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Sep 6, 2016 2:30 PM
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StonerCommenter
I'd probably get lost
AchromaticSky
This is basically the premise of Opeth's song Death Whispered a Lullaby. It's from the point of view of Death.
RedBlueGreenRedBlueGreen
The depiction of Death in Neil Gaiman's Sandman is actually quite lovely.
RubyDJMoon
The Angel of Death, she's nice enough to take the first steps to a better place with you :)
Baiban
Their was a show called "Touched by an Angel" had an angel of death called Andrew, that how I want it to happen.
HeadOfProfessorDowell
GR's a Liverpool fan.
Ptmil
@HeartBeater the real question though is what is the name of this book?
ImgurianPerson
R.I.P punctuation
Atomicebo
Tis true.
TACOARMYWILLRISEANDGETYOURASSKICKED
http://imgur.com/5OHlt
lexgamer
Blue Oyster Cult knows.
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HeartBeater
I'm not a millennial but sure
CaptainSisqo
Same reason assholes yell at cashiers.
Hotbeebop
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH AND DONT BE AFRAID
JohnnyCashedOut
Are you not allowed to use punctuation marks or proofread your posts on Tumblr or something?
DukeBravo
Maybe he should change his name to Jeffrey Reaper. It'll seem less grim.
ArsonMurderandJaywalking
"You think you're scared? I have to walk out of here alone!"
PuffTart
MedeaRodney
I love greg from conkers bad fur day.
distractedFreek
My favorite has to be the Angel of Death from Charmed, played by Simon Templeman, one of my favorite VAs from one of my favorite game series
WillJeSuis
It'd be an awkward walk if you died from something like getting your dick stuck in the photocopier as the building burned down. As you
WillJeSuis
walk with Death he'll just be silent "..." and you'll be "Soooo...ummm...how is work been today? Busy? ..." and Death just shakes his head.
HeadTurdL
He literally walks around with a freakin sickle, OP. HE HARVESTS YOU FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING, OP.
SylvesterMarcus
Really? Not a single Grim Fandango comment?
1234canIhavealittlemore
I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE- Mort
Baejay
Want an awesome perspective on death as a being? Read "The book thief" by Markus Zusak. Changed my life
InTheEndThoughItsJustInnuendo
My image of DEATH is that from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. I don't know why this makes it easier to deal with for me.
tatischief
Pratchett was inspired by Death in Bergman Sevent Seal. It is also ver amazing mythical portrayal of Death.
DeathsDeathOfRats
SQUEAK.
Kyrremann
Mort!
tentaclefriendly
I miss pTerry so fucking much.
CodenameLoki
This (the OP) is basically exactly what Death does in the Discworld books. In fact, I think he says, verbatim, that he doesn't /kill/ anyone
InqSerena
Me too :) not so bad then, eh?
InTheEndThoughItsJustInnuendo
Seems like fun. I'm not rushing, but I'm also not worried
wassimato
It is kind in the books why it makes it easier: he is an anthropomorphic personification , therefore likable and relate able for us
Rowee
What's this about Ankh-Morpork?
narclomius
I like the Incarnations of Immortality by Peirs Anthony's Death. He was a very kind man.
EveryCommentIs140CharactersExceptMaybeThisOne
4 years later I find this comment thread and I'm really glad someone mentioned the Incarnation series
AnAstronautEventually
leaving this here so i can come back when i need reading material.
InTheEndThoughItsJustInnuendo
This will help:
greenmenfrommars
Pratchett wrote in his autobiography that many people ask him if they can use his writings in eulogies as his Death is a friendly figure.
greenmenfrommars
*asked. (Sorry. Clearly part of me still doesn't want to accept that he's gone.)
tentaclefriendly
Part of him never will be. We keep him alive with our love, our humor, and our humanity
ZaphodBbx
I think it's the name: Grim Reaper. The Greeks had Charon, who takes the dead across the river Styx...He's just a nice guy...with a boat...
JNapier
It was that moment when I realized Charon was a giant sea monster and asking for threefiddy instead of two coins..
upplesandbununus
Random fact for anyone who cares: the grim reaper or death in supernatural is the same actor who plays Charon in The Lightning Thief
TotallyNotAMurderer
Gotta pay the troll toll...
DaveTheReaper
but at two coins a person, he is also one rich mother fucker
HeadbuttingAnts
Yeah, it's always good to have a friend with a boat!
StormageddonDarkLordOfAllAKAAlfie
♫Oooh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law♫
Siegerose
Lawman has put an end to my runnin and I'm so far from my home.
MildlyConcernedTV
But Hermes was the one that actually guided the dead to the underworld
noblespaceplatypus
unless you didn't have the money to pay him, then he's like, "well fuck off then!"
HeadbuttingAnts
Gas money,... He shouldn't have to ask, it's common courtesy
ZaphodBbx
Hey, a man needs to make a living. If you are good at something, never do it for free.
ShadowScorch
But what would he spend it on?
XanCrews
That's one reason I exclusively poop at work!
RisingPhoenix92
The question is what does he spend all that money on?
RawrLouder
Heh... living
Armored0Titan0
Hey, they never said he was dead.
showmeallyourkitties
Charon wouldn't take people across unless they had money, Greeks would bury their dead with a coin under the tongue, became ghosts if not
AGorillaStoleMyUsername
I thought they covered each eye with a coin. But I only know that from movie experience.
showmeallyourkitties
Mine's from a Greek myth book, but there are so many that you rarely know what actually happened
Ulthirm
I think the eyes part was just an unfortunate mashup of mythology. People (Idk where) would lay their dead to rest with silver
Ulthirm
On their eyes to prevent rising from the dead (it's weird saying that)