[Mkguild] Life Expectancy in MK universe

[Kit]

I too prefer them simply not dying, but given that they do, it makes more
sense for them to actually die of old age than just having an expired body
that is perfectly healthy. The sudden failure of the curse leading to
massive aging and death is no less magical than simple death and cooler in
my opinion.

Kit

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Kendo Virmir <kendo.virmir at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Kit <stormkit10 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well the point of what I suggested is that the age catches up with them
> so
> > quickly there IS no time to prepare. If you're lucky you notice you
> suddenly
> > can't change age anymore, but if not your first clue is suddenly aging
> until
> > old age and death. The whole process would take no more than a day, two
> at
> > absolute most. There is no advance warning and one day of knowing is so
> > short, that people would still endlessly fret about their upcoming death
> or
> > not be prepared for it at all. Old age is in a way one of the primal
> fears
> > of humanity, and the sudden and out of control aging would be even more
> > terrifying than just suddenly dropping dead. The sudden death is too
> sudden
> > for a person to be really worried about it, it's not something to worry
> > about, it'll just happen. One day you drop dead and that's it. Rapid
> aging
> > is a far larger drawback to the AR curse and makes much more sense in my
> > opinion.
> >
>
> Totally disagree.
>
> This is just adding unnecessary technicalities.  The whole point of
> the AR curse is to stop aging altogether.  Having them suddenly age
> contradicts the curse.
>
> Personally I think ARs should never simply die of old age.  There are
> plenty of other ways a child could die in a medieval society,
> especially through sickness, so that would hardly be a case of
> immortality.  However it that's a moot point since it has already
> established that ARs do die of old age.  Having them drop dead
> unexpectedly, as Mr. Olson exemplifies in one of his stories, is the
> only way to handle this without them aging.  It doesn't need to make
> sense.  It's MAGIC!
>
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