I know what you mean, Daisy, but death is a part of life, there's no getting away from that. I think deaths are handled pretty well in the game, considering. The villagers turn into skeletons immediately in an almost 'cartoonish' way that makes the death seem less personal. At least their (normally-portrayed) corpses don't appear! Seeing the recognisable body of a little person lying on the ground would be much more affecting than a Halloweenish skeleton appearing.