It is the difference between pulling a guitar string and playing it.
A good story should "play the cord of your heart" so to speak. It shouldn't pull it to get an extreme reaction. It is... overplayed. A good actor don't need to exagerate to pass a meaning. A subtle gesture is sufficient.
You get it with the rape. There was no reason save to make us all heartsick. And pretty much all of Vanyel story is like that.
We are saying the same thing, anyway :D It is ok to kill characters if the story demands it. But killing them off for angst value (or because you are bored of them, like Conan Doyle)is wrong. It is a cheap trick.
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It is the difference between pulling a guitar string and playing it.
A good story should "play the cord of your heart" so to speak. It shouldn't pull it to get an extreme reaction.
It is... overplayed. A good actor don't need to exagerate to pass a meaning. A subtle gesture is sufficient.
You get it with the rape. There was no reason save to make us all heartsick. And pretty much all of Vanyel story is like that.
We are saying the same thing, anyway :D It is ok to kill characters if the story demands it. But killing them off for angst value (or because you are bored of them, like Conan Doyle)is wrong. It is a cheap trick.