Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-29295148-20160825214302/@comment-68.194.169.97-20161126013532

Phantomlink959 wrote:

By having things happen in a somewhat realistic way (such as a seemingly random or pointless death) the level at which we can associate with the show deepends.

If you want something where nobody ever dies for real, and everything has a neat and tidy ending, go watch a sitcom. Thats not the only way, and random and pointless death to be 'realstic' to me seems to be infecting shows like a virus and is in my opinoion, strangling and defiling escapism until its no longer escapism,

Honestly fantasy and sci-fi is not nor should be locked down by any stadandards in something as vain in fiction as what it is 'realistic', fiction itself is not real and such can go any direction, and it still can be inpactful, just to some than others, what you may not find impactful (and I am sure for good reason), may be to others (who may also have good reason), we really need to stop saying "go watch a kiddie show" or "reality must dominate fiction" writers can write whatever the hell they want, how they want, and however they want, light and dark tones and tone shifts in fiction are a far more grey area than just "Fire and Ice" and "Sitcoms", forcing one to choose between either one is a false dillemma/dichtonomy invented in modern times by an arrogant and cynical culture that thinks just too highly of themselves

and "go watch a sitcom" is not an answer, in fact its really condecending, audiances wanting an escapist show, movie, video game, where little to no characters die are not 'inferior' to those who want high death rates or realistic ones, nor does it make you 'superior' to others

To qoute Glynda, such insults and praddling are "Messuring D-"