Slightly spoilery question...

[conuly]

If Owen can't breathe, because he's dead, and they reference this all the time (can't give CPR, can't have his breath stolen) - how does he talk?

I mean, I'm more than willing to ignore all those closeups where we see him breathing, because there is a limit to how much realism I expect. And if he were simply dead, and they didn't specify the breathing thing, or if they only mentioned it once when it first happened - okay, I can live with that.

But they keep talking about "Oh, Owen can't breathe!" all the time, and it's starting to get annoying.

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Not being familiar with the series at all...

Can't breathe, or doesn't breathe?

[conuly]

Can't. He's dead.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Dead doesn't necessarily mean physically unable, unless he's also physically unable to move at all.

[conuly]

Well, they all seem to think he does, probably because breath and life are so symbolically linked in our thoughts.