Katzilla's story reminded me of something.
It's not my story though, it's about my friend Jess.

Jess has never seen The Lion King all the way through. She's tried after being nagged loads of times, but she's never successfully managed to sit through the whole movie.

Why? She went to see it at the cinema with her Mum when it came out. Then it got to the part where Mufasa gets trampled to death. And she screamed the cinema down and had to be taken out.

She lost her Dad a month or so before the film came out, he had a heart attack. Her Mum thought that taking her to see a Disney film that deals with dead fathers might "help her cope".

It did not help her cope. She still has to switch it off when she knows Mufasa is about to die.
(Melody was not PMSing on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 16:47, 4 replies)

Has she tried...
...getting someone to skip past that part, just so she can see the end?
(farty_bumbum, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:11, closed)

Awesome idea.

She's already done that with her father, surely. Skipped right past it, just so she can see the end...

I'll get me coat.
(IHaveComeAmongThee__Twice Tissues on the left. Self-esteem on the right., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 19:24, closed)

No.
I am suggesting this to her.
(Melody was not PMSing on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 21:29, closed)

A girl with abondonment/daddy issues?
Sign me up!

Only joking, had enough of those. Sheeeeesh.

On a more serious note, she might want to seek help. That flick, and her reluctance to accept her dads passing must be at least 15 years old. Worrying.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 10:01, closed)