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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7350365" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Is anyone really doing that? Or are we all just talking about the fiction and how events within the fiction SEEM to influence each other? Why did Boromir die? (oops spoiler alert!!!) Because he was shot by orcs while trying to usher the hobbits to safety. That, or something very like it, is the answer you'll get if you ask that question. The fact that the character died in the story was actually because Tolkein wanted to establish the stakes, and he wanted to break up the group of characters, and he wanted to set up Faramir's later introduction and struggle are the real answers.....but is anyone really confusing that? Fictional continuity can be a desire in play. I don't think that having such a desire means one has &quot;left the reservation&quot;. At worst, perhaps an argument has been constructed on shaky logic or wording. No one is mistaking these events for real life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7350365, member: 6785785"] Is anyone really doing that? Or are we all just talking about the fiction and how events within the fiction SEEM to influence each other? Why did Boromir die? (oops spoiler alert!!!) Because he was shot by orcs while trying to usher the hobbits to safety. That, or something very like it, is the answer you'll get if you ask that question. The fact that the character died in the story was actually because Tolkein wanted to establish the stakes, and he wanted to break up the group of characters, and he wanted to set up Faramir's later introduction and struggle are the real answers.....but is anyone really confusing that? Fictional continuity can be a desire in play. I don't think that having such a desire means one has "left the reservation". At worst, perhaps an argument has been constructed on shaky logic or wording. No one is mistaking these events for real life. [/QUOTE]

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