Event roadmap update please...

"AnonymousMeh;851914" wrote:

"fascizio;851870" wrote:
I think what bothers me the most is that they haven't even said anything about Carrie Fisher. I mean freaking Family Guy did a memorial for her (granted she did voice work for them), and this Star Wars game has said... nothing?

Disappointing.

"HaronKhast;839775" wrote:
No, I'm not disappointed at all. Seriously answer this question: What does it matter whether they publicly express condolences or not?

I don't really care how callused this makes me sound, but good lord, people need to learn how to grieve appropriately. Taking the death of a celebrity so personally, to the point where it upsets you that other people don't publicly grieve, is not healthy. Expecting some kind of tribute or public statement from other people who also did not know her personally is not healthy, especially when their connection to her is so incredibly tenuous.

For those of us who never knew them personally, the actors we love have already achieved their own unique form of immortality. The talent that made them famous will always be there for us to appreciate, again and again. If you feel the need to memorialize Carrie Fisher's portrayal of Princess Leia, then go watch Star Wars. Her playing of that role is obviously what means the most to you...otherwise nothing anyone else says about her passing would matter, right? So why not just pay direct tribute in the most personal way possible, rather than hop online and expect other people to make some ultimately meaningless statement, which really only echos how you already feel anyways?

/rolls eyes

1: The fact that this person would comment whether or not someones actions are mentally healthy without knowing or even talking to an individual immediately tells me they have no idea what they are talking about with regards to mental health.

2: I never asked them to grieve. I said they should say something. They are a Star Wars brand, and her passing did effect people in a real and personal way, and not simply tied to her acting.
-She was one of, if not the, first princesses who was not relegated to damsel in distress.
-She was an outspoken advocate for mental health care and awareness (one more reason flippant comments on mental health are remarkably inappropriate with regard to this subject).

3: Even if this were specifically about grieving, everyone experiences and deals with grief in different ways. It is remarkably rude and presumptuous to try to tell others over the internet that how they deal with it is not "appropriate."