Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25020361-20140603232736/@comment-4750363-20140604005024

I kind of see your point, mister.

As a writer and as a reader, I do consider that putting as much realism into a story as possible while also knowing that it's a fictional story is the holy grail of any kind of writing.

Real enough to be relatable, but fictional enough to know that it isn't real.

Now, children are a different matter. They indeed lack a solid boundary between what's real and what's not. That's where parents or even older brothers come in, to teach them and assure them that it isn't real. The author of a story may try to put a disclaimer of the fakeness, but what good is that, in some cases? There are people who fight tooth and nail to show that something's real, even if it has a big fat disclaimer. It's like any conspiracy theory in the world out there. If one believes hard enough, not even outright stating its fakeness can dissuade them to believe the opposite. Only cold hard reality, hitting very hard, can show them their mistake.

And that's what is bad here. Sadly, these two girls let their own believes carry them far enough to commit such a heinous act. Whether it was for lack of guidance from parents, or the story being way too believable (which I find laughable, to be honest), or the words of other people, there won't be a simple solution such as "put a disclaimer, bingo" or "make parents watch over their internet activity, tada!".