Why does a *single* posting of a *warned* deathfic result in yet another thread?
Why can't someone just post a deathfic and it be ignored by those who don't like it?
The true physical horror of death, of decay, of the horrible transformation of the vibrant young Lois into a rotting corpse, is rarely in them. Actually considering Lois's dead body, her fleshless skull, brings home the message of her death in a special way.
What?
If you mean in a disagreeable way, yes. Very special. Let's reduce her to a body. That's all she is--flesh and nothing more. So when her heartbeat stops, she's nothing more than dead tissue. It's like she never existed.
Nevermind that she's cherished enough to be mourned, there is nothing positive about that. It's too romantic and clean, it's much better for her to be nothing more than decomposing skin and ashy bones, so she can _truly_ be the object of our pity.
That's way better than the beautiful dead maiden.
alcyone
