I share your sentiments about death. Actually that's why I can't get into things like game of thrones or the walking dead. They just... eh, i can't explain it. I just can't get into it. People tell me I would enjoy it but I just find the whole thing too grim such that there isn't any story to me except: 'they died trying.. fail.. next group tried again' I doubt these series will age well when people look back on it.
I view transformation stories as exploring the human condition mostly. How we feel and change as we progress at each stage of life... the things that are constant the things that are not and the demands of society and interactions of magic on a mundane world... and part of it seems to be convincing what is impossible suddenly becomes plausible.
I'm working on a few ideas when I get time. Sadly I suffer from making things very complicated when they should be simple. I have lots of ideas and so little RL time.
