killing off characters
 

When I do dios, they aren't all related. They can be one shot dio. So there is no big problem. Once in a while it is cool to kill a character. I did it to Scarlett.

I haven't killed off any characters, but I did have Frostbite wounded.

General Hawk have killed too much characters.... and too much girls.

In my joeverse I just kill soldiers....

To me anyone can die at any time. That does not mean they will not be back again tomorrow.

I'm not a fan of too much gratutitous death in any storylines to begin with, but when I feel it must be done, I have certain rules I try to follow.

Not just in dios, but in anything I write, I'm very careful with who gets killed off. I have to honestly ask myself if I've done everything I can with them... Because if I haven't, I'll regret having killed them later when I come up with a great idea I could have used for them.

Of course, sometimes when you're writing, the story leads to a point where you may have to kill someone off, whether you like it or not. In situations like that, I always try to give myself some sort of an "out" so that the character can be brought back later if necessary.

As for my feelings on other writers killing characters-- I say, if they think it's a good idea for their story, who am I to judge? I may not like it, but I have to believe that they're doing it for a reason.

My dios are all part of the same universe so if I kill someone off, it'll last forever unless it's, I dunno, Cobra where they do cloning stuff. But even then... I'd rather do something different in terms of 'killing'. My 1st dio, I killed off a LOT of characters. Torpedo, Big Ben, Rampage, just figures I didn't care for much. BUT I consider Transformations the beginning of where my stories are consistent.

I'm also weird enough that, if I kill off Scarlett or something like that, her twin sister or lil sister would join up and take over. *shrug*

im the same. even if there are other stories that dont directly tie in(night before christmas) it is still part of my joeverse and if someone dies, their dead. unless as you said, cloning or something brings them back.




true, true. his dios are what got me to both join this site and wanting to do my own. i still look everyday at his page to see if a new one is up and im almost through reading his fan fic, but he has killed off to many girls. lady jaye, the baroness, scarlett is pregnant and recently zarana. that is why i asked this question, to see what everyone thought. as i said i want to kill a few off whom i have no use for, to make it realistic, but im afraid ill regret it later. i could never kill off a girl, never.

I make no judgements about other writers now or ever. I have two major characters who will be KILLED in the first few pages of my ever waiting to be completed upcoming dio. My reason is to create a distinctive change in my joeverse that will have effects on everyone in the story.

I have the same problem with killing off a character. No sooner do I kill tham than I have a great idea for them in a story. But in this first story, I need to set a tone and you must admit, nothing sets a tone better than cold blooded murder.

Exactly! I've killed off plenty of characters in one-shots and mini-dios, only to use them again in later shots. However, if you want continuity between your shots or stories, it could be a problem.