I second what Babycakes said, you won't lose you readers. As long as you don't forget to put the 'major character death' warning, it'll be all right. Plus, most of your readers will appreciate the 'real life' aspect of Simon's death, in the sense that it would be just too 'convenient' if *no* major characters died at all...know what I mean? It would be like, 'yeah, 95% of the population died that Day, but don't worry, among the 5%, you'll actually find that 100% of MC actually survived' What are the odds, you know? *g* Actually *frowns* I think we talked about that some time ago, didn't we? lol

Now,

never, ever make me read another story where Daniel is impaled

OMG *fake glare* I knew you were going to mention that story again, I *knew* it! I'm sorry about it-- I'm soooo sorry. No, really I am *bambi eyes*

well, the one where Blair dies of AIDS was aweful too

*eyes starting to fill up* Oh man *shaking voice* You *had* to talk about "In Another Life", didn't you? Do you hate me? You know what the simple mention of that story does to me... That fic was *so* beautifully written...and so fucking sad, why oh why did I ever read it? *sobs*

*looks up, all teary* I need something to cheer me up...*beaming* I know! "24/7", yeah, a good ol' bdsm story should do the trick. *takes a deep breath* All right, I'm fine, I'm relaxed, I totally forgot about the Fic That Shall Not Be Named, thanks *g*