Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4536066-20140118023920/@comment-4517359-20140118031846

Do you think nobody ever dies naturally?

No, I'm sure that people do die naturally. Just not often.

Do you have any characters who have died naturally?

I have only one character who I killed off with a natural death. Joe Bloikon, the first husband of Emma Marie Genic, died from leukemia. In the past, I thought of killing off my first bunch of characters by natural deaths when they get old, but I've recently decided to slow down the aging of them, both so I don't have to kill them off soon, and because I've noticed that they and their family members have aged a lot without being very active because I've went by a linear timescale that stayed the same regardless of activity.

Why do you think people have this idea about roleplay death?

Natural death is a rare occurance because people tend to attach themselves to their characters, and wouldn't willingly kill them off. It usually takes the force of another roleplayer to kill someone's beloved character. For example: I wouldn't be able to bring myself to kill off Emma. Empress Katrina's death was a good example of a natural death, and it was impressive that Stelly willingly let her go even after a year of character development as the Empress of Misthalin.

'''Do you think there should be/would you like there to be more awareness of characters who die in natural ways? '''

It would be neat for natural deaths of characters to receive more recognition because it's a hard thing for most roleplayers to do to their characters, especially a main/favorite character. And also because it's something uncommon, just like short characters.