13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard
The characters we create are not all destined for long lives. Sure, some are, but a great many of them are on paths that will end in an abrupt fatality of one kind or another, and in this episode we’ll talk about how we choose which characters to put on those paths, and how those paths might be shaped.
We also talk about characters who walk perilous paths and emerge unscathed (sometimes thanks less to their pluck and wit, and more due to plot armor.)
Liner Notes:“The Worshipful Society of Glovers” can be found here at Uncanny Magazine .
Credits: This episode was recorded by Dan Thompson and mastered by Alex Jackson.
Homework: An SF/F conceit in which death is looks exactly like death to the people to whom it’s not happening, but is actually a transformation for the person experiencing it.
Thing of the week: Random Access Memorabilia, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, with colors by Travis Walton (available to read free online beginning here).
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