I think it's better to resist such an impulse unless one has very good reason, because it's easy enough to 'resurrect' a character by simply writing about their earlier life, instead of changing the story.
I was personally not at all sad when Auron died. He chose his 'second death' and all of us knew he was going to the Farplane, which honestly doesn't look like such an awful place if you ask me. He was going back with his friends.
The first time he died he went out with a bang attacking Yunalesca for a great injustice. If you take that away from him you take away half his character. I mean, he wouldn't really be the same Auron anymore. It would be irresponsible to try to change his past and still write him as the same character.
The only way I can see it is in a complete AU and even then the author had better have a damned good reason for Auron's gruffness and sober attitude. He is a character who has to endure great tragedies to stay the same. It's what made him the way he is.
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Date: 2006-03-28 02:49 pm (UTC)I was personally not at all sad when Auron died. He chose his 'second death' and all of us knew he was going to the Farplane, which honestly doesn't look like such an awful place if you ask me. He was going back with his friends.
The first time he died he went out with a bang attacking Yunalesca for a great injustice. If you take that away from him you take away half his character. I mean, he wouldn't really be the same Auron anymore. It would be irresponsible to try to change his past and still write him as the same character.
The only way I can see it is in a complete AU and even then the author had better have a damned good reason for Auron's gruffness and sober attitude. He is a character who has to endure great tragedies to stay the same. It's what made him the way he is.