Seven Years

[excentric397]

of trying, trying, trying to get over Ianto dying. Slowly weeding out any fan fiction with canon-compliant story lines, Jack mourning, Jack remembering in the future. Can't go there. Can only read happy endings. I've not been this devastated when actual real-life people I've known have died. What is wrong with me? Fortunately, there is a lot, I

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[badly_knitted]

I'll never really get over Ianto's death, so instead I've decided to remain in denial permanently - except when I want to write something where Ianto comes back from death, that is ;)

[excentric397]

I do like Ianto coming back stories. Does it not bother you to be so affected by a fictional character? Sometimes I wonder if I'm normal, sometimes I think it just reflects so much of my actual life that I've transferred my feelings to the fictional story, because not being real makes it less difficult or something? I identify very strongly with Ianto. I'm still trying to figure it out, when I think about it, which I try not to do. :) Maybe I'm just totally addicted to Janto. LOL

[badly_knitted]

I've been affected by fictional character deaths before, when I identify strongly with a character it's like part of me has been killed and I can't help the way I feel. Grief is natural when you lose someone you care about, and I don't think it matters whether that someone is a real person, a pet, or a fictional character. Grief is grief. We all deal with it in our own ways. I can't deny my mother's death, she's gone, but I can and will deny the death of someone who I CAN bring back. I can't bear the thought of Jack spending eternity alone.

[excentric397]

I'm with you on all of this. Bringing people back in the fictional world is a good thing, well, unless Gwen died and someone wanted to bring her back. I would not read that.