User blog comment:BTR180/Odium/@comment-27950421-20180308133402/@comment-27550231-20180308180024

I'd like them to make a comeback but what's the point of a tragic loss if it's only retconed just down the line? What is death if it becomes a temporary setback? That's why I have a problem with my guy, he can't die so you can't really feel sorry for him, he's not human in a sense. But if those around him aren't that durable and they suffer for it then you can feel his pain.

When you can't harm the hero you harm those around him. Then people will care about his suffering because by proxy they will know what he felt and thus sympathize with him and thus relate to him.