Logience Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Realized that the General thread was probably the wrong place for this topic, so I'm putting it here to see if it works better. Inb4 this gets me suspended. Anyways, would a retelling/self-insert fic of FE7/12/13/whatever with character death seem viable? No AU or AC, but a fic in which the general plotline of the game stays solid, but people in the group acually die. I mean, I don't think there's a single fic out there that isn't a No Deaths run. Kinda ruins the suspense of a well-written action scene when you know for a fact that no one's gonna die. Plus it would also work for building drama and also allow the writer to stop mentioning certain characters whom writing for is getting repetitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Character death has a better chance of working than an admitted self-insert fic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Character death has a better chance of working than an admitted self-insert fic. At least he wants to do the games that already have self inserts. These at least have a chance of working, if well written, and subtly handled. Otherwise, i do not recommend it because the inserting process never goes well. As for character death, it's an excellent idea for dramatic purposes, but if you are having issues writing a character consider making them minor characters in the first place you shouldn't be trying to write 50 characters as if they were major. It doesn't work well. Also, don't use it too much, or it stops working as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenh Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) Self-insert and character deaths aren't related. Character death in a Fire Emblem fic seems entirely viable, and I think it's probably been done somewhere. There are enough units that don't really affect the main storyline that you can build a reader interest towards those and still kill them off. If you killed off one of the main lords or story-dependent self-inserts (Game Over screen), the main story would have to change enough to handle that. Mark sounds like the only self-insert that'd be easy to erase. Edited May 17, 2014 by Lenh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelman Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I mean, I don't think there's a single fic out there that isn't a No Deaths run. Kinda ruins the suspense of a well-written action scene when you know for a fact that no one's gonna die. Read Fire Emblem: Wayward Son. It is not a No-Death run. Also, you can find the topic here, inside the written works section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.