User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 356: Tartarus arc - Prologue, Review and Commentary/@comment-1534821-20131019090659/@comment-4829046-20131019163624

I usually don't feel that way when writing about my own characters deaths. I might feel a bit sad but its all in the name of good story-writing so I don't really notice it anymore. And I'm talking about the good guys, not the antagonists. Antagonists typically die brutal deaths. One of the main themes in my story is tragedy. With trauma, depressing personal lives and childhoods. That mixed in with comedy and usual slice of life(sort of) and romance just makes it all the more realistic and interesting. XD I want to capture a proper effect, not one where its always comedy or one where its always tragedy, life isn't that plain. However I do keep a distinction between them. When it becomes dead serious, outside of maybe the antagonist's humorous taunts the atmosphere is strained. Though I do break that silence by adding some inner monologue or planning.