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Here's another idea for a guideline which I feel strongly about:

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  • 7.) I think we also need another guideline which protects the characters we've created from anything drastic/irreversible being done to them without our permission. IE: killed off, crippled, sent into another dimension from which there is no return, et cetera. This kind of thing can really screw up plans for one's own character, irregardless of whether those plans are short range or long range. If someone want to make a drastic change to a character not created by himself, it should be a common courtesy to check with the person who created the character in a PM or in chat. Most of us do that already, but we all know it hasn't always been done. This wouldn't apply to characters whose creators are long gone, of course.







How exactly does this apply to anything in our writing? I mean, the guidelines were built around pre-existing problems. Who has, at any point in this universe, changed any character permanently without someone's permission? And, how do you define "permanently" in this fictional universe?

I could very easily kill off Grimm in one sentence, and then, turn around, and bring him back to life in the next? So, how does this apply, generally?

And, even if someone DID change a character permanently (however that's suppose to happen), then, what would stop us from going "Umm, no, that didn't happen", and just ignore that entire instance?

Clarify please.