How do you feel about how ... died? (Comic spoiler)

[u/Jbell_1812]

I'm talking about Cecil, just didn't want to have his name in the title.

I always knew he was going to die, it wasn't spoiled for me I just refused to believe that a man like Cecil would survive invincible and I was right. That being said when Rex killed Cecil, I was shocked and told myself that Cecil didn't deserve to go out that way. But then I thought about it and realized it was literally the perfect way for him to die.

Cecil was always someone willing to do whatever it took to keep earth safe but even he had his limits that he would never even consider he had. Rex was exactly the same except he would have pushed Cecil past his limit and would never join Rex which is why Rex killed Cecil first. I know Rex told Mark that Cecils death was on his hands but I don't think that Cecil would have killed any hero just because they might have gone against his orders after all he didn't even try to hurt mark after the disaster with the T-rex (I can't remember his name) Even Sinclair refused to side with Rex. If you disagree with my opinion on if Cecil would have joined Rex let me know.

It's because of this that Cecil died the way he deserved, by being killed by a man willing to do whatever it takes to keep earth safe but Rex was willing to go way further than Cecil wasn't capable of.

That being said, i think the way Rex killed Cecil wad a bit much. Slicing his throat then smashing his head, I don't know if that was deserved.

What do you think?

[u/mooimafish33]

That works though because it's shocking and sudden, but it gets elaborated on for the rest of the series. Also it happens in like the first 13 issues so it's kind of just setting up the plot.

I'm not saying that it has to be super dramatic, I thought Oliver's death was fine and it was pretty sudden. With Cecil it just happens and everything kind of moves on and it hardly gets mentioned. Also we had Cecil for like 120 issues before that, unlike the guardians.

[u/JMStheKing → u/mooimafish33]

ehh I don't like when fiction plays up death in general. Most of the time, people just die, and that's it. Kinda glad more stories are leaning into this instead of the "noone ever dies, but when they do it's the most important part of the story" deal.

[u/pixelatedcrap → u/JMStheKing]

The banality of death is the scariest part, sometimes. The world comes to a complete stop, but only for the person dying, and the people who care about them. The guy at the check stand and your coworkers aren't psychos for not caring about the deaths that are important to you. Earth shattering, world ending losses of entire families, but the rest of the real world carries on, hardly noticing.

It feels surreal, like the world should be mourning along with you, but the fact it isn't is the hardest hitting fact about death. Nobody really cares your mom died. "Stop making us sad and get back to work. You're being an energy vampire."

[u/JMStheKing → u/pixelatedcrap]

maybe, but I feel like stories literally slow down time when people die, rather than just showing it with the characters. idk if I explained it well, to put it simply, writers be doing too much.