I'll give you an example. Posted here is one of my personal favorite guro pics. The death is great and all, but what I really like is the way the elements suggest a story. Kitana's frozen in place, and it must have happened during the fight - but she's frozen in place upside down, so when the freezing happened, it must have happened very suddenly and very violently. Was she kicked? Uppercutted? Thrown and then blasted? Her fans are sitting, just out of reach - one frozen (was it frozen at the same time she was?), one discarded. After Kitana was frozen, did she try and reach her fans? Did she struggle to free herself? How much time did she have, dangling there? Did she become terrified as the realization of what was about to happen slowly dawned on her? Did Sub-Zero gloat, say some cold-ass shit as he readied his blade? And after he was done sawing through her, how long did it take before she died? You could come up with all kinds of stories about this picture; how it happened, why, and that, to me, is part of the fun.