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3* During the movie, Harold tries to figure out what kind of story he's in, a comedy or a tragedy, based on his interactions with the rebellious baker, and concludes it's a tragedy because of all the bad things happening to him. [[spoiler:You realize later that while it's arguable he was being a victim of ComedicSociopathy, and ''is'' in fact in a comedy, [[TakeAThirdOption another solution]] is he's in a ''Romance'' instead, if you go by the classical definition (think (''[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare The Tempest]]''), with his meeting of his own author making for his own Genre Shift.]] All it took was this quote: "I brought you flours." [[spoiler:Say this out loud, "I brought you ''flowers''."]]
4** [[spoiler: Somebody did die at the end, but it wasn't Harold. The story was as also about the wristwatch, which was introduced as a character in the beginning. It was "killed" by the bus]].
5** As pointed out in FridgeLogic, Eiffel seems to write several scenes in which a knowledge of the fact that Harold can hear her would be necessary in order for the scene to turn out the way it did (notably his phone call to her). This makes a sort of multi-layered, uber-meta sense when one considers [[spoiler:the idea that the movie we are watching is the rewrite of the book Doctor Hilbert discusses at the film's end, edited to include Eiffel's shocking discovery that Harold can hear her.]]
6** Furthermore, the fact that she does not know where her story is going is characteristic of many writing processes, especially [[{{WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants}} those who do not know how they want their story to end]].
7* The fact that Harold Crick's life has been one of strict routine could be directly related to Eiffel's long spell of writer's block. If her narration is making his life happen, then it could be that her writer's block is the cause of Harold having a dull regimented routine for so long. If, instead, she's unconsciously drawing inspiration from his life, she could have been stuck leading up to the start of this movie due to Harold's insistence on having such a regimented routine. In either event, her voice popping up in his head could have been the only way around that block.
8* The DiegeticSwitch in [[http://youtu.be/a3Zdz61iSLo the scene of Harold Crick playing "Whole Wide World" in Anna Pascal's apartment]] -- where the music jumps from Will Ferrell's thin voice and guitar to Wreckless Eric's original full-throated rock band -- seems even more appropriate after you listen to [[http://youtu.be/cUFL8WSxTgY the original]] ... which starts off with just voice and guitar before bursting out to the aforementioned full-throated instrumentation partway through.
9* The phrase [[LittleDidIKnow "little did he know"]] crops up at several points. Even his death was basically stated as being contingent upon him not knowing about it: "Little did he know that this small, seemingly innocuous act would result in his death" Knowing that he was going to die is part of what leads him to step in front of the bus to save that child, which prompts Karen to spare him. The knowledge of his death, which he wasn't supposed to have according to the story, ended up saving his life.
10* When Harold decides to try and find meaning in his life by doing things he wouldn't normally do, one of those things is going to the movies, where he watches ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
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13* Invoked. So [[PostModernism Po Mo]] that this even happens InUniverse: Karen Eiffel was a well known author whose SignatureStyle was the [[ShootTheShaggyDog tragic death of each of her characters (protagonists)]]. Harold Crick was the ''only'' one who figured it out, and she prevented his death from happening. So how many characters did Karen kill, before she realized she was controlling real people? When Karen realizes this possibility, it [[HeroicBSOD hits her like a freight train.]]
14** It should be noted that this is not an uncommon worry for writers, of contemporary fiction or otherwise, to have lurking somewhere in the back of their mind. If you've ever wondered why so many authors seem to have a love affair with [[AerithAndBob impossible or incongruous names]], part of the reason is to dodge this particular bullet since the probability of an actual person having that name, and thus being affected, is ridiculously low.
15** You also have to wonder if her other characters (if they were as real as Harold) also heard her voice. Did they think they were going crazy?

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