pinstripehourglass:

Has anyone else tired of the grim realism “anyone can die” thing in television? There is a point, I believe, at which character death and violence ceases to become meaningful or even provocative, and just becomes senseless.

Killing off important characters, when you first do it, is daring. It takes tremendous artistic and creative confidence to believe that your audience will keep watching. But when such deaths become the defining part of a series, what does that tell us? Not to commit to anyone. That the story we’re watching is pointless, because the characters’ lives are ultimately meaningless.

I’m tired of nihilism in 2015. I am no longer shocked; I am merely bored.