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Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 3]
"Last week we talked about happily ever after," Drake began when the students had all settled in. "But that's not always how it ends up. People die -- but that doesn't mean their love is gone. It lives on, and sometimes it can be powerful enough to bring a soul back from the dead to protect his or her love or avenge a death or complete some sort of unfinished business related to the loved one."
He snapped his fingers and started the projector, showing scenes from the movies Ghost (including the ending) and The Crow, which was a good bit darker than the first example. "So inmeta for Ghost," Drake said, "the late great Patrick Swayze gets himself shot and dies. Quicker than you can say 'Carol Anne, don't go into the light!' he runs from the afterlife and sticks around to watch Demi Moore in the shower. Then he figures out his best friend set him up and now Demi's life is in danger. Once he kills his former buddy and is sure that Demi will be safe, he is able to pass on.
"Now,meta for The Crow has a somewhat similar story, but a lot more violent," Drake went on. "Eric and Shelly are brutally killed on the eve of their wedding. One year later, Eric crawls out of his grave and hunts down the people responsible for his and Shelly's murders. When they're all dead, Shelly's spirit appears to him and leads him into the afterlife."
Drake showed a few more clips, then finished up the lecture. "One of the characters in The Crow says, 'A building gets torched. All that is left is ashes. I used to think that was true about everything: families, friends, feelings. But now I know that sometimes, if love proves real, two people who are meant to be together -- nothing can keep them apart.' Do you believe this? Do you think if something were to happen to you and your love, you could come back from the dead to try to make things right? Could you accept a happy peaceful afterlife if you knew your love was in danger?"
He snapped his fingers and started the projector, showing scenes from the movies Ghost (including the ending) and The Crow, which was a good bit darker than the first example. "So in
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Drake showed a few more clips, then finished up the lecture. "One of the characters in The Crow says, 'A building gets torched. All that is left is ashes. I used to think that was true about everything: families, friends, feelings. But now I know that sometimes, if love proves real, two people who are meant to be together -- nothing can keep them apart.' Do you believe this? Do you think if something were to happen to you and your love, you could come back from the dead to try to make things right? Could you accept a happy peaceful afterlife if you knew your love was in danger?"
Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
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who is precisely as strong as Death, thank you very muchRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
Who can bring back the deadRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who will someday be the temporary host for Life Incarnate, thanksRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who talks to God who is sorta deadRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who's exploded once or twiceRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who can freak out on you so badly you'll wish you were dead?Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who, four and a half years or so from now, is gonna mystically die for a month and then get better and GIVE ME MORE THAN JUST REFERENCES IN PASSING, CANON, COME THE HELL ON, I WANNA KNOWRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who is the daughter of her world's Death and probably more powerful than her mother. Not to mention that kind of sort of not quite dying thing.Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
whose little sister looks like death after season twoRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
Who'll take a dip in a Lazarus Pit and cheat death of another few decades of her lifeRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
whose introduction to the Mile High Club will one day result in you know maybe this story is not appropriate for classwho firmly believes disco will never dieRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
whose loved ones cheerfully cheat death to her full and complete happiness even if she only gets a t-shirtRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who suffers the horrifying death of her fashion sense when faced with the mere idea of love? Well, lust, anyway.Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
Who probably will never die as long as people still want to watch the MuppetsRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who will never turn into Apocalypse's bright blue Horseman, Death. Probably.Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who will become a doctor someday and try to prevent people from dyingRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who may have died but in this canon there's no death until we see a head on a stickRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
Do I really need to say more on the subject?Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who courts death but manages not to actually follow throughRe: Sign In [L&R: Class Three]
who died many, many, MANY times while being tortured, SCREW YOU VERY MUCH BA'AL!!