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0|0|0|||1||A Philosophical Conundrum|Nova Floresca||00:08:47|07/25/2014|Partly brought to mind by Gryphon%27s idea for improving TLOK book 1%2C but also a problem I%27ve encountered elsewhere%3B given a situation where there%27s a character who needs a thorough reeducation via fists%2C but it would be a bit out-of-character for whomever is around to do so%2C my question is%3A How far out of bounds is acceptable %28or is at acceptable at all%29 for a character to do something they normally wouldn%27t%2C when that something is a beatdown%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A A Philosophical Conundrum|Gryphon||00:18:29|07/25/2014|%3EPartly brought to mind by Gryphon%27s idea for improving TLOK book 1%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut also a problem I%27ve encountered elsewhere%3B given a situation where %0D%0A%3Ethere%27s a character who needs a thorough reeducation via fists%2C but it %0D%0A%3Ewould be a bit out-of-character for whomever is around to do so%2C my %0D%0A%3Equestion is%3A How far out of bounds is acceptable %28or is at acceptable %0D%0A%3Eat all%29 for a character to do something they normally wouldn%27t%2C when %0D%0A%3Ethat something is a beatdown%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ADepends on how you structure it.  If there%27s a %5Bi%5Dspecific reason%5B%2Fi%5D for someone to snap and do something they normally wouldn%27t - i.e.%2C what happened to Juri in %5Bi%5DOn the Road Again%5B%2Fi%5D - and you don%27t overplay that card%2C you%27re good.  It%27s a delicate balancing act and can%27t be indulged in too often.  Any character can be pushed too far%2C but if you %28as an author%29 make doing so a habit%2C it rapidly threatens to become self-parody at best.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A A Philosophical Conundrum|Nova Floresca||01:05:48|07/25/2014|I %2Athink%2A the events leading up to said potential beatdown are sufficient to warrant it%2C but it%27s complicated by the fact I personally want to see the character get whomped%2C which is why I%27m trying to gather opinions on the matter before committing anything to paper %28or text file%2C as the case may be%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
3|3|2|||||RE%3A A Philosophical Conundrum|Proginoskes||11:17:58|07/25/2014|The marvellous thing about text files is that if something turns out to be a bad idea%2C no paper has been wasted.
4|4|3|||1||RE%3A A Philosophical Conundrum|Gryphon||11:59:35|07/25/2014|%3EThe marvellous thing about text files is that if something turns out %0D%0A%3Eto be a bad idea%2C no paper has been wasted. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat is so%21  And if you think better of something before you show it to anyone%2C no one ever has to know you wrote it but your own brooding%2C obsessive%2C guilt-ridden conscience.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DOr is that just me%3F%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|5|4|||1||RE%3A A Philosophical Conundrum|Nova Floresca||16:47:46|07/25/2014|%3EThat is so%21  And if you think better of something before you show it %0D%0A%3Eto anyone%2C no one ever has to know you wrote it but your own brooding%2C %0D%0A%3Eobsessive%2C guilt-ridden conscience. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DOr is that just me%3F%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C that sounds very%2C very familiar.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22