I Wished You Were Dead: Difference between revisions

* In the third book of ''[[The Power of Five]]'' series, Jamie recounts the events of the night his foster father Ed died: {{spoiler|His twin, Scott, told Ed to go hang himself. Both twins are telepathic. Needless to say, Ed immediately did just that.}} This is why Scott and Jamie don't usually use their powers with anyone but each other.

* In [[The Lord of the Rings]], Denethor wishes that his [[The Unfavorite|second son Faramir]] had died instead of his first son Boromir, and sends him on a suicidal charge to "redeem" himself. When he's brought back, apparently dead, Denethor succumbs to despair and burns himself alive.

* Paul Auster once asked the audience of NPR to send in short stories under the one condition that the story had actually happened (which makes this an example for the Real Life section as well). He published the best ones in his book "I thought my father was God". The titular story is told through the eyes of a young child watching her father confront a neighbour like this: "Why don't you just drop dead?". The guy actually does, leaving the author with the impression of her father having god-like powers.

 

* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', the last thing Shelly said to her mom before her sudden death was "I hate you." It took her a long time to stop blaming herself.

 

* Appears in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', where [[Mad Artist|Argon]] targets [[Alpha Bitch|an unpleasant classmate that every one of the heroes had a reason to hate]] and used her as the object of a lesson in what constitutes [[Shoot the Dog|true Evil]] rather than mere pettiness.

 

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