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* Towards the end, the characters seem to not take Howard's life seriously. His life's in Karen's hands, and writing "Harold miraculously survives the crash" shouldn't have been so difficult for her. Sure her ending might have been amazing, but I don't think it'd be worth killing an actual person for, and Karen didn't seem like the type to murder for the sake of her work. More importantly, since he read the ending himself, why didn't he just save the kid and himself? He knew that at the very least, there was going to be a kid who would fall onto the street, so couldn't he have kept a lookout for him and stop him before he put himself in danger? Hell, he could have just stood in the middle of the bus stop, thereby causing the bus driver to stop the bus before anyone got hurt. It's not like he couldn't fight fate; Karen didn't write contingency deaths in case Howard survived, and judging from the dialogue towards the end, Howard could have opted to avoid his death. Also, having control of a man's life via a typewriter could so easily be abused. "And then Howard and Ana lived forever, his good friend Karen Eiffel the author won the lottery and the world in which they lived in suddenly became a true utopia."
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* Towards the end, the characters seem to not take Howard's Harold's life seriously. His life's in Karen's hands, and writing "Harold miraculously survives the crash" shouldn't have been so difficult for her. Sure her ending might have been amazing, but I don't think it'd be worth killing an actual person for, and Karen didn't seem like the type to murder for the sake of her work. More importantly, since he read the ending himself, why didn't he just save the kid and himself? He knew that at the very least, there was going to be a kid who would fall onto the street, so couldn't he have kept a lookout for him and stop him before he put himself in danger? Hell, he could have just stood in the middle of the bus stop, thereby causing the bus driver to stop the bus before anyone got hurt. It's not like he couldn't fight fate; Karen didn't write contingency deaths in case Howard Harold survived, and judging from the dialogue towards the end, Howard Harold could have opted to avoid his death. Also, having control of a man's life via a typewriter could so easily be abused. "And then Howard Harold and Ana lived forever, his good friend Karen Eiffel the author won the lottery and the world in which they lived in suddenly became a true utopia."
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* Several of the narrated actions of Harold Crick are actually caused by Harold's reactions to the narration, such as his RageAgainstTheHeavens, and his decision to make a phone call [[spoiler:which ended up being to Eiffel]] leaving the viewer to wonder what Eiffel thought was the reason for Harold doing these things since she's not aware that he can hear her. You would have to accept that she was compelled to write it after Harold's actions started changing the actual plot. As addressed in FridgeBrilliance, this lead to her ''re-writing'' it after the fact.
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** Yes, probably. The guy is in serious trouble. But people can have odd reactions. He says "Oops" in the moment, once the situation settles into his mind then he'll likely panic at how crewed he and his crew are.
