#in a way that story gave me trauma in regards of this topic. im still so angry abt that btw

[epistemofili]

Saying this here since twt is scary and i dont want to be killed by fans....

This is so real. And for this reason i dropped so many stories (especially shounen ones) simply because the author treated the character's deaths without proper respect to the audience and the characters themselves.

The top exemple i can give is jjk. Its been a long while since i read it so this may be inaccurate, but i remember dropping it especially because of how i personally felt that the author was killing all the characters without any respect or consideration. Everyone says that that arc is the best and how the author's killing of character is genius and thematically-accurate...but like. Even if that's objectively true, it still feels shit when an author make you love a character just to write a death that doesn't even let the reader or characters around to grieve it. It feels cold. Maybe it's genius writing and has some Deep Meaning and im just stupidly emotional, but as a reader i want to see a conclusion that feels well thought for the character. That doesn't feels like the author is throwing the readers' love at the mud for nothing.

One of the many reasons i like demon slayer it's because when a character dies, the story doesn't makes me feel stupid and selfish for grieving a character death. The author treats each death with respect for the character and reader, grounded grief/despair (aka the opposite of death as entreteniment) and shows both the character and reader how to deal with that grief over the course of the story. It doesn't shy away from death and it's not cowardly in depicting it and as a reader I'm eternally greatful for that.

And btw if you ask me if an author treating death as entreteniment is inherently bad, my answer is..... idk man. I dont really know the answer and so i cant give a definitive one, but i guess it depends? I think entreteniment and respect can coexist but I'm not sorry how that translates to a fictional story....if anyone have any thoughts abt this topic feel free to rb or leave a comment