This article mentions several sensitive topics, including self-harm. |
Suicide is the act of killing oneself. Suicide is a very serious issue that should always be addressed in the real world with care and delicacy. If you are feeling suicidal, please get in touch with a suicide hotline.
Of course, since My Immortal is not real life, there is no care or delicacy. Instead, Tara uses suicide as a plot device, much like many other serious issues made trivial by the delusional mind of a delusional fangirl.
At one point in the story, Draco supposedly commits suicide by slashing his own wrists (even though vampires can’t die from that, according to Tara) and letting himself bleed. Tara's use of suicide in this instance would be entirely comical if it were not for the fact that it trivializes suicide, as Draco comes back to life with no explanation whatsoever a few chapters later.
Many of the characters in the story are downright clinically depressed or can be presumed to have a serious mental illness of some sort due to their self-harming ways. Characters can often be seen slitting their wrists. It is unknown if this is because it is a "cool" thing to do, or if they are silently trying to end their existences because their conscious movements and ways of life are being controlled by a girl who thinks "goffik" is a correctly spelled word.