1. In this universe, ghosts generally have a purpose for being ghosts - unfinished business, the fear of what comes next, someone to look out for. And if you're around long enough, that purpose hardens and becomes what you're about; those are usually the ones who can, eventually, appear to the living. It depends on willpower and strength and desire but that's how it generally goes. So, you stick around because you can't bear to not see how your sibling/child/best friend ends up, you might end up becoming their guardian angel, suddenly gaining form when you see them in danger to intervene. You stick around because you need to protect your home, you might haunt it; because you needed to get home, you might end up one of those stories, the girl they pick up on the highway.
2. So this is the thing about she-that-needs-a-name: she was always afraid, she's been afraid, she's still afraid. I'm not sure if she's from the same killer or not; if she is, she's one of his first victims, before they even came to our detective's attention, she's been dead for a while. She's also been abused and hurt non-stop; her family was awful, she catapulted into an awful relationship after that, an awful friendship after that, and she was only barely in her 20s when she died. There's a couple of deaths that treat her nice, but deaths never hang around with anyone for long and they're a bit terrifying, honestly. So along comes the main character and the thing about ghosts that stay because they're afraid is, if they don't get locked into something, they tend to try on and discard a lot of things. The fear can only propel them for so long; if they never find something else to stay for, they sort of.... fade away, eventually. And this quest for justice is interesting, and then more than that, this is pretty much the first person of importance in her life to treat her kindly. So she sort of becomes her guardian angel in a way, and that's unheard of, a ghost staying for another ghost.
3. The quest for justice, however, is also very interesting. Especially in the question of "can they manipulate the world so he gets caught, or are they just gonna try and haunt him to death?" She may have some rage issues. Some. And PTSD issues. A lot. Look, she's not a happy camper to start with here, but things will get better. Sloooooooooooowly.
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12. Also three things, for now.
Date: 2016-01-21 12:18 pm (UTC)2. So this is the thing about she-that-needs-a-name: she was always afraid, she's been afraid, she's still afraid. I'm not sure if she's from the same killer or not; if she is, she's one of his first victims, before they even came to our detective's attention, she's been dead for a while. She's also been abused and hurt non-stop; her family was awful, she catapulted into an awful relationship after that, an awful friendship after that, and she was only barely in her 20s when she died. There's a couple of deaths that treat her nice, but deaths never hang around with anyone for long and they're a bit terrifying, honestly.
So along comes the main character and the thing about ghosts that stay because they're afraid is, if they don't get locked into something, they tend to try on and discard a lot of things. The fear can only propel them for so long; if they never find something else to stay for, they sort of.... fade away, eventually. And this quest for justice is interesting, and then more than that, this is pretty much the first person of importance in her life to treat her kindly.
So she sort of becomes her guardian angel in a way, and that's unheard of, a ghost staying for another ghost.
3. The quest for justice, however, is also very interesting. Especially in the question of "can they manipulate the world so he gets caught, or are they just gonna try and haunt him to death?"
She may have some rage issues. Some. And PTSD issues. A lot. Look, she's not a happy camper to start with here, but things will get better. Sloooooooooooowly.