I guess maybe why I did the shrine thing was because a) I didn't feel like I was allowed to be angry, and b) I felt really, really alone in my sadness over it. I wasn't watching as the show was airing, I was watching on my own, afterward. Everyone else seemed to have moved on, and I felt like... I dunno. That she shouldn't just be forgotten.

I really didn't know other people did this, so I really appreciate your bringing attention to it. Ironically, if I'd known then that other people mourned characters like real people, I'm not sure if I would have felt like I needed to do something tangible. I might have, but maybe not.