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iccarus
· 5 years ago
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i read this somewhere, it actually has a name, where you can will your body to give up and die, it's extremely rare and difficult to do
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Yes. Anecdotally it is a known fact (sorry for lack of source-) but one of the first things that is taught in any military or other survival course: the most important thing to survive is a will to survive. It’s basic evolution that biology asides- the organism that will push hardest, longest, and be willing to do what needs done tends to survive. It’s also a medical trope- the patient that “just gives up” or is “a fighter.” While it’s still ill understood we also know that emotion does play some part in physical health directly. We know that stress can cause or exacerbate illness- some diseases are known to become more active in a person under mental stress for instance. Physical therapists know that a patients outlook and emotions can shape recovery, and patients have seemingly made miraculous recoveries on force of will. Humans are biological machines. The darths were basically elite soldiers. Finely tuned, disciplined, motivated to live. The Queen was strong but undergoing...
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guest_
· 5 years ago
... chronic stress, coupled with sudden extreme emotional and mental trauma, and then the physical trauma of having twins- which in and of itself can easily kill a person. Her body and mind were not nearly as tuned as the other examples, and she just witnessed the love of her life almost instantly flip into a child murdering nut job who stood for everything she hated. So... yeah. I’ll buy death by broken heart in her case. One of the biggest sins of the prequels is they hang on the audience being invested in the interpersonal relationships and empathizing with the characters- but don’t build that connection. Cloud Atlas does more in snippets to make us feel connected to its many characters than the prequels managed in 3 full length films. So I understand why it falls flat with many. But if you look past the “place holders” on screen and visualize the ideas you can see where it makes sense and should have been quite moving.
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marty6978
· 5 years ago
Darth Maul got cut in half and did die tho so I don’t get it
coolpie178
· 5 years ago
He makes a return in the clone wars, then dies, then comes back again in Rebels, then dies again.
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