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honey:
I've been doing a little research for my new suspense story, and I've come to the conclusion that Nick gets tortured way more than anyone else. Even in group stories where they're all getting beat up, Nick always gets it the worst. (I must be different though, because apparently Kevin is by far the easiest for me to kill since I just off-ed him for the third time. Sorry Kev  :P) Anyway I was just wondering why is it always NICK? Why is it so fun to torture him? Be it physically, mentally, or emotionally, doesn't matter. Nick is always getting the short end of the stick.

Aside from the october challenge where I killed them all, the worst thing I've ever done to him is let him get punched by a girl.

My questions to you are these...

What is the worst thing you've done to Nick in a story? Why did you chose Nick? and do you feel you pick on him more than the other boys?

Rose:
Well for me, it is usually because Nick is always my leading man. Except in As Reality Crumbles which is the one story I have where AJ is the center Boy.

Let's see, I've put him in torture futuristic psychotic drugs where his mind created the pain he would feel in reality through dreams. And...in Born To Be he actually did die...and comes upon his own grave in that world later.  Oh and in one of my ancient in hiatus stories called Lost Souls, he was an abused child.

I tend to torture Justin Timberlake far worse lol.

mare:
I think the worst I have done to Nick is have Brian carve Mine on him. Yeah, I think that was pretty bad. As far as why he tends to be the victim I think the easiest answer that makes the most sense is the fact that he is the baby of the group. Most groups don't have quite the huge age differences that BSB does. I mean most of the people in a group tend to be around the same age but what makes BSB unique for writing is the fact that they are all different ages and in essence do act like brothers. That can really help play with the imagination. I bet if the scenerio was different and they were all the same exact age, you'd get a bigger variety of dilemmas happening equal amongst them all. That's just what I think anyway. I could be wrong, although that doesn't happen much  ;) lol

Because he is so much younger than let's say Kevin and Howie, it's easy for me to picture how it would be if something bad happened to the baby of the family. How quickly everyone would come to his rescue. And Let's face it, Nick just has so many sides to him, he's fun to write.

I have put them all in peril or had them all need that moment of rescuing but, I think the most believable of those settings has always been Nick and possibly AJ. Although i'm not a fan of writing AJ in peril lol because i'm not a fan of writing AJ. I love him but can't always pinpoint him how i'd like.

Carrie:

--- Quote ---As far as why he tends to be the victim I think the easiest answer that makes the most sense is the fact that he is the baby of the group. Most groups don't have quite the huge age differences that BSB does. I mean most of the people in a group tend to be around the same age but what makes BSB unique for writing is the fact that they are all different ages and in essence do act like brothers. That can really help play with the imagination. I bet if the scenerio was different and they were all the same exact age, you'd get a bigger variety of dilemmas happening equal amongst them all. That's just what I think anyway. I could be wrong, although that doesn't happen much  Wink lol

Because he is so much younger than let's say Kevin and Howie, it's easy for me to picture how it would be if something bad happened to the baby of the family. How quickly everyone would come to his rescue. And Let's face it, Nick just has so many sides to him, he's fun to write.
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Ditto!!!

julilly:
I think Nick has shown us all a lot more vulnerability than the other guys, so it's easier to place him in moments of weakness because we've witnessed the fact that he does have weaknesses. I agree too with what Mare said about him being the baby, that's absolutely true.

I have had him lose an arm, get arrested, get shot in the neck, suffocated with a bag, get stabbed, sexually assaulted, aaaand oh yeah come down with a little case of MS *snicker*

I think I picked him because he seemed like he would be fun to torture lol

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