UN: anonymous

[katsuking]

[Well here's an ominous question for everyone:]

Do you think it's possible to cheat death?

Comments

text; un: e'kayan

[orangebrained]

I guess.
Seen it done, sort of, but it's never felt worth the cost.

[katsuking]

You don't think bringing someone back from the dead is worth it?

[orangebrained]

Oh, that's what you mean.

Then no... no, I don't think it is. Even if I can understand the temptation to want to do it.

text; un: calabash

[physicianhealthyself]

If one applies the correct knowledge, then I see no reason why not.

It's a matter of first acquiring that knowledge and then being capable of putting it to use.

[katsuking]

So... with the use of magic, you mean.

[physicianhealthyself]

I mean with the use of knowledge.

If the basis of that knowledge happens to be magical in nature then that is simply something to be surmounted.

text; un: g

[sixtyeighth]

Yes.

Both in the narrowly avoiding it and basically come back from it.

[katsuking]

You sound like you have some experience.

[sixtyeighth]

I came back from it, in a matter of speaking.

Though I'm a lot more durable than the average person.

text | un: anonymous

[fiorello]

[ ... He hasn't thought of it this way before, but. ]

i think i did

[katsuking]

How did you do it?

[fiorello]

i don't know

[ Even witnessing it from another point of view really didn't make the particulars clearer. Duval's magic is still so miraculous and beyond him. What he can say, though, is: ] but you need a heart to live, right? mine was taken. but i'm still alive

UN: ready_or_gormotti

[healerscorned]

As long as the brain's still intact, sure. I've brought people back after they died a few times.

[katsuking]

As long as the brain is still intact? That makes more sense than I'd like it to.

[healerscorned]

It's the only part of the body that really matters for the question. Everything else can be replaced, but damage to the brain is damage to the self. Even if you restore the cells themselves, the information they held will still be gone. Well, unless there are some soul shenanigans going on, but I'm no expert on those.

[katsuking]

Is that why they say to go for the head if you're fighting a zombie?

[healerscorned]

Hell if I know. Never seen a zombie, so I couldn't tell you how they work.

text; anonymous

[manastacks]

Quite possible.

I have witnessed it done in various ways.

[katsuking]

Mind sharing those ways?

[manastacks]

Life and death are a cycle. To cheat one will be cheating the other. One life spared, means that one might not yet come into being.

So one must think carefully before asking such questions and seeking answers.

[katsuking]

So.... you do mind?

[manastacks]

They are not methods that the average mortal being can employ. Nor should anyone.

One perhaps could be, but it would be reliant upon obtaining memories of this place once returned to our proper origin.

text: un: runyu

[nightimmortal]

Rebirth is possible, and fairly common in my world. Some remember their past lives. In that way, I would say yes that cheating death is possible.

[katsuking]

Rebirth.. I guess that could be considered cheating death, yeah. I never thought about it that way or at all really.

[nightimmortal]

That has me curious about why you ask.

[katsuking]

Just curious. I've heard about it before, but I wasn't sure if it was actually possible or not.

[nightimmortal]

Many things are possible. Some just are unwise to make it so.

[katsuking]

Do you think someone coming back from the dead is unwise?

[nightimmortal]

Some lives are snuffed out for good reasons.

[katsuking]

Well that's a bummer.

[nightimmortal]

You have someone who has died that you wish to come back?

[katsuking]

Something like that.

[nightimmortal]

Then they might be one of those whose lives shouldn't have been ended so soon. Many factors can come into play.

text; un: mercedes

[prayformercie]

i believe everything happens for a reason. if you have cheated death you simply were not meant to die then. but at the same time... it is nice to believe in miracles. i like to think they happen sometimes.

un: hange

[titanscience]

I died in my home world but I'm very much alive here, so if we are counting that type of situation I would say I cheated it pretty successfully.

Text | un: Pantsonpyre

[localweirdo]

No, of course not. Death is a natural part of life.

To cheat death means you're going against what life as intended for us.

text; un: shinkirou

[kingside]

Possible but inadvisable. I wouldn't doubt that there's a universe where death itself is personified.

[Among other things, but mostly that.]

(Text; UN: manylives)

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

Define cheat.

Text; un: shoto

[itsmypower]

Yes. [He does.]

I'm actually counting on it one more time.

( text | un: revanche )

[nilhilistic]

I have resurrected people before. It is feasible.

un: rapunzel

[soligenous]

I'm not sure. I know I can help with injuries. But I haven't tried to do something like that. That serious?

[The healing hair. She just hopes it will be enough, to help Eugene. Before he actually dies from Gothel stabbing him.]