^have you seen deacons poetry? hoser

As for the death thing, I think it largely depends on the topic. There are various topics that connect directly with death. If I were to set up a topical battle with a topic like "gunshots" or "dripping blood" obviously, it's gonna be a story about death. Which is why in the league, I try to set up the battle with fairly open topics that can be molded by talented writers.
Death is very easy to write about, but actual emotion and everything else that comprises life is difficult.
Thus, everyone choose death, at least in writing.

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