The “All for One is Izuku’s father” theory is both interesting and hilarious because any time I think about it, I just imagine Toshinori finding out and having a “I love this child with every fiber of my being and he has my complete trust but how the fuck did I manage to choose the one (1) child of my arch-nemesis as a successor” moment.
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The death is a major plot point
It reveals some shocking plot twist
It supports your themes/what you’re trying to say with your book
Your novel explores the afterlife
You are George R.R Martin and the selling point of your work is that everybody dies
It suits the genre/mood of your novel
The character isn’t serving any purpose (this isn’t the Sims)
You want your readers to be shocked for the sake of being shocked
You want to be edgy
You think your MG story needs more gore
You want to romanticise grieving/loss
This really depends on your genre and target audience
If you’re writing something that isn’t intended to be graphic/traumatic, you can stick to the impact the death has on the other characters. If your novel explores illness, focus on that rather than on the disturbing death scene itself. Perhaps you’re writing a drama/tragic romance - you might want to ease up on the gore here. For these genres, I would suggest focusing on the emotional aspect of the death - the sobbing, the last words, the bright white lights (whatever floats your boat). Think of Mufasa in The Lion King - the actions are suspenseful, but we don’t see him being trampled with his guts spilling everywhere. But it’s still one of the most impactful deaths in fictional history.
If you’re writing in a more mature and gritty genre (like thriller, dark fantasy or crime), you can go all out. If there’s blood and guts, you readers probably want to see it in vivid detail to get their violence fix for the day.
Whichever genre your novel falls into, you should also go with what feels comfortable to you. Even if you’re writing adult dark fantasy, you don’t have to write graphic violence to make a character death impactful.
Please don’t let your character have a three-pages-long monologue after they’ve been stabbed in the throat. It’s not realistic and it’s often very boring. Yes, a few well-written last words can have a great impact. Just make sure that your character would realistically be able to speak at that point and that it doesn’t become a cheese fest.
Unless you’re aiming for very dark/nihilistic humour, afford your characters some dignity in the way they kick the bucket. (e.g. don’t use the phrase “kick the bucket”). Having someone slip on a banana peel and then choke on a pretzel is a little ridiculous and will make the entire story seem silly. Once again, this really depends on what you’re going for. If your genre is serious and your character is important and beloved, try for emotion rather than whimsy.
Don’t let your characters die only to be resurrected again and again and again. Look, I love Supernatural (long may they reign), but even I have to admit that the Winchester brothers’ luck with death has become a bit ridiculous. Doing this takes away from the impact of the death - it removes the fear and suspense, and will leave your readers emotionally stunted.
Your only female character in a bid to make the male hero feel something and become a better person
Your only LGBTQIA+ character, who is just too pure to live in this terrible world
Your only character of colour, who dies to save the white hero
Your only disabled character, who can now finally find release from life with disability
The one character who has never experienced a sliver of joy and bears the brunt of the tragedy, right when happiness is finally within their reach
The main character in the middle of the story - unless you have a REALLY good plan for what happens next
Still need to fix stuff but whatever It all started as an expression practice (trying to mimic Horikoshi because I like his style) and ended up being Fem!Deku (also cause I’m trash and tbh I’d love to have a female protagonist in bnha… But Izuku is always cute and adorable so I don’t really mind either version. There’s a bit of BakuDeku even tho I lean more towards TodoDeku (and OchaDeku because again I’m a DekuxEveryone trash), the idea was some kind of dare Deku lost and Bakugou’s costume is one of my faves so yeah. She had to wear it and being the angel she is, she loves it.
Do I talk too much? Probably, but it’s fine, cause I am here!
I don’t know what it says about Superman’s opinion of Jimmy Olsen, that it took CONVINCING for him to realise that Jimmy’s mind had been replaced by a gorillas
But
It’s nothing good….
I love the villain!Deku AU, but why isn’t there a serious ass picture of Katsuki looking at Izuku, shocked, asking him “Why are you the villain? Who made you like this?”, and the last picture of the comic is Izuku, looking at Katsuki like this:
It's still not too late
Make a gender changing quirk and this will be canon
I still don’t have a name for the kid :’DDD But I doubt he is going to cry for mama or papa in any context.
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Man, i worked on this idea for a while but there is something important i had completely forgotten about.
Fem!Deku’s hero name….
i’m completely blank on this
can some give me a good idea please?