after rewatching all the final destination movies after watching bloodlines. i now have the headcannon that when bludworth would give the survivors “advice” he was just using them as pawns to test his and iris’ theories. like if 5 is the first movie, then he suggested to them that they should kill someone to get the time that they have left. and when him and iris saw that it actually worked they were like, nah too far lets try something else. and then in 1 he just gives them the information that there is an order, not anything more (not that i remember other than you can’t cheat death). iris and bludworth were probably like let’s see if this group of kids try something new and see if it works. and in 2 he tells this new group that only new life can cheat death. i want to believe he just said some cryptic shit to see what they would come up with, and him and iris just sat back and let the events unfold. and after it ended up working, they might have thought drowning was too risky so they didn’t try and waited for something else. and then when iris died in an effort to protect her family, bludworth accepted his faith and told her family outright that they have to die and be brought back