tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777298172927079868.post1863032009490862209..comments2014-07-05T11:51:58.807+10:00Comments on Literary Lilt: SUICIDESimberahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980244276326301441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777298172927079868.post-7246326636413231792011-11-17T02:18:00.494+11:002011-11-17T02:18:00.494+11:00You would think so, but it's sort of a convent...You would think so, but it's sort of a convention of the genre that even seemingly-avoidable deaths are inevitable, even if it's just because it's vague and ironic.<br /><br />A story from Volume One had a character with SUICIDE who thought he was safe but ended up being killed by a suicide bomber; so, a suicide killed him, but not his own.<br /><br />You could argue that the feeling of inevitability of a SUICIDE reading could drive an already-depressed person to kill themselves, in a sort of self-fulfilling-prophecy, Macbeth-and-the-witches kind of way.<br /><br />I didn't really want to deal with that angle in this, instead focusing on the emotional side of things. But it's an interesting thing to think about and I'm glad you brought it up.Simberahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980244276326301441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777298172927079868.post-66553337706666396252011-11-17T02:01:33.949+11:002011-11-17T02:01:33.949+11:00This is Phil from the HPP
It's a great read b...This is Phil from the HPP<br /><br />It's a great read btw.<br /><br />My only comment is that it's absurd that if the CoD given by the machine is suicide, that you can't stop it from happening. If there is one CoD you can prevent, it's that.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908261559225837025noreply@blogger.com