If you're going to write about suicide

...make sure it's realistic. Much better to do some research. Don't just go and write some stories like, "omg, he doesn't love me back. no one loves me. I must jump off this building and die" or "she doesn't love me anymore and left me for somebody else. I must cut my wrist and leave this world since I'm worthless." I'm sure most of this suicide centered fics writers would say, "It's just a fanfic. I just want to write an angsty tragic fic for my otp, etc." Well, sorry but suicide is NOT a joke. It takes a lot of courage to let go . . . of your OWN life. There should be A LOT of reasons why someone wants to end his own life, and it's not only always about romance. Some people have family problems, financial problems, crime victim, physically/ually/verbally abused, insecurities, depression over something, and many more. It's NOT only because of being heart broken. Think about it guys.

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ChaoticDarkAngel #1 May 1, 2013 06:23:41

I've been through depression before so I can kind of grasp on how a depressed character would feel. These things really aren't easy to write because you REALLY have to be careful so you don't accidentally offend someone who has gone through suicide before or serious depression. These things really aren't funny either, I don't like it when the author has a character joke about suicide -__- Don't get why people do that. I think after reading your blog I'm going to do a lot more research on depression and suicide if I were to ever right another fanfic with this type of theme. Hope you don't mind again if I comment ^^;

Nich111 #2 May 1, 2013 00:44:03

I agree. It is, honestly, very frustrating to read fanfics that use the phrase "I'm going to kill myself" or "I hate my life" So easily. Especially if it's just because of someone you're interested in. It's really childish and not even close to an understandable reason why someone would say or attempt that. I mean, have I wanted to kill myself? Yes, many times. Have I hated my life. On most days I do. Even though my reasons are small, I don't wouldn't go anywhere near as far as to say that it's because of a person who I'm attracted to.
Reading stories like that make me feel nothing for them. I don't get sad and often just skip those parts or move on to a new story. It's unnecessary drama added and pretty offensive to people who have and really want to commit suicide for more important reasons, now that I think about it after reading your thoughts on it. (I'm not saying people should commit suicide though. It's just...I have a very small basic understanding and sympathy towards them for their reasons for doing it, so long as it's not relationships)
Anyways, getting a bit back onto your thoughts lol, I do agree with you on this and hope more people realize it as well and come up with something...better, I suppose.