So in several bits of fiction lately the magic healing blood device has been utilized. All it makes me wonder is why? It seems like in 2005ish it got used in 2ndBSG and then it opened the magic healing blood device floodgates. Maybe it was used before but off the top of my head I'm not remembering anything that did. Apart from it being an easy out for writers in terms of bringing characters back it really serves no purpose. It weakens to narrative of the story and is annoying. It seems just to be an easy writing crutch to fall back on, like the "it was all a dream" thing that used to get used a lot. I'm personally hoping that it dies out....

What are your thoughts on this plot device?