5 Ways To Deal With The Death of Our Favorite Characters

It’s been hard being a geek lately. I’m still coping with the fallout of major character deaths from
Game of Thrones most recent episodes and Avengers: Endgame. (I’m not including any
spoilers.) If you’re a fan of either franchise then you probably already knew to expect a certain
level of carnage. But does that stop my pain? No, it most certainly does not. Since all of my
favorite tv shows/movies are killing off my favorite characters, I’ve become very familiar with the
pattern I go through when dealing with them.

1. Start questioning the necessity of them

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Did that character really have to die? Couldn’t the show/film have gone on without breaking my
heart? These are the questions I start asking myself before I really go into meltdown mode.

2. Enter Meltdown Mode

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Folks, at this point, I’m all over the place. The emotions that have been holding back are
flooding to the surface, and I am not okay. People are throwing me funny faces, but I don’t care.
Wanna know why? My heart is in a million pieces.

3. Build Up Resentment

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It starts to feel like the writers personally attacked me. Is that fair? Probably not. Rationality is
not my friend anymore, blind rage is. I guess that’s what happens when you give your time and
love to something, and it decides to crush you.

4. Deny Deny Deny

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I start to wonder if that person really just died. Maybe what happened was a trick. Maybe (if it’s
a fantasy show/movie) they will come back to life. Sometimes, when it comes to the latter,
you’re lucky. Other times, you’re just waiting around for something that is never going to
happen.

5. “Accept” The Death

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In other words, I don’t ever completely recover. Their death doesn’t fill me with the same shock,
anger, or sadness as it originally had. But, I can’t help feeling bummed when I think of it again
randomly. Then my fury with the writers gets renewed. It’s an extremely vicious cycle, that’s out
of my control.