*facepalm*

[agilebrit]

So, in keeping with the "we always hurt the characters we love" theme, I decided to look at my original fiction and see where I stood in that department.

It's...not a pretty picture.

BeagleFic: This one is remarkably violence-free. Go me. It's the only one.

Gargoyles: Er. Dead baby, opening scene. Carnage throughout.

DragonFic: Exploding baby dragons. Charlie nearly dies in a space battle.

Merc&theSnake: Male and female protagonist both die. Medtech brings them back.

A&tS Male protag goes insane. Good times.

Werewolf Fic: Biting with subsequent wolferizing.

CatFeet: Story is about a serial killer. Nuff said.

BeeFic: Bees vs Faeries in a war over honey. Death and injury.

Abducted!Werewolf: Giant alien bugs kidnap the wrong Earthling. More carnage.

BearFic: Bear kills evil abbott.

Giant Bugs: Dog dies in opening scene. Did I mention I destroy the Pacific Ocean?

Bunny From Hell: Stuffed bunny wants to be Real. Current owner not able to make that happen. He smothers her. She's...five?

Faerie Show: Kidnapped faerie kills and eats prospective mate.

Not!Iron Man: Male protag gets the shit beat out of him and nearly dies. Female protag loses an eye.

Yeah. I think I have issues.

In other news, there's an Iron Man Friending Meme going on over at ironman_lounge. Go forth, make new friends!

Oh. Icon. Little more artsy than I usually do:

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe you just like Drama?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Drama...death and destruction...

I'm starting to wonder if I use it as a crutch.

[prncssflutterby.livejournal.com]

Hmm you do like the violence hun. But then a story isn't interesting unless there's some sort of conflict.

I like violence and the like in fic it always seems more real if an author breaks the characters because real life isn't always sunshine and roses. I donno.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think maybe I just haven't gotten good enough at breaking my characters mentally rather than physically. I...may need to work on that little weakness.

[prncssflutterby.livejournal.com]

Yup it's always an interesting aspect to see how events are affect a character internally that they may not be showing externally.

I need to work on both aspects I think. I mean come on the last time I tried that was that apocalyptothon fic I did last summer, and I don't really like how it turned out.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

And sometimes I think I put them together a little too easily again. The actual!Iron Man fic being a case in point. *sigh*

[prncssflutterby.livejournal.com]

I put the CSI:NY ficlet (the one you helped me on) together fairly quick too. But I actually really like it. So I donno. I think it's a matter of the story flow and the action and the internal stuff that helps make a fic great.

*I really need to go read that fic too -sighs- *

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't mean the fic, I meant the character. *shakes fist at ambiguous pronoun* Either that or I'm not breaking the character enough.

That's...a fairly scary notion.

[prncssflutterby.livejournal.com]

*laughs "damn that ambiguous pronoun" giggles*

Hmmmm I really couldn't say if you have or haven't broken the character in that fic enough... *trots over to read it so I have an opinion*