[MERGE] And then there was one

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Grieving their love interest?

[(Anonymous)]

A character's love interest is not only dropped, but permanently dead in the game's overarching story line. How do I handle this without making it cloying?

Re: Grieving their love interest?

[(Anonymous)]

Do they suffer any similar loss in canon? If not, how does their culture handle death and mourning? Another good thing would be to check how they deal with Bad Life Events in canon (if they don't have instance of actual mourning). Do they cling to their friends or seek isolation? Go drinking, get mad and smash stuff, indulge in artistic frenzy?

Also, get in contact with your CR to find out how they'll react to your character's mourning, to see if they might be able to help them effectively through grieving and getting back on their feet. Find out what the love interest's platonic CR is doing too, since it could be (depending on their personalities) that they would commiserate with each other. It's also okay if this is a permanent or long-term shift in how you play your character, since that's how it often goes in both fiction and RL.