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Why hello there, old sports. I guess we all know the spiel with this one, but I tell you anyway, using this handy-dandy step-list: You introduce a character who is likable. (optional)Keep him aro...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:56:16Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29880 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Mephistopheles
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2019-12-08T06:56:16Z (almost 5 years ago)
Why hello there, old sports. I guess we all know the spiel with this one, but I tell you anyway, using this handy-dandy step-list: 1. You introduce a character who is likable. 2. (optional)Keep him around for a while 3. Kill him/her off horrifyingly, and have the murderer [bathe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiszaeszl%C3%A1r_affair#Origin_of_the_accusation) [in his/her blood (maybe literally)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory) and organs. 4. ??? 5. [Profit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin) However, old sports, this trope was used by too many writers and/or too many times for anyone to take it seriously, or don't saw it coming. We all know, that an innocent and powerless character is destined to be brutally murdered, and so, the **readers will be too distanced** to feel sorry because they knew, this would happen. But I want to kill off characters for the drama. **So, how to do this trope "right"?**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-08-23T16:12:58Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: -2