Why kill off Ariam?

[fireproof78]

A few people here like to think that any opposing views must come from an angry person. I guess it's their way of dismissing other people's views instead of accepting them as equally valid. Happens all the time XD

Given the passion amongst fan bases this is not an unreasonable assumption. People get angry. Its normal. Asking some of they are is not automatically dismissive, despite memes to the contrary.

 

[KennyB]

Given the passion amongst fan bases this is not an unreasonable assumption. People get angry. Its normal. Asking some of they are is not automatically dismissive, despite memes to the contrary.

I was referring more to fanboy less to the angry part.

 

[Angry Fanboy]

A few people here like to think that any opposing views must come from an angry person. I guess it's their way of dismissing other people's views instead of accepting them as equally valid. Happens all the time XD

Absolutely!

 

[fireproof78]

I was referring more to fanboy less to the angry part.

Thanks for the clarification

 

[WarpTenLizard]

This is a regular trend in space opera shows.

The regular with the most elaborate makeup often dies or is otherwise written out of the show: Zhaan from "Farscape," the pile of bat droppings from "Andromeda" (thank God!), Ariam on this show.

Otherwise, if the character remains, they will somehow lose their most alien physical trait (Trance Gemini's tail, Saru's head tentacles) or just hide it (Kes's ears), or they undergo a major transformation that makes them appear more human (Dellen from B5, Trance Gemini on "Andromeda").

We all know the reason, and it's no one's fault. But still quite frustrating.

 

[Tim Thomason]

TOS and TNG are exceptions, perhaps because their resident outsider became the surprise star. DS9 had Odo lose his shape-shifting ability, but they still kept the makeup. Worf's makeup became even more complex (if streamlined) as TNG went on, and Discovery started with incredibly detailed Klingons in the first season, but then got lazy and made them TNG era 2.0 Klingons for the second.

 

[Odo]

I thought the crew reactions to her death rang hollow, because prior to the episode she died in, they didn't build up her relationships to other characters enough for me to care about her, and didn't show me that the others cared about her. That said, from what we saw she was pretty cool.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I thought the crew reactions to her death rang hollow, because prior to the episode she died in, they didn't build up her relationships to other characters enough for me to care about her, and didn't show me that the others cared about her. That said, from what we saw she was pretty cool.

For all we know it could've been a pretty sudden thing and they had to write it in. It's not like they can write a whole arc to justify it when the actress is being harmed in the process.

 

[Odo]

I had no idea she was being harmed. I hope she's alright.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I had no idea she was being harmed. I hope she's alright.

She developed an allergy and the makeup covered her entire head, a process that probably takes a few hours just to put on and a few hours to take off and that doesn't include the time it takes to film. It's hard on actors, the main reason there were a few years between the two Hellboy movies was the makeup process was very hard on Ron Perlman. I'm not sure how Doug Jones does it and has been doing it for over 20 years.

 

[Fateor]

She developed an allergy and the makeup covered her entire head, a process that probably takes a few hours just to put on and a few hours to take off and that doesn't include the time it takes to film. It's hard on actors, the main reason there were a few years between the two Hellboy movies was the makeup process was very hard on Ron Perlman. I'm not sure how Doug Jones does it and has been doing it for over 20 years.

He likely adapts by switching product whenever it turns out he is allergic to something.

 

[Tim Thomason]

For all we know it could've been a pretty sudden thing and they had to write it in. It's not like they can write a whole arc to justify it when the actress is being harmed in the process.

Sara Mitich had the allergic reaction, and that's why she stepped down for Season 2 (and was later cast as another character). AFAIK, Hannah Cheesman had no issues with the makeup, having previously done a makeup heavy role in the 2013 horror film Mama. The character was presumably written all season with the intention of killing her off, but given the production issues with Season 2, that's not certain.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

For all we know it could've been a pretty sudden thing and they had to write it in. It's not like they can write a whole arc to justify it when the actress is being harmed in the process.

Sarah Mitich the actress who played Airiam originally and now plays Lt. Nilsson was the one who was allergic to the make up. When Airiam died she was played by another actress who had no problems with the make up.