poll! KFZ!

[aimeelicious]

So I've been giving a lot of thought to character death in fic, and the fic header warnings that often come with them, but sometimes don't. In the interest of fostering a dialogue on the topic, I've created a poll to gather some general information about reader preferences. This post/poll is UNLOCKED, in the hope that some of you will be willing to PIMP it in your journals and hopefully encourage others to fill it out, as I'd like as much input as possible. ETA: I do plan on doing a results post based on this poll, so please know that your responses will not just disappear into the ether.

Feel free to answer the poll anonymously if you wish, and take over my journal for discussion, just don't get nasty! This has been declared a kerfuffle-free zone (KFZ).

[Poll #450697]

ETA: Sorry for forgetting Smallville as a fandom...it's one of my faves and I left it off! Dang polls, can't edit them.

Comments

[ainu-laire.livejournal.com]

Lord of the Rings, dude, Lord of the Rings :D

Anyhow, I need to know if a character will die because I usually only read if there is a certain one character in the story (very few acceptions) and if he dies, well, I either get a. angry, b. depressed, c. bored, or d. all of the above. I really cannot stand my favorite character dying early (unless if a. everyone dies with him or b. it is his time in canon). If I know in advance that he is going to die, then I don't get pissed off... in fact, I usually avoid fics where my favorite character dies. I've read one or two really good ones, but otherwise, nuh uh.

[mother2012.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

Ditto.