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Critique on my fantasy chapter made me kill my favorite character

Last month a beta reader told me my main character was 'too perfect' and had no real stakes. She said, 'He never loses anything that matters.' So I rewrote chapter 12 and had his mentor die saving him. It hurt to delete those scenes but the story got way more tension. Has anyone else had to scrap a character or plot point they loved after feedback?
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grayb64
grayb641mo ago
Was it really that big of a deal though?
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noah917
noah9171mo ago
Yeah losing a character you love stings but it makes everything hit harder...
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