urborous t1_iudgnc7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Reply to comment by msprang in Outside of the obvious, who is your favourite female lone survivor or 'Final Girl' in the horror genre? by LeGaffe

Do you think the death/rebirth mythic structure works for the Final Girl?

It was a smart idea you see smart people using (JK Rowling at the end of Harry Potter or George RR Martin in the Jon Snow arc,) yet I'm not sure how effective it was, in this one.

Actually you could argue all of these kinda don't work, from the just-okay end of Harry Potter, to heaping even more "Hero's Journey" shit on characters calculated to disappoint you in "Game of Thrones," to trying to enrich the journey of the Final Girl?

msprang t1_iudyyxz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Hmm, that's a really good question. I was mostly more impressed that she made it. But you're right, those other examples don't necessarily work.