I Cannot Self-Terminate: Difference between revisions

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Perhaps the [[Body Horror]] has almost completely taken over a person and with their last ounce of humanity, they beg to be killed. Perhaps they've just been wounded in a vital area and know they are going to die slowly and in agony, and just want to die with dignity/end the pain quickly. Perhaps they're losing the battle with an [[Enemy Within]] and they need the hero or sidekick to [[Thrown Out the Airlock|throw the airlock switch]]/fire the [[Forgotten Superweapon]] at them/lower them into the steel. Perhaps they are prisoners and being [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured]], and the hero cannot break them free but could shoot them. In any case, while they're ready or even eager to die, they cannot do it on their own. This can also count as a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], sometimes.

Compare to [[Mercy Kill]], when the target cannot even request death; [[Death Seeker]], where the target can't even find anyone willing (or capable, if the [[Death Seeker]] still wants to fight to the best of their ability); and [[Driven to Suicide]], when they ''can'' self terminate. Also compare [[Trial by Friendly Fire]].

 

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