Yeah I definitely think that experiencing real life death at an early age does give you perspective. And you learn to develop coping mechanisms to deal with losing someone you love. And actually for me deaths in books and TV shows help me deal with my own losses in real life, they let me explore my feelings.
I was such a spoiler phobe that I didn't know Spike was going straight to Angel when he was killed off on Buffy (also I had been out of the country and avoiding ALL websites to remain unspoiled until I could see those final three episodes). But Spike's death didn't upset me because I felt he was really given his due: it was redemptive and very fulfilling, particularly since I knew the show was over anyway.
Of course I loved having him return on Angel! It was ridiculous, and completely negated his heroic sacrifice, and all of that worked (for me) with his character.
I'm not sure I'm ever that passionately in love with characters either, usually when I start feeling that strongly about the characters I end up falling in love with the writer. This has been my experience w/Game of Thrones. I absolutely adore a lot of the characters (in both the book and the show, some characters I like better in the TV show than the books, and some are better in the books...) but all that did was make me curious about George R.R. Martin. I would be very disappointed if he kills off Tyrion, but I wouldn't get mad at Martin because I can see he is telling a brilliant story in his own way, and I wouldn't want to get in his way.
I like being along for the ride, and let the storyteller go where ever they need to. And that sentence is appallingly bad grammar... but it is still early and I'm still kind of out of it.....
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Date: 2013-03-24 02:28 pm (UTC)I was such a spoiler phobe that I didn't know Spike was going straight to Angel when he was killed off on Buffy (also I had been out of the country and avoiding ALL websites to remain unspoiled until I could see those final three episodes). But Spike's death didn't upset me because I felt he was really given his due: it was redemptive and very fulfilling, particularly since I knew the show was over anyway.
Of course I loved having him return on Angel! It was ridiculous, and completely negated his heroic sacrifice, and all of that worked (for me) with his character.
I'm not sure I'm ever that passionately in love with characters either, usually when I start feeling that strongly about the characters I end up falling in love with the writer. This has been my experience w/Game of Thrones. I absolutely adore a lot of the characters (in both the book and the show, some characters I like better in the TV show than the books, and some are better in the books...) but all that did was make me curious about George R.R. Martin. I would be very disappointed if he kills off Tyrion, but I wouldn't get mad at Martin because I can see he is telling a brilliant story in his own way, and I wouldn't want to get in his way.
I like being along for the ride, and let the storyteller go where ever they need to. And that sentence is appallingly bad grammar... but it is still early and I'm still kind of out of it.....