The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

Trollheart · 03-13-2015, 07:25 AM

I'm not sure I can take much more of this! First Spock, now Terry! I was fast-forwarding through the news and then the article came on about his death. I rewound, hoping it wasn't what it looked like and when the anchor said he had died I literally shouted NO!!! at the TV! I loved his books from the very first time I came across The colour of magic and fell in love with the Discworld. In recent years his work didn't quite impress me as much, but then, look at what he was struggling with.

A sad, sad loss and another bit of magic gone from the world.
Godspeed, Sir Terry. You'll never be forgotten.

**Frownland** · 03-13-2015, 11:12 AM

Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77 | Music | The Guardian

But he said you can't kill me

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**Exo** · 03-13-2015, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dulce

My mother passed away.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Was it sudden or expected?.

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Originally Posted by Dulce

My mom died of Heart Disease on X-Mas eve of December 2011.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Holy crap! You lost your mother yesterday and you're trying to console me, who lost his over two decades ago?? T

I'm confused.

Chula Vista · 03-13-2015, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo_

I'm confused.

Was gonna post the same but figured it should come from a veteran rather than a rookie.

**Exo** · 03-13-2015, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Was gonna post the same but figured it should come from a veteran rather than a rookie.

Trollheart · 03-13-2015, 09:23 PM

Okay... the bit about it being 2011 was not posted originally. I only saw the first line, assumed it was very recently, like why would you post your mother had died four years ago, now?

Either way, her pain is fresher than mine, as my ma died in 1991.
Ah, Mother's Day! Don't I just love it. A trip to the cemetery...

Edit: Sorry I see it was mentioned; I just didn't read it through. My bad.

Key · 03-13-2015, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

like why would you post your mother had died four years ago, now?

Because she craves attention.

Justthefacts · 03-16-2015, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ki

Because she craves attention.

What's wrong with sharing the fact that her mother passed? 4 days, or 4 years it doesn't seem to matter. By saying she craves attention, you're making her feel as though she can't vent to us about her emotions that are obviously still voided because of the passing of her mother.

You not only have my sympathy, but my empathy as well Dulce.

Chula Vista · 03-16-2015, 01:19 PM

Whoa.

My grandfather and best friend in the entire world died in 1976. Still hurts.

Trollheart · 03-16-2015, 04:32 PM

I think the problem is the way it was worded originally, made it look like it had happened recently, which was how I took it. If that wasn't intended (and I'm not saying it was) then something like "it's been four years since my mum died" or something would have avoided any confusion.

Or I could just have registered what I was reading. But still, the initial post made it look like It was a recent event. Doesn't mean she doesn't deserve sympathy of course, but it's kind of a little like me posting my mother died in 1991. Like, why bring that up now, is what I'm asking? I can be sure that if I posted "My mother died" I'd have a flood of sympathy from people who would have perhaps thought I meant it had only just happened, but I would not do that.

03-13-2015, 07:25 AM	#901 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	I'm not sure I can take much more of this! First Spock, now Terry! I was fast-forwarding through the news and then the article came on about his death. I rewound, hoping it wasn't what it looked like and when the anchor said he had died I literally shouted NO!!! at the TV! I loved his books from the very first time I came across The colour of magic and fell in love with the Discworld. In recent years his work didn't quite impress me as much, but then, look at what he was struggling with. A sad, sad loss and another bit of magic gone from the world. Godspeed, Sir Terry. You'll never be forgotten. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

03-13-2015, 11:12 AM	#902 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77 \| Music \| The Guardian But he said you can't kill me . __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-13-2015, 09:23 PM	#906 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Okay... the bit about it being 2011 was not posted originally. I only saw the first line, assumed it was very recently, like why would you post your mother had died four years ago, now? Either way, her pain is fresher than mine, as my ma died in 1991. Ah, Mother's Day! Don't I just love it. A trip to the cemetery... Edit: Sorry I see it was mentioned; I just didn't read it through. My bad. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

03-16-2015, 01:19 PM	#909 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Whoa. My grandfather and best friend in the entire world died in 1976. Still hurts. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

03-16-2015, 04:32 PM	#910 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	I think the problem is the way it was worded originally, made it look like it had happened recently, which was how I took it. If that wasn't intended (and I'm not saying it was) then something like "it's been four years since my mum died" or something would have avoided any confusion. Or I could just have registered what I was reading. But still, the initial post made it look like It was a recent event. Doesn't mean she doesn't deserve sympathy of course, but it's kind of a little like me posting my mother died in 1991. Like, why bring that up now, is what I'm asking? I can be sure that if I posted "My mother died" I'd have a flood of sympathy from people who would have perhaps thought I meant it had only just happened, but I would not do that. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018