NO SPOILERS – RIP Fictional Characters

Everyone is talking about it. They simply can’t help themselves. A beloved fictional and film icon has up and left us; killed off by unscrupulous producers in his prime. 

Scrappy Doo.  September 22 1979 – September 28, 20021

Sherlock Holmes – died at Reichenbach Falls
Spock died of radiation poisoning.
Batman’s back was broken, and Superman's dead…kind of.
Kirk was murdered in cold blood and Hercule Poirot died from heart complications
 
Yeah, just recently and you are most likely upset. Well, beloved characters in fiction and media die.

SHIT HAPPENS.

And believe me, I understand the universal disdain for spoilers. Movie taddlers need to be punished in much the same way that gangsters punish stoolies. But as for all this noise about the killing off of a beloved fictional character, get over it!
 
Hey, we have to die, why not them? I am sixty-seven and death is relatively around the corner for me. And all of us don’t have the option that our fictional counterparts have. Our cells can’t be regenerated by a Genesis Planet. We can not exist in an alternate timeline nor can we reappear when the angry public rises up and demands that more stories are published. The wonderful thing about death in fiction, is the creator can always change his/him/they/them/their mind. So, everyone take a deep breath, relax. 
 
In some instances it can even be a combination of things. Spock died to rejuvenate a franchise and because the actor wanted to put the character eternally to rest. Only Christ and money are the only ones that can really bring back the dead.
 
So, please, relax. Enjoy. In a couple of years, it will be as if this never happened. It may turn out to be all a dream.  Perhaps an alternate timeline.