Did I Actually Just Freeze Up And Because Of That I Let A Man Die In Front Of Me? - Blog Posts

etc etc Yeah this is about steven universe and atla. No I don't think a child should have to go through the inherently traumatic act of murder You want a kid to look at his own hands and realise they snuffed out the life of someone else? You want them to agonise over morality? You want them to see blood and injury and the light leave a human being's eyes? Well. Maybe this would work for some stories. But not as as the happy ending you're envisioning I've always wanted to write a story about a child messiah/chosen one character who is forced to do this and the effects it would have on their mental health and ability to even socialise with other children Like the ending of owl house where she doesn't kill the villain guy but she watches him melt in acid rain and doesn't do anything about it It's cartoonified so you don't realise it but that is a horror movie level thing to watch happen I'm not saying they should have done an owl house future but it would have been nice if they dealt with that a little Like hey yeah I'm going to therapy to unpack the time I let a man get melted in front of me and I just let it happen Because in my mind the trolley was already speeding toward that one person and pulling the lever would just switch it to the other track With more people And does that make me a murderer? Was that a choice I made consciously at the time or am I just retroactively applying logic to it? Did I actually just freeze up and because of that I let a man die in front of me? Also no I don't want belos redemption arc or whatever either lol I can't say if that ending was good or bad (leaning toward good) Just that it was also surprising to me that it even happened and it would have been interesting if they explored it a bit