Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.135.62.244-20160603201323/@comment-10390252-20160802093848

My biggest objection is that it would risk creating a sort of rolled eyes attitude of: "Hey-ho, another finale another secondary character killed off to poke Ruby forwards with another trauamtic experience. Same ol', same ol'."

It's been done once and, IMO, it has more-or-less paid off. However, every time they do it, they take a greater risk of it turning into a trope or even an over-used plot device.