Character Deaths and other touchy bits in fandoms

Rather bored today, at work, mostly. Spinning my wheels. I need a new interesting work project. But must be patient. Same with apt searching - have hit the proverbial dead end, so must be patient there as well. Work on book, go back to the gym.

Spending time on lj when I'm bored - gets me into trouble. Because I'm an opinionated bitca as you all well know, often bluntly honest, and....well. Thought about writing this post about something else that is pinging on my mind at the moment, but I remembered this meme that I saw weeks ago on my flist - which is actually a far better way of discussing the topic.

Before I start? I actually find character death interesting in stories, because it is such an essential part of life. And I've written about it a lot. One of my biggest pet peeves regarding fandom is the whinging of fans regarding character death, particularly character deaths that I feel have been done well and are integral to the story and make story richer and more worthwhile. It's also why I think, sometimes, shipping can interfere with our appreciation of a story. That said, I do think this meme touches on some button pushing topics.

( Character Death Meme - contains spoilers for a lot of shows, most that I doubt any one watches, and Buffy since most people have actually seen that one )