[quote=Brovo]
The only "valid" reason for not allowing the death of a character (aside of course from godmoding by other players or other such unreasonable situations) is emotional attachments. That one cannot deal with the idea that their character can, well, you know... Die. And not just die, mind you, but probably fail at whatever overarching goal or task they had. That's not easy for some people to deal with, I find it's more common the younger a person is and the more privileged a person's youth was--that is, how exposed they were to the concept of death and its permanence.
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Oh, wow. This is some good insight.