Forum:FC:Café Fanfic II



Based on the resounding success of last month's topic, here's a fresh topic and a fresh round of drinks to slake your thirst. Extra-strong caf for me, an Eyeblaster for the lady in the corner.

Just like last time, we're going to talk about fan-fiction (yours). The basic ground rules are the same. Please restrict this to stuff from your fan-fiction, but aside from that, no pressure. You can suggest, make observations, but no condemning other people's work and "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer.

Also, please do suggest topics for future months if you like this little feature and want to see it continue.

May's topic: We'll cater to the Americans this month and have our topic reflect a U.S. holiday known as Memorial Day. And this time, I'm going to ask you to do a small (very small!) amount of writing in an assignment called En Memoriam. Ready?

'''Write 250 words or less about how a character of yours would remember someone who has deceased. Could be a friend, loved one, comrade-in-arms, co-worker, subordinate, superior officer, etc. but if all else fails, an enemy or victim will do.'''

Feel free to discuss what other people have written whether or not you decide to share. This does not have to be something you've already written or included within your "official" storylines. It can be first or third-person perspective. It could be made up on the spot, which is what I'm going to do. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 18:09, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

Atarumaster88

 * Character: Sarth Kraen
 * Memorialized: Spectre Kraen, a year after he died. (5 ABY)

The Yanibar refuge has a place called the Hall of Remembrance where they make stone statues of Force-sensitives who have fallen. Spectre would have been memorialized in this way, allowing his friends and loved ones to visit the statue and pay their respects.

It would have taken Sarth a while to come there, and he would have come alone. He’s never been good at expressing grief and selflessness is something he wrestles with understanding. He is generally a moral person, but that kind of sacrifice is difficult for him to understand&mdash;he’s an engineer, very logical and rational. He wouldn’t say a lot when paying his respects. Instead, he’d probably wrestle with what would have motivated Spectre to knowingly choose to die to save him and his wife Cassi, knowing that he had a wife and daughter of his own.

Ultimately, Sarth concluded that the only reason Spectre would have made that sacrifice was if he saw greater utility in Sarth’s and Cassi’s lives than his own. Though he’ll still miss Spectre, Sarth would leave the hall with a resolve to make his sacrifice meaningful rather than dwell on the grief and tragedy of his death. It would take Sarth longer to absolve himself of blame for Spectre’s death and work through sorrow for the loss of his adopted brother, but that visit, as hard it was emotionally, would begin the healing process.
 * Discussion


 * The background for this came from the events of Force Exile IV: Guardian Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 18:09, May 2, 2011 (UTC)