Dead Man Writing: Difference between revisions

*** Although the note is signed as her, it's implied to have been written by someone else. Whether or not that person was a victim has not been stated yet.

* Subverted rather gruesomely in ''[[Loveless]]''.

* [[Parental Substitute|Linith's]] diary in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[The Movie|Movie 1st]] [[Comic Book Adaptation|The Comics]]'', which Linith wrote with the expectation that Fate will find it after she's dead.

{{quote|'''Linith:''' To my beloved Fate-chan: When you read this diary, both Precia and I would probably no longer be by your side.}}

 

== [[Fanfic]] ==

** And by the same circle of authors, a hilarious use of the same trope is found in "[http://www.thekeep.org/~mike/pastpresent.html Pastpresent]", a fanfic about Ranma reading Genma's memoirs after he passes away from disease.

{{quote|''If you're reading this, boy, either I'm dead or you're more like me than I thought. If it's the latter, turn around very slowly and pray Kasumi goes easy on you.''

** There's also Dr. Caron, who spends her final moments recording a holographic message revealing the truth about what happened on Miranda; the message ends abruptly (although the ''recording'' doesn't) when she's attacked and cannibalised by one of the Reavers she helped create. Getting this particular example of [[Dead Man Writing]] out to the wider world becomes the driving goal of the film.

* ''[[Blue Thunder]]'': Frank Murphy's sidekick, Lymangood, gets tortured and eventually killed by the badguys who want from him the tape containing evidence of their conspiracy. Later, Murphy finds a message left by Lymangood on the flight recorder of the titular [[Black Helicopter]], revealing the location of the tape.

 

== [[Literature]] ==