#fictional death

[saturnniidae]

It's so funny to me how determined the series is to pretend Hiccup hasn't killed people/isn't capable of killing people when necessary.

They act like he wasn't out there every day of the week burning and sinking dragon hunter ships with his friends in rtte. He just seems to be very stuck in the mindset of: 'if I don't see the bodies, then who's to say I've done something as morally reprehensible as murder?'

Like he literally caused multiple of Krogan's henchmen to be electrocuted at once and fall off their dragons but he didn't actually see their bodies hit the water so it's fine.

But he can't directly kill someone. He struggles when it's not some faceless soldier, and he has to look at or speak to them knowing he needs to take their life.

Unless Toothless or Astrid are in immediate danger. Then all reservations about killing and violence disappear (rightfully so).

[abyssalmermaiden]

"And they were found like this, you say?" "Well, not exactly, but near enough. Have Braya show you the sketches."

During NOAH's excursions into the Crystal Tower two bodies were discovered in a control chamber on one of the upper floors. The Sons of Saint Coinach recorded the find and removed the remains for further study. Though their identities are a mystery, they are thought to have died before or perhaps during the Fourth Umbral Calamity.

The exact cause of death too is unknown. Although a peculiar red crystal recovered with the bones may contain clues- if any can decipher them. The only person to handle it closely nearly collapsed, later reporting being overcome by a sense of terrible anguish.

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(Cesario: @mythandral)

[cosmiccyndaquil]

vulpix is a cool pmd eos hero or partner and all but do you ever think about how drastically ninetales's lifespan differs from basically everything else you could pair it up with

and if they're the partner

they lose you twice

[fandomsoda]

obsessed with and in tears over the fact that Ink is one of the most resilient, impossible to destroy entities in the entire multiverse, but…

once this fandom dies (which won’t be soon, but inevitably will happen)…

All of the other characters get to exist within an eternal limbo, effectively turned immortal in the fact that nothing is ever going to happen to them again. Time will not pass, and so neither will they.

But Ink will die.

He’s the only one that will properly die.

Justified, playful hubris will become complete, unforgiving oblivion.

There’s a poem in there somewhere, but I’m too hollow to write it at the moment.

[jerzwriter]

The question has to be asked... what fictional deaths... it could be TV, movies, theater, novels, etc... but what fictional deaths moved you to tears?

@tveitertotwrites go for it! lol

[nuzzy]

Last View

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idk I wanted to be edgy. and I wanted to draw something about memory 13 in botw. And the fact that Zelda literally saw link die?? That fact isn’t talked about enough

[pansy-placebo]

Tw; discussion of death and grief, including children experiencing grief

It just hit me: You know how sometimes there are creatures in fiction which can "only" be seen by people "touched by death," usually meaning grief? Sometimes near-death experience? Sometimes the creatures themselves are death, or are agents of death?

Such a creature could not escape being seen in public.

In the stories they feature in, it's usually about whether or not the protagonist (s) can see them, not thinking much about the broader implications. Oh, yeah, there'll be a scene where someone spots it and watches it go by. But like. Not a lot of people tugging on their friends and going "you see that?" "Yeah, I see it." "Oh, I see it too!" "What is it??" "I don't know..."

Even if it passed by a school of children it'd still get spotted by some of the kids. I can think of at least three people who had one of their parents die while I was in school with them.

I'm only like 25 and I can't think of many I know in my age range who haven't gone through grief, of either a beloved relative or a dear friend.

If you up the ante to "saw someone you love die" then, sure, you get a smaller number, but it would still be unable to hide in public. And if the creature was foolish enough to pass by an old folk's home it would be spotted by literally everyone looking its direction.

The density of the population who can see it will naturally vary by time and location, but there's always a base minimum of people who're dying no matter what is happening.

So instead of it being a myth, it would be a commonly-known phenomenon. Parents who spotted it would explain to their kids what they were talking about, how their kids will see the creatures one day, just hopefully not one day soon. Maybe illustrations of the creatures would be shown in children's books, so they won't be surprised when they start to see them.

Idk. I just feel like the potential of "thing that can only be seen by experiencing ____" isn't often brought to it's fullest. I know it's often for the mood of the story- there are many stories of a "secret other world/society" hidden within out own, but I think that creature has more potential for world building than the cases I've seen it used in

[fandomlife-confessions]

[consult-sherlockholmes]

Just a little question of curiousity: What would be the better option, injecting them with a syringe filled with liquified datura seeds or with an overdose of insulin.

I would inject them under their tongue while they sleep so the scar won't be found. Afterwards I would pack them up in my car and drive at least two hours away from where I live. There I would dig up a 12 feet hole, bury the victim halfway, put the corpse of a dead animal on top and close the hole.

If I'm feeling fancy I may cut up the victim's corpse and and bury them all halfway with animal caveses on top, far away from my home.

Anyways, what's the better poison for this?

This is all theoretical and for science's sake, it's a fun mental exercise to sometimes plan a murder so do not be concerned. An usually endogenous substance like insulin that naturally exists in the body would be much harder to determine as the murder weapon, than an exogenous poison like liquified datura seeds that usually is not present in someone's body except if they have been poisoned. Insulin isn't part of regular tox screens, so if there is no suspicion no one would go looking for it. So in that case insulin would be the better choice.

It's difficult to determine and interpret insulin levels postmortem, insulin not being very stable and autolysis or hemolysis making blood as a sample impractical, which is why vitreous humour is used. Insulin levels can be determined with immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) or liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). In the case of natural insulin levels, it should be below the detection limit in the vitreous humour, but if the levels are increased due to poisoning it should be above the detection limit of the method, thus indicating that the death was not natural.

Another way to differentiate endogenous (your own bodie's) or exougenous insulin poisoning, is by looking at the ratio of insulin to C-peptide. During the synthesis of insulin in the body, C-peptide is cleaved from the proinsulin, which means that per formed insulin molecule there is also a C-peptide molecule formed, so with an endogenous poisoning the ratio of C-peptide to insulin should be 1:1, while if the insulin has been administered exogenously the ratio is >1 (more insulin than C-peptide).

And I am not entirely sure how you would want to create a proper solution of 'liquified datura seeds' that can be properly injected, because that would require purification and extraction of the active compounds. You can't just crush some seeds and put them into a syringe with a bit of liquid, it would clog up the needle. Meanwhile insulin already exists as solutions ready for injection, much better choice. Making such a datura seed solution would mean more effort, and would be easier to trace than insulin.

An injection under the tongue sounds uneccesary. Would be quite awkward trying to open someone's mouth while they sleep to put a syringe under their tongue, they would wake up and your plan would be foiled. And neither would it scar given scars are a healed wound and if they are dead there won't be any healing or scarring anymore. And why bother hiding the injection site when you already plan to dispose the body anway in a way so no one would find it. Hiding injection sites is only necessary when someone finds the body, but if the body is burried and decayed there won't be any determination of an injection site when the tissue is decomposed. But the whole process of transport and burial sounds a bit risky and could be prone to failure.

[cryptid-stimming]

☣ Cosmic Rust (Transformers G1) Stimboard ☣

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[Image description: a 9 gif stimboard; from left to right.

First line: a gif of a board with 3 bolts painted with faux dust and being dusted with a fine powder, a gif of someone rotating a steampunk camera model they have painted to appear rusty in both hands, and a timelapse gif of 3 hanging rectangular metal pieces being sprayed with salt solution and developing rust.

Second line: a gif of someone scraping and removing rust from a rusted knife with a smaller knife, a gif from the Transformers G1 cartoon episode 'Cosmic Rust' (which aired in 1985) of two robots on a computer screen stumbling and falling as their bodies are slowly devoured/destroyed by rust, rust particles float in the air around them, and a gif of someone scraping rust from a rusted knife with a smaller knife.

Third line: a gif of someone reaching out and opening an abandoned rusted car door, a timelapse gif of rusty tools in a plastic tupperware of vinegar (the rust is bubbling and flaking away), and a gif panning over the hood of an abandoned rusted car.

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[abyssalmermaiden]

I don't want to say

That I'm afraid to die

I'm no good at goodbyes I can't apologize

[cosmiccyndaquil]

OH GOD OH FUCK new pmd idea okay what if.

what if pmd rescue team took place in the distant future of pmd eos, you know after everything was fixed up and time was running properly,

and the ninetales was the partner and got the idea to curse that human to turn into a pokemon (gengar) because of pmd eos hero

and yk how they talk about a great explorer lucario? what if that was pmd eos hero (who in this idea is. Not actually alive anymore and also their death was the reason the ninetales went off to the mountain)

this of course definitely is not canon and probably has like thirty million holes in it but its my new headcanon now 👍

[fandomsoda]

clangen is wild

like hhhh Lightmoon literally just got her warrior name why is she dead

[redhotchilipepper1]

“Don’t watch *insert show here*!!/don’t read *insert book here* All your favorite characters will die!”

Bitch, I’ve been doing this since I was like 9 years old. I’m used to it by now. (I still cry over their deaths, I just get over it quicker)

[aninvisiblevision]

Not to sound dramatic or anything but the death of Satoru Gojo is easily the worst fictional death I’ve been through.

Aside from his absolutely mind blowing abilities. It felt like his morals and ideology were extremely relatable even outside of the context of the medium.

There have been a lot of theories circulating around Twitter regarding reincarnation and subsequent second rebirth of Satoru. Many of which seem to be more fun then anything….

…Still, part of me holds onto the truth of those theories. There are still way WAY too many loose ends for Gojo to tie up. It would be a completely unfathomable blunder on Gege Akutami’s part to leave those unanswered. Considering his massive influence from Bleach, and the notoriously loose ending to that series.

[ask-cheesy-ii]

*The gem on his chest and his eyes start to glow.*

“Cheesy. Just tell me the truth. This thing makes me know when a lie is told….”

….*sneeze*

”Dude! You think I know how to handle feelings? I can’t! They’re overwhelming and messy! You think I just sucked it up and handled it when my grandpa died? I didn’t! I cried for a week straight and then started ignoring it!”