>I (mis)quote Kurt Vonnegut in this instance: "No matter how much you
>may like a character, it is your obligation to be a sadist towards
>them."

Or, as the leader of a writers' workshop I was in some 15 years ago used to say, "Get'em up a tree and throw rocks at'em."

-- Bob
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Come to the Wired. Ask for Lain. I will help you.
-- from Serial Experiments Lain: The Legend Continues