Talk:Domino Effect/@comment-150.253.88.250-20130305145844/@comment-5305952-20130605070248

Death is the cause behind every event in the final Destination series. Chronologically speaking it goes FD 5 (at the  end is revealed  to be a prequal as it not only shows the mysterious flight 180 but also the real reason behind hte plane crash that triggered the events from 1-4), then final destination 1-4 with the book series fitting in between the movies. Essentially Death is not just a concept/naturally occuring force but a sentient one. It normally maintans the order of the natural world by keeping the cycle going by taking the lives of those on it's list at the time of their fated deaths(death is counted by life and only altered by a greater force). However, every and now again (actually extremely rare) there are individuals who manage to escape it's grasp, ie cheat death; If the individuals who were meant to die continue to live it would throw the natural order out of whack. This sets up the theme of the movie in which Death must correct the error by killing the individuals in the order in which they where originally meant to die. Death is also formless and unseeable, but can choose to appear as the wind, smoke, or whatever else the human mind conjures up to personify it (often followed by an eriee sound- films only. It has been stated however that it detests the stereotypical grim reaper persona that it has been braned with). The reason why the idividuals have gruemsome deaths is explained that Death in basically sadistic/cynical/petty and hates being cheated so he tortures and then brutally murders those who it feels has unjustifiably escaped his grasp. At teh end of some of the movies people seemingly have defeated death but return in later movies, only to die, this is becuase death allowed them to live so that it could use them to tie up lose ends (the other people direclty and indrectly involuved with the flight and where fated to die but also survived). So in the end no live can truley defeat death (except for a new life).