I just realized...

[pyrephox]

There is a whole sub-genre of creative works where Boy A meets Free Spirited Girl B, and they have delightful adventures together, form a friendship and/or romance...then the girl dies horribly or tragically, and the boy learns a Life Lesson.

Am I the only one to find this more than a little disturbing?

Comments

[brianh]

I was just thinking that when I saw the trailer. Either it's going to have no resemblance to the books at all, or it's going to really, really cause some problems.

I kind of hope that it -does- retain it. Even though it _is_ a Disturbing trend, there is the semi-important message about dealing with loss. And changing it to a completely fantasy novel would be, I think even more disturbing. Especially if she still dies. Could you imagine that? It's Pan's Labyrinth: The Early Sequel!