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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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[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

It honestly depends on how you are writing the web series. How this character dies should also bring about a whole plot line.

Nuclear radiation - Why? What accident happened? What changes in safety regulations?

Sci-fi disease - Why? Was it because of first contact? Does that hinder the relationship with that alien creature?

alien creature - Why? Are they just big baddies who don't have any motivations of their own except to be a big bad or is this an alien creature mob boss and they had to kill this person to keep a secret safe?

Lots of places you can take this death but overall it should reflect what you are going to be writing.