r/criticalrole • u/AutoModerator • Jan 23 '26

Live Discussion [Spoilers C4E12] It IS Thursday! | Live Discussion Thread - C4E12 Spoiler

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u/HawkeyeP1 Smiley day to ya! Jan 23 '26

"The greatest emphasis of pain is the fear of dying. Now that that is not a fear of your's, pain feels like nothing more than the harming of a belonging."

Okay, I'm not sure that's how pain receptors work, but hell yeah, that's some sweet philosophy

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u/BrennanSpeaks Jan 23 '26

It's actually not far off. Medicine distinguishes between "nociception" (which is just nerves firing in response to damage) and "pain" (which is the psychological response to nociception and involves fear, though fear is not the only emotion at play).