CHALLENGE #24: Dearly Departed

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CHALLENGE #24: Dearly Departed

Description Write an obituary for a character, either one from an existing fandom or a character you create. You can kill them off now, jump ahead to when they're ninety, or pick someone who's already dead; whatever you like. If you're looking for inspiration, check out the obituaries at The New York Times.

Points 5

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[philstar22]

This is awesome.

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:D I'm glad you like it!

[philstar22]

Oh, do they have to stay dead?

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Nope. Just as long as they were dead long enough for someone to write an obituary. (I really should have gone with the Daniel Jackson icon for this challenge, shouldn't I?)

[craterdweller]

LOL! I was thinking the same thing about Daniel - of course same could be said for Buffy and a bunch of other characters I'm sure - great challenge idea :)

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Thanks!

[jacquelee]

Can it be spoken obituaries? Like someone talks about the person at their wake? And if yes, can we make the obituary part of a fic and submit just the obituary and link to the fic? I got two ideas already, and also, thanks for this, it totally made me think of an old idea which I now wrote for the five by five challenge. :D

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I'll allow that, sure. And yes, you can definitely embed it in something larger, but only the eulogy/obituary itself will count toward the word count for the challenge. The way you describe it, submitting the eulogy/obituary and linking to the fic, sounds perfect.

I'm glad you were inspired for five by five!

[jacquelee]

Yay, thanks! Eulogy, that's what it's called, I knew that. :P

[shermel]

How about a character who's a (canonical) ghost doing their own eulogy?

And what about anthropomorphising an inanimate object (an obituary for a car...for instance)

This challenge is giving me some very odd ideas! :)

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I think a key part of an obituary or eulogy is that it's delivered by a third party--otherwise it's more of an autobiography--so I'm going to say no to someone delivering their own. Even if they are dead. :)

Yes, a eulogy or obituary for an animate object (or for an animal) is fine.

[catko]

can we do two for the same character?

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Sure!

[catko]

LOL sorry for late question, thanks for quick answer!

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Oh, we were still a day and a half away from the deadline when you posted that question. Lots of time! (And I see you're already done.)