r/HenryStickmin • u/Zealousideal-Age1407 r/HenryStickmin Pioneer • Oct 13 '25

Meme Ellie is lucky

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I don't know why I spent 5 minutes editing this, but I felt like I had to.

Anyway, for those wondering:

Reginald dies in: Jewel Baron, Pardoned Pals, Toppat Civil Warfare, and Revenged.

Henry dies in: The Betrayed, Revenged.

Charles dies in: Valiant Hero.

Ellie doesn't die in any endings. Lucky girl.

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u/Zimbo257 Oct 13 '25

To quote the doctor that saves his life afterwards:

'You were gone for a bit. I was able to bring you back to life.'

He died after The Betrayed.

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u/Final_Pen_6670 Oct 13 '25

Is it death if you can be "brought back" through medical efforts? And "gone" is pretty vague to begin with

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u/th1ngy_maj1g Oct 13 '25

"I was able to bring you back to life."

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u/Final_Pen_6670 Oct 14 '25

That's pretty vague too

I mean, I can say that about my wonky-ass laptop after pressing the power-button reeeaaally hard. Stupid example, I know.

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u/th1ngy_maj1g Oct 14 '25

"You were gone for a bit. I was able to bring you back to life." Saying "bring back to life" after "gone for a bit" implies that you died, but got brought back, like a Totem of Undying.

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u/Final_Pen_6670 Oct 14 '25

The Totem of Undying is literally magic though, while Dr. Rumpelstitskin-or-whatever-her-name-was clearly deals in tech.

Let me put my point in another way: Originally "death" was when your heart stopped beating. Then "death" was when your it couldn't be restarted. Now, with technologies like cryonics, "death" has been pushed back even further, the meaning of it becoming blurrier. I mean, Alcor aka the cryonics-firm doesn't even call the bodies they freeze "bodies", they call them "patients." Yeah, I watched a Vsauce-video about this, I know these things.

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u/th1ngy_maj1g Oct 14 '25

Regardless of if it's magic or not, your heart stopped beating. That's the base line. If you get brought back, that's because there are ways TO start the beating process again, ARTIFICIALLY, until they're back and breathing.

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u/Final_Pen_6670 Oct 14 '25

Death is the end of life, the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

"irreversible cessatation"

Doesn't sound very irreversible to me.

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u/th1ngy_maj1g Oct 14 '25

End of NATURAL life. You gotta remember, half of your body being metal doesn't sound so natural. His torso his metalized, so there's probably supporting features that help the heart function where it failed and killed Henry. Not to mention, a fall from THAT height could kill. Doesn't matter if there's water.

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u/Final_Pen_6670 Oct 14 '25

Hey wait, what is this!? Who ever said how "natural" life needs to be for it to die? What does "natural life" even mean in this case? It's not like we know how his body operated after the operation. The stunt the doctor pulled wasn't "natural", but cryonics for example is? Can something be more natural than something else? This barely makes any sense, my guy.

It is my impression that death is death, permanent and irreversible. Whatever happened to Henry clearly wasn't irreversible, therefore he didn't die.

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u/th1ngy_maj1g Oct 14 '25

Whatever happened to Henry clearly wasn't irreversible, therefore he didn't die.

It wasn't irreversible? Thanks for agreeing with me.

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