Like a good Neighbor

David Stockhoff · 21 Nov 2011, 16:33 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:33:18 -0500
Subject: (urth) Like a good Neighbor
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On 11/21/2011 10:57 AM, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
> David Stockhoff wrote (21-11-2011 15:25):
>> Why do you think a death here harms the story?
>
> I think the problem with Horn dying at this point is the consequence - 
> that either there is no more Horn or Horn resurrects. The first makes 
> the whole story a sham (not so much for us as for the characters), the 
> second introduces an element that not only seems to be otherwise 
> absent from LS/SS, but is applied to Horn in particular with no 
> justification.

OK. What justification is needed for a character on a great, impossible 
quest to die and be resurrected before he achieves his goal?

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