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  • onlooker@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago

    So, the kid is trying to give her mom an extra 6 days by exploiting the curse. I suppose I should be feeling some profound sadness or something, but instead I’m confused. Isn’t the kid really just prolonging her suffering?

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      13 days ago

      Next you’ll tell us that kids don’t think logically about situations, particularly regarding the adults that they love.

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      13 days ago

      I thought so too but that’s part of what makes it sad to me. I don’t know if a kid would think about it that way, they’d just be so desperate for more time with their mom.

      Maybe the artist didn’t think about it that hard, I don’t know.

  • buycurious@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Sorry, I’m a bit dense.

    Is it sad because his mom is dying and he put the necklace on her anyway?

    Or that the necklace will allow her to pass away due to her poor health vs. suffering?

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        13 days ago

        My dad almost died of a massive heart attack 5 years ago. It was bad enough that we agreed to a NDA DNR after his 4th crash in the ICU. We joke that he heard us talking and said “screw that” because he didn’t crash again and made a recovery.

        He’s now in the final stages of renal failure, and every extra day we got these last 5 years has been precious.

        If you have family you love, go give them a hug. They won’t be around forever, even if it feels like it sometimes

        *edit: DNR, I’m dumb

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      13 days ago

      Boy and Mum, tears are bittersweet because they have 7 days to express a lifetime of love, but she will then die. Witch is either sad because curse is foiled, or she’s got a heart and is affected by what the boy did for his mum.

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    13 days ago

    What if you take it off and put it back on every day? Does the timer reset, or does it only work once per person?

    IANAW but it should have been a potion.

  • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Nice attempt at using the curse, but I see another possibility:

    She dies that night anyway. Comes back undead. Is killed at the appropriate time for the necklace curse. Curse fulfilled.