I have to write a short clarification here. I'm sorry I said that Catherine's story would have been "legitimate" if it had included a discussion about the death penalty. "Legitimate" was a bad choice of words. I mean, instead, that to me Catherine's story would have been interesting and thought-provoking if it had included a discussion about the death penalty.

I really wanted to bring this aspect up just to show what I find interesting about deathfic - the way it can make us realize things about the real world.

To me, though, experiencing the devastating emotion of seeing Lois die can never be worth it, if the emotion itself is all I get out of it.

Ann