My Mom Bought A Poster Board For No Apparent Reason

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How to make a character's death sadder

 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.

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To elaborate, it really bothers me that some goths and punks feel a desire to judge others based in their tastes in music or fashion. The entire point of any alternative subculture is to embrace individuality and self expression. To say that one band, one artist or clothing style is "less goth" and "less punk" is fucking insane. That's why the subculture is so great, people can unite under something a little more strange than the usual culture. So when the subculture turns in on itself and cannibalizes it's very members, then we have already lost. We all desire to embrace individuality and what we like and don't liek Sometimes I enjoy metal. Does that mean I can't be in the goth or punk subcultures? No, it just means that I have the creative maturity to enjoy other genres. besides In summary, fuck you if you tell someone they can't like something due to their subculture. Fuck you if you don't make others feel bad about what they like.

Subculture elitists piss me off....

Like, god damn I’m sorry I don’t know the exact length of Peter Murphy’s 385th hair on his left testicle during the recording of In The Flat Field, Jesus christ I don’t know the exact syllable pronounced in during the 50th second of the 7th track on Only Theatre of Pain.

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