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How should this character die? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/writing@beehaw.org
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I'm planning a sci-fi and fantasy webseries. It probably won't go anywhere, so don't get too excited, but I need help with the plot of one episode.

I'm planning to kill off a character and have the other protagonists almost die, but only just survive. However, what should the cause of death be?

  • Nuclear radiation
  • Sci-fi disease
  • Some kind of terrifying alien creature
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[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  1. He sacrifices himself to save the others.
  2. The others sacrifice him to save themselves.
  3. One character kills him to save everyone else, but doesn't tell them, thus setting up the next big dirty secret.

Whether the mechanism of death is radiation, disease, or aliens isn't too important.

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were already going to sacrifice themself to save the others. The mechanism of death, however, is an important part of the plot of this episode.

[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

In that case, I vote for aliens.