Morbid Hypothetical for the day: Would it be more a dark turn for a fictional character to die in a car accident driving back from an interview for a job they ultimately were going to get (if they had survived), or an interview for one they weren't?
The first one has that old-style horror twist to it, where the story could end with a panel of an answering machine picking up a message saying they job's there if they want it. So there's the idea things were going to turn around, but the character couldn't weather one last bit of bad luck. The other is more a "futility of it all" statement, a life wasted on an ultimately meaningless quest. The former feels more like the end of a Twilight Zone episode, the rug being pulled. The latter makes me think of a comedy, oddly enough. That last kick in the teeth for the character that's been getting their chops busted throughout.
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