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Author: XFllo

Mar 18th 2013 at 3:13:46 PM

at Koveras: I wonder why you say it's confusing. I'm kind of familiar with these tropes, and it seems fairly clear to me. I suggest you read the descriptions - if you already have, my apologies. But you should always say ''what'' is confusing or why, or perhaps which parts of the description.

AnyoneCanDie
* This death is treated like a big deal. For instance, Mulder's MysteriousInformant Deep Throat in Series/{{The X Files}} was a fairly prominent character. Fans never expected that they should have been worried about him. But the writers thought differently [[spoiler: and had him shot in season one finale]].

KilledOffForReal
* On TheXFiles, however, characters were often assumed dead, only to return back safe and sound. For instance Mulder's nemesis Alex Krycek was left BuriedAlive, sealed in a weird building in the middle of nowhere, vomiting the alien black oil. But he got better. [[spoiler: When he was shot in the head in one episode of the later seasons, and the audience saw the shooting,]] he was done for good, and thus KilledOffForReal.

DeathIsCheap
* Mulder himself died a few times, mostly every season finale or so, but he got better each time.

CharacterDeath
* Scully's father died in one episode of season one. He was not a prominent character (it was his first appearance on the show) and he was not a part of the MythArc. He died just to have Scully mourn him and make her suffer. 
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I guess it's good that this trope will have no examples on the trope page. But it will be listed on the works' pages, right?