry's too, natch)...well, WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!
Anyway, there's my gripe for the subject. I wish LKH *would* just start dumping some characters into the abyss, and only deal with them in flashbacks or side stories (if she absolutely must, heh). And actually, it might be kind of *fun* to see stories about those characters, PRE-ANITA. They can't very well be shagging her if they haven't even met her yet. :P
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Date: 2006-03-18 04:04 am (UTC)You *can* kill off a character in your writing and not necessarily HAVE to "let him/her go". There are flashbacks. There are dreams and/or memories. Hell, you can even just go off and write some random scenes/stories about that character at some other point in their life! It's not like scratching them out of the *present* timeline is OMGTHEEND. Just wind the damned clock back for a bit, LKH. :P
At this point in the series, it's ridiculously absurd that some major characters *haven't* died! One of the things that was harped on the most in the earlier books was how death and tragedy were a part of Anita's world (Merry's too, natch)...well, WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!
Anyway, there's my gripe for the subject. I wish LKH *would* just start dumping some characters into the abyss, and only deal with them in flashbacks or side stories (if she absolutely must, heh). And actually, it might be kind of *fun* to see stories about those characters, PRE-ANITA. They can't very well be shagging her if they haven't even met her yet. :P