Resurrections and death

[hmpf]

I just noticed a very obvious pattern in my fic. Death (that's death, not Death with a capital D) is everywhere:

I curently have twelve finished fics and thirteen unfinished ones. Four or five of these are either completely or at least to a large degree about grieving. Four involve a literal or figurative resurrection, and deal with how the grieving person accordingly moves from grieving to, well, not grieving. Two stories end with the protagonist's death; and two begin with it - both of these are, in some ways, about dying.

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[stabbim.livejournal.com]

I don't mind stories dealing with tragedy (death, grieving) if they're done well. :)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

If we believe the theory that there are only two stories, "Someone goes on a journey," or "A stranger comes to town," then half of all possible stories will somehow touch on death. It's sort of...the inevitable, suggested end to any journey.

Taking the theory that we write to discover and name the unknown (thereby taking away our fear of it and its power over us), and that we no longer have to write about why hills are hill shaped and where the stars come from as science gave us answers, what's left but death? It's sort of...the ultimate unexplained thing, and we're never *not* gonna have to deal with it.

Unless Futurama has it right. Plus, all of the above might just be an exhausted Becca hopped up on too much coca-cola and bad news.

All of my stories seem to deal with death or loss, too. You have to come to terms with a change in order to, well, change. And good changes don't bring drama, and we don't need to find strength outside ourselves (from stories) in order to deal with them. Or, again, hopped up on coke and full of shit.

TBRFKASK

Well...

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

but considering it's *fanfic* we're talking about, it would be much more reasonable to expect me to write about sex, a relationship, things like that... Then again, that wouldn't be me, not really.

Bad news? E-mail me if you need to talk, okay?

Oh, and would you mail me your phone number? I think I lost it...