Sorry, it's dark. Thoughts anyway?

Title comes from song Kill Your Heroes by Awolnation. The story actually has nothing to do with the song, but I love the title. More inspired by this song .

First thank you for going here. The death-fic.

Hopefully it will start a small trend with L&C writers.

That Superman is killed after 30 years as the hero is some comfort in the sense that he had a long career. In the "real world" such an individual would likely be taken out/over quickly by the government.

But the 30 years and mention of smile lines - Superman if he had children lived long enough to see them grown. Another comfort.

The description of Superman lying in the snow is stark. The killer was devastating in his destruction of Superman. Clearly no coming back from the dead this time.

How did he do it? No indication of kryptonite. In the "real world" the government and others would eventually come up with weapons that could kill Superman w/o needing kryptonite. Maybe that happened here.

Pete's reaction and the mention of the gray hair and small wrinkles was perfect.

The big question is who is the figure in black? I'm thinking it wasn't luthor. The title makes me think it was an unexpected killer. Maybe government related? If so why now? presumably after 30 years Superman was in the twilight of his career with all the great deeds having been done already.


The body - will the government take and dissect it to find out how Superman worked or will someone protect him from that final indignanty?

Great story.

Umm, yeahhhh... Methinks not. I know how rare deathfic readers/lovers are. I pretty much only do it for my sole entertainment. And now yours.


Nope. And thank you.


Thanks again!
Me to know and you to find out...

Yup, death-fics are rare here. Fortunately fanfiction.net and the Smallville fic sites have a fair number and well done fics at that.

If you don't want to post your death-fics here please do so at fanfiction.net. They are a popular genre on the Superman board there. And your writing style is great - your attention to detail in this story. Pete's noticing the streaks of gray and small wrinkles around Superman's mouth was a poignant and interesting point. Kryptonians do age in somewhat normal time it would seem.

Children - your comment. Hmmm. The raindrop was really a tear? Now you wouldn't go there would you. :p It would explain Superman's non-kryptonite caused death. It would be too evil though.

WHAT? WHAT?

Superman dead in the snow?

WHAT?

I need answers, dammit!

Posting tomorrow! (Sorry, can't deal with it tonight...)