http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2766&page=1#pgtop http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=6147 While my natural reaction is to bristle at the notion of beloved characters getting killed off, reality is that it helps drive story forward and the setting is plausible with characters' well-beings at stake, especially if ye want the story to actually.. evolve, go somewhere, and matter to the audience. Think it'll be a key point that the merchandise follows the story and not the other way around. I already like the character designs, actually, so the products will be happily welcome however short-lived some characters may be.
Meh.. back to reality...