You know that's an excellent theory, C_A. And, thinking about it you've probably hit the nail on the head.

If a TV character is killed off permanently and the show then continues (think Firefly/Serenity) then I'm stuck with that decision. There's talk of a new series of Firefly after the success of Serenity and to be honest, although I adore Firefly, I'm not interested in watching after what happened in the movie. frown I'd rather we had no more.

But, as you say, with fanfic, I can go on from reading a deathfic to reading another story where my heroes are miraculously back to life and on more adventures. So I'm not stuck with an irrevocable loss. I can change my mind.

And that probably does make all the difference.


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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

The Musketeers