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Hear me out (NO, it's not the kind you are thinking)
We know Death has a job, right? To collect souls and most likely release them to the afterlife.
And for this job, he has to be there when somebody is about to die, as demostrated with him being there moments before Puss' eight death.
Supposing he is THE Death and he has been doing this since the beginning of time (or at least when there were enough stories of the Grim Reaper to adquire a physical form) that means he has seen a lot, A LOT of awful things.
Murders, suicides, massacres, death of infants, people who didn't deserve to die alone, animal cruelty, some other heavy stuff I won't mention here, etc etc etc.
And we thought "man, how is he able to cope with all of that? That job has to be utter torture for someone."
Probably many of you could think that he is able to do that because he is Death, and he was "born" with that purpose and only him can reap souls perfectly.
But while he is a force of nature, he also WAS a force of nature. Let me explain it well: He adquired a personality enough to be angry, excited, frustrated, amazed, happy, among other emotions.
While he has supernatural power and is most likely the most powerful being in the Shrek Franchise (or in Dreamworks as many say) he is also a PERSON.
Someone with a code of honor, morals, opinions, beliefs, etc.
Returning to the question "How can he bear all of that?" taking into account he is no longer an inevitable force, but a character of his own.
The answer is something you may relate to, and that is: Creativity and escapism.
To be the embodiment of Death, the guy is a very creative fella.
First of all, his design. I heard many people saying here and in Twitter that his design is something they would come up in their edgy, teen years of drawing their first fursona.
Guess what? They are right, the wolf form is someone's fursona. It's DEATH'S fursona. He clearly came up with this badass, piercing canine form to blend with the Fairy Tale Land assuming the form of the "Big Bad Wolf". He most likely had other forms he designed over the centuries and was able to present as them like if he were on a role play game in the living world.
His sickles? The weapon of choice with the little crossed cats on it to have a bigger effect of terror for Puss? Those who can become knuckles and join to create a scythe? Those are his creation, probably after thinking it for a while and writing all of those functions on a paper.
The way he presents himself? In the bar? The coins in his eyes as a "watching you" sign while being a cool reference to the Ferryman of souls? He transforming Perrito's forest into the background of a skull? The chilling reveal at the Cave of Lost Souls? The fire ring? It was all him.
As for the escapism part...
When the world becomes too heavy to deal with as real life issues tend to make us feel bad, depressed, angry... we tend to escape it somewhere. And in our time the common place would be the internet as in webpages or comics, stories, etc.
But what has to do with Death Wolf you may ask?
Well, while he would NEVER be able to escape his job entirely, he can have moments where he can enjoy a good hunt of people who don't appreciate life, like the whole plot of the Puss in Boots sequel could demostrate.
He managed to have a little time outside his eternal routine to chase an arrogant cat who took life for granted. He enjoyed it, it was thrilling, it was exciting.
It was a way to escape a monotonous, grim "life", if just for a short moment.
So, when the chase ended as his prey no longer feared him and now was ready to fight for his last life, the wolf retreats, happy for Puss' character development but resigned because he once again had to return to "The Eternal Duty"
And that's not even counting all the times Jack "I'm dead inside" Horner had to interrupt Lobo's hunt and remind him of his job even in his "spare time"
Death knew the chase had to end eventually, but he didn't want it to end.
He didn't want to return to his own world
And if we look at Death like that, then he is probably one of the most relatable characters Dreamworks has ever make.
In the Shrek Franchise:
Monsters can be loved
Princesses don't have to fit the perfect standards of beauty
Handsome guys can be possesive jerks
Love at first sight doesn't work like one would think
Happily ever afters had to be built and not just obtain them with magic
And Death is the most creative and "full of life" being in the world
Because he would absolutely go crazy with his life/work if he wasn't.
Because in a world of Kings, Poets and Soldiers, he's the Supreme King
And he's also a perky goth but none of you are ready for that conversation.
How would the order of the story Death and Immortal Reader be?
There Was an Attempt:
Masterlist
Death/Muerte (Puss in Boots) x Immortal! Reader
First Meeting
Second Meeting
A Day Out
Comfort
Looking for Answers Pt.1
Looking for Answers Pt. 2
Shenanigans
Danger
Request: 'For shits and giggles' and 'Celoso'
Breathless
Forever After AU
A Night Out
Request: Nightmares (Headcannons)
Looking For Answers Pt. 3
Request: Valentines
Request: Visit
Request: Distractions
Request: Driving Lessons
Request: Drinks
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guys i actually beg of you to not let palestine become an unpleasant flashback, a transient tumblr trend, a hasbeen subject that just faded away. as an arab—and specifically iraqi—girl, i know what it feels like to have family displaced all over the world as a result of western imperialism. i know what it feels like to not be able to step foot into your homeland because it’s no longer safe. as an american iraqi, raised in the us and insulated from my roots, it wasn’t until last summer that i was able to visit iraq for the first time, and even then my family was worried for my safety—in my own blood country. although nothing like what palestinians are experiencing right now, it might be the tiniest semblance of what it feels like to watch your country disintegrate in front of you.
and this is a universal arab experience. i volunteer weekly at a refugee center that serves middle eastern refugees, and every day i see the longing in their eyes when they speak of where they hail from. it’s safe to say that we will be getting a wave of palestinian refugees very soon: just another generation of arabs who can’t inhabit their own country.
arab culture is so rich, so profound, so beautiful. i am tired of being told by the world—through literal genocide—that it doesn’t mean anything. please never let this be forgotten. free palestine. free palestine. free palestine.
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Can I request Death with Life! Reader as a companion BUT, This life is different than the usual view of life being loving and gentle. People's phrasing of "Life is cruel" and Life is basically cold hearted and statue like faced, after all their job is to give a life not guide them through it. Every step they take on ground sprouts a new life forms but the moment they step away plants it starts to wither.
This is gonna be interesting to write but I’ll try my best!
Death with a life! Companion who is the version of “life is cruel”.
I decided to do in head cannon type story I hope your ok with that! It’s also gonna be a bit short as I don’t really know how to write this.
No mention of pronouns.
Yes you were the embodiment of life but you weren’t the “life is beautiful” type. You were the “life is cruel”.
You would give out a life to whatever new being was born and you could care less about them.
Anytime you walk anywhere besides your house you sprout new plants, however when you walk away from them they wither away faster then they sprouted.
Any time you saw a person complaining about how their life sucked you simply said”well my job is to give you life not hold your hand the whole time”.
Every time it makes people confused when you say that or something similar to that.
Death is a 50/50 with how you are, yes he always says that every living thing should value their life but he also gets where you coming from.
Sometimes when he comes back from collecting souls he tells you about people complaining about how it’s not their time and shit like that.
“My only job here is to give life and nothing else and your job is to end Their time”.
“It’s been out jobs for millions, and millions of years we can’t avoid our jobs”. You says once more.
He only sighs and sits down next to you in the chair beside you.
“Yes that is our jobs, but still they should learn to appreciate their lives”. Death adds in.
“They never will, very few living things have actually appreciated their lives”. You retort back at him.
“It’s not my fault when they constantly insult me why should I guide them and hold their hands”? You ask feeling a rage come up on you.
Death has accepted long ago that your gonna be like this till the end of time.
“Your never gonna change are you huh vida”? He sarcastically asks.
“No I will never change the way I think and go about how I think of them”.
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