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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8375522" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Have you ever cried during a movie? Any movie, for any reason? Why was that? Do you think it was because you couldn't tell the difference between the fantasy of the movie and the reality of the world? I was reading a rather dark story last week. Fourth book in a fantasy series about a toy bear that came to life, and ended up ruling a kingdom with the little girl he had gone to rescue ending up as the soul of a battle-hardened knight haunting a doll's body. I say it is dark because despite the humor and general tone of the stories, and the fact that it is about a stuffed bear, it really doesn't pull its punches. For example, the girl who became a doll is suffering not just from depression but from suicidal thoughts. There are multiple scenes where she imagines the sounds of shattering porcelain from her just slamming her face against something until her head shatters. She is very much struggling with the trauma's and issues of being a mortal who became immortal in a body that wasn't her own. Do you think that just because it is a fantastical situation that there are people who don't have suicidal thoughts after a tragedy permanently alters their body? My mother was re-watching the Lethal Weapon franchise. Martin Riggs is a cop who is struggling with suicidal thoughts after the death of his wife and child. Do you think that just because it is in a movie, and is fantasy, that this never happens to anyone ever? That anyone effected by that story can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality?Yes, obviously I can tell fantasy violence from real-world violence. I can enjoy watching a show where the characters struggle and fight and hurt each other in the pursuit of goals. But just because it is a fantasy doesn't mean I don't see the real-world parallels. I can watch a magical fighter struggle and fight against an abusive lover and recognize both that it is a fantasy and no one was really hurt, and also that there are people in a similar situation who are hurt by those acts every single day. And no, despite having encountered more than one person who seemingly believes this, I will never understand how people can read or watch human tragedies unfolding and then shrug and say it doesn't affect them at any level, because it wasn't a real human tragedy. What is the point of storytelling if you can't feel an emotional connection to the story being told?</blockquote>

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