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Summary: Will and Nico live in a religious (and quite homophobic) town. Nico has a religious and homophobic father, while Will has more accepting parents. Nico’s father, catching on to the fact that Nico was gay, brought him to a protest against a gay pride parade to scare him straight. He sits, wallowing in self pity, until Nico makes eye contact with a certain disappointed blonde.

Word Count: 3109

A/N: This is the first fic I posted on tumblr. I hope it’s any good. I was proud of it and my friend ( @queen-of-da-holy-frying-pan ) liked it, so I hope you enjoy.

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How did he end up here? A little closeted gay boy sat behind a fence, watching rainbow flags flying past, the shouts of protesters in his ear. Nico thought about what had lead up to this moment of complete and utter misery.

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hheath541

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oforlikelalune

OKAY! So, I spent some time of my childhood in an abusive household. My Step-father used to physically, and verbally assault me and my mom. He worked in IT, and he put tracking software on ALL of our computers, and phones.

AND when we were in danger, and tried to call the authorities, he’d take all of the phones away.. People don’t realize how scary and powerless abuse can make a person feel until it happens to you.

PLEASE reblog this! Even if it doesn’t, “look good” with your blog, it’s just too important, and you could save someone’s life!

shimmer-then-decay

a few years ago we had to go to a domestic violence shelter and this is the app my mom used. she was able to contact them while my dad was still in the house and he didn’t know until the next morning after we left. seriously, if you see this, reblog it. you never know who needs it.

8bitklance

Please don’t scroll past this

How to make a character’s death sadder

the-right-writing

Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).
Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.
Give them strong relationships with other characters.
Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.
Kill them in the middle of their character arc.
Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.

stevraybro

That’s enough Satan’s publisher…

iceb0x

>B)

shuttle-fly-blogs

7. If possible, try to kill them off in the middle of the story, so we had time to like them and we will have time to let the loss settle in.

8. Also, place surviving characters in a situation where having the deceased person there would help them get out. You can choose whether you will point this fact out or if you want the audience to make the connection themselves.

thehellspawnhero

peachdoxie

9. Make them die by sacrificing themselves to save someone they love from a danger created by the antagonist.

socialjusticeprincesses

based on a few deaths that made me blub like a baby…

10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.”

11. have their pet come looking for them.

12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.

13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.

~ Mulan

asbehsam

so… let’s add some frustration to your dear readers’ sadness, shall we?

14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.

15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.

16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.

17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)

18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.

19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)

20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal.

and the best one…

21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN

reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.
have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else
have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others.
have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole.

This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.

Satan out.

redhothollyberries

oh look, the textbook I read to make all your lives sadder.

squidspawn

I would like to add:

Kill them in a way that ties to their nature and strengths. If they are a free spirit drown them or crush them under a landslide, something no matter how they struggle they can’t escape. If they are a strong and skilled warrior, rot their body from the inside out (tuberculosis is excellent for this). If they are a character with many friends and family have them die of hypothermia alone. If they are proud of their quick mind or intelligence, give them dementia or Alzheimer’s.

And while someone earlier said dying of old age isn’t considered tragic anymore let me just say that it depends how you go about it. Speaking from personal experience, both dementia and Alzheimer’s are hell, both for the patient and for the families. Not to mention, taking care of an older relative is exhausting work and no matter how hard you try you feel deep down it isn’t enough. It is never enough. When people think about dying from old age, they think about the idealized vision of the old person on a bed surrounded by friends and family. They usually aren’t thinking about catheters or having to wrestle bingo chips out of someone’s mouth because they thought they were cookies.

And if you really want to distress your readers, have your character die alone. Because deep down we all want the closure of last words, a last glimpse of a friendly face. Without it there is no closure and the reader is left wanting.

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em

How to make a character’s death sadder