Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-38762742-20190310165055/@comment-24101790-20190310174059

黒の騎士 wrote: EmpyrealInvective wrote: -Snip-

To be fair, it wasn't their clothes he took

That was a concern when reading it as them skinning their friend opens up a massive amount of plot holes: Why wouldn't they just take their friend's clothes instead of jumping to butchering them (which would only provide a moment of warmth and quickly become detrimental due to decay and the impact of fluids quickly bringing about hypothermic conditions), how large does their friend have to be to justify them Star Wars-ing them and doing that effectively, if time was of the essence (the rule of threes; three minutes without air, three hours without shelter against the elements, three days without water, etc.) how would they manage such a task (Especially since cold conditions would hamstring motor functions and would take a lot of medical know-how to properly perform the grisly task.), etc.? I avoided jumping to that twist because, while it's slightly effective in the moment, it's quickly impaired by the massive amount of issues with it being performed in the story itself.