When you write fantasy, killing someone off isn't necessarily the end. Depending on circumstances, you have options like undeath, lingering as a ghost, resurrection, growing a new body to put the soul in, and, with a long enough time frame, reincarnation. Not that you want to keep all your characters alive. But death isn't quite as final an end as it would be in more real-world-oriented genres.

Rewatching Teen Wolf--being a sucker for teenage-oriented shows is an occupational hazard of being a high school teacher--I noticed the degree to which both heroes and villains seem to come back from apparent death. Here's illustrative dialog:

Peter: Doesn't anyone ever die in this town?
Malia: I think people were hoping you would.

In any case, some stories necessarily involve death. But both authors and audiences aren't going to want to lose a beloved character. Then again, if a development like that weren't moving, we'd know something was wrong with the story.

Many years ago, I wrote a short story and killed off the main character at the end.  My neighbor was my test reader and she was disappointed that he died at the end.  So, I saved him in the next revision.

Which I suppose may be a good thing since I wrote three or four stories after that with the same character and have two 10 "episode" book "seasons" planned for him.  Of course, who knows when I'll ever get around to finishing them.

I too have lovely memories picking blackberries with my kiddos. And blackberry wine is so delicious! In WA we picked wild berries June through Sept. Then the rains came and it'd be time for mushrooms. We just got new bees this evening for our hive! We'd all starve without bees.
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Lovely to have bees and your own honey and knowing it is pure.

I want the old Altavista back.  Best search engine ever.

I remember those days

Didn't know holly had a scent  .

Used to gather blackberries as a child. My Gran made blackberry and apple dumpling. Yummy.

I too have lovely memories picking blackberries with my kiddos. And blackberry wine is so delicious! In WA we picked wild berries June through Sept. Then the rains came and it'd be time for mushrooms. We just got new bees this evening for our hive! We'd all starve without bees.