That's true, the mix of humiliation and guilt and everything else, but contemplating it might be a way to use the idea without either diving too deep into that.
Sudden absence of death is always a useful plot device. ;) And oh good, it's not just me.
Oh, I speak fluent trope, I practically lived on that site for a while. I can see that, and certainly it pulls it a little bit further from canon and makes it easier to keep them from splitting, this time.
I think 'does anyone get hurt' is essentially the defining line between ethical and unethical anyway, so. :)
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Date: 2011-06-22 05:30 am (UTC)Sudden absence of death is always a useful plot device. ;) And oh good, it's not just me.
Oh, I speak fluent trope, I practically lived on that site for a while. I can see that, and certainly it pulls it a little bit further from canon and makes it easier to keep them from splitting, this time.
I think 'does anyone get hurt' is essentially the defining line between ethical and unethical anyway, so. :)