Heroes death meta

[darkbunnyrabbit]

A look at the different important deaths in Heroes, and how Kring handled(or didn't) all of the after effects of these deaths.

As it goes through the currently aired season, and into some speculation about 19-23, and mentions certain spoilers about the final five episodes and season two, it has ALL KINDS OF SPOILERS.

Comments

[acaciaonnastik]

God, yes, this has bugged the hell out of me too. Especially Eden, who's still one of my favorite characters- I was so happy when she was actually mentioned the episode after her death, but then there was never again any hint that she ever existed. That = pissed-off Acacia.

If they keep on pulling that shit, especially if they really do just skip to a whole different set of people, I am going to quit watching. (If Hana features prominently in that new set, I may reconsider, because it's not like there's a lot of cool neurodivergent characters lying around to choose from. But I'll resent the hell out of them for it, and probably wish I had quit when they kill her out of the blue too, and never speak of her again...)

[darkbunnyrabbit]

Yes! I only got to like Eden shortly before she died, but it was still so annoying that she was completely ignored two episodes afterward.

Seriously, I have to agree. If they kill my favorite characters, and then jump to new people, I don't even see a reason to keep watching it at all, except for Hana...until they kill her, to prove 'no one is safe'

-.-

[acaciaonnastik]

Greg Beeman is accepting questions by email, some of which he answers on his blog. When I asked whether we'd ever hear anything about Eden again, he said "Not that I know of. Eden is dead."

That's not what I ASKED. Dead, yes, deleted from the universe?

Apparently that as well.

And I agree with the poster below me, too. One more Women In Refrigerators moment and I'm gone.

[darkbunnyrabbit]

Yes, I don't see how 'dead' means 'never existed'. Most often when I come across a show that treats deaths like Heroes does, I quit watching fairly quick, because I can't get into a show when the characters treat replacement characters like there was never a first.(And its one thing to like them on their own, its completely different to pretend they didn't just lose someone)

Personally, its never registered to me whether the person was male or female, as long as the death wasn't cheap...still, there are just not enough women left in the show to kill.

[bigbadwolfeboro]

maybe we ought to write to Mr. Kring? The fact that most of the characters that have been killed off are female doesn't sit too well with me : (

[darkbunnyrabbit]

Good Point. Though I usually brush it off with the fact that most of the time, girls are easier to kill.

All the same, Simone's death was tasteless, male or female. I really think Kring needs a reality check XD

[bigbadwolfeboro]

BTW I love your icon!

[darkbunnyrabbit]

Thank you! :D Love Claude XD

[lostandalone22]

I agree with that, and I'm hoping that maybe the deaths weren't that big of a thing, because the characters were all kind of in the background characters.

[darkbunnyrabbit]

I hope so, too. We'll have to see how Simone is handled long-term, but the fact that they're swooping away from the characters after the finale is not agood sign in my book.

[meli_64]

I totally agree with everything you said. Eden's death was incredibly brushed over and should have effected Mohinder more...I mean hello, he could have slept with her

[darkbunnyrabbit]

Exactly! It was like HRG just said "Oh, she moved away, by the way Thought you should know."

And I totally agree with that. I always end up going "Whaaat...?" Whenever they brush Jackie under the table, especially considering Jackie's last words were telling Claire to 'run', I think that would affect Claire a little bit more than Kring keeps implying--Claire's just a 16 year old girl, after all.