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I also think that the dramatic tension is pretty much gone if we believe none of the main characters are in any danger. Just look at Marvel comics. They weren't afraid to kill major characters. The best kind of TV, movie, literature, etc. is cathartic. It takes you on an emotional journey. If you honestly believe that the show will never kill off a major character, then it's hard to really feel for any of them. The characters we care about, we want them to be safe, of course, and we root for them and even get angry witht them if they're doing something stupid. And we mourn for them if they get killed.

I'm not for indiscriminate killing of characters when it doesn't make dramatic sense, but I also don't like feeling that our heroes are immortable and that the writers have classified them as unkillable.