OK, ya got me
And you have a point, too.
You might be interested in Mundane SF.
There's a blog, too, of course.
[Thanks to et, to first told me about it]
But, seriously... the discussion I thought was going on was about a technique of storytelling, no specific to genres like SF or Western but common in the larger body of adventure story: "killing off" a main character. It lends, if you will, more realism to the tale.