Fictional deaths that hit you the hardest
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There are some I would have posted, but others have talked about them already, like the Firefly and Land Before Time deaths. Here are some I haven't seen talked about yet.
Your funeral in general, but especially if you played a female Human Noble Warden who sacrifices herself and romances/betroths Alistair who was elected king at the Landsmeet. (I know that's super-specific, but it's a kick to the stomach.) He says, "I thought we would be together forever. You will be missed. More than I can say." I cry every goddamn time.
Also, if you play a female Dalish elf and pick certain conversation options in your origin story with your friend Tamlen, it's implied you two had a relationship going on - or were about to. Later, he shows up as a ghoul and tells you not to look at him. Then, when you insist on doing so anyway, he tells you he always loved you and that he's sorry. You have to kill him and have an extremely awkward conversation with Alistair about it.
Oh, and Cailan and Duncan's deaths. That cutscene makes beautiful use of storytelling without words. Duncan knew that he had been betrayed by Loghain and that all the death was senseless, even as he got his head bashed in, and there's not a single line of dialogue to tell us that.
Also, if you play a female Dalish elf and pick certain conversation options in your origin story with your friend Tamlen, it's implied you two had a relationship going on - or were about to. Later, he shows up as a ghoul and tells you not to look at him. Then, when you insist on doing so anyway, he tells you he always loved you and that he's sorry. You have to kill him and have an extremely awkward conversation with Alistair about it.
Oh, and Cailan and Duncan's deaths. That cutscene makes beautiful use of storytelling without words. Duncan knew that he had been betrayed by Loghain and that all the death was senseless, even as he got his head bashed in, and there's not a single line of dialogue to tell us that.
Hawke's mom's death. I don't even want to talk about it. Thanks, game, I really needed to sob today.
The entire last story. Every single character comes to see Edward off to the afterlife, and after fighting the entire movie about how these stories weren't true and were just stupid, Will finally caves and sees his father the way everyone else sees him. If you've seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about, and it's really frigging sad.
Fantine's death, in the operetta and the book, is tragic as all hell. She sacrifices everything to send her child money for an illness that child doesn't have. This is what kills Fantine - it was pointless. She meant nothing to the Thernardiers.
Eponine's death, in my opinion, is more poignant in the book, where her last words are just "I think I was a little bit in love with you," as opposed to the three-minute song she sings in the operetta, but both make me cry.
Gavroche's death, which meant nothing to anyone, Javert's suicide, the massacre of the students on the barricade, and others - Les Miserables is not a happy book, as you might guess.
And then Jean Valjean's death, when he tells Cosette to forbid him to die and Fantine and Eponine come to get him and bring him to heaven. I sob at every one of those deaths every time.
Eponine's death, in my opinion, is more poignant in the book, where her last words are just "I think I was a little bit in love with you," as opposed to the three-minute song she sings in the operetta, but both make me cry.
Gavroche's death, which meant nothing to anyone, Javert's suicide, the massacre of the students on the barricade, and others - Les Miserables is not a happy book, as you might guess.
And then Jean Valjean's death, when he tells Cosette to forbid him to die and Fantine and Eponine come to get him and bring him to heaven. I sob at every one of those deaths every time.
Sean Connery's death.
WitchBlade, Masane Amaha: it was one of those you knew was coming, given her break down in a late Ep, but it still sucked when she did die
Beast Wars, Dinobot: i really didn't see this coming as a kid and even now still makes me tear up
Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggen, Kamina: this was straight out of left field, i cry partly out of sadness, but mostly what a straight up shock it was
Beast Wars, Dinobot: i really didn't see this coming as a kid and even now still makes me tear up
Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggen, Kamina: this was straight out of left field, i cry partly out of sadness, but mostly what a straight up shock it was
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan spoilers. Do I really need to spoiler tag this?
Firefly/Serenity
Mass Effect 3
LOST
Spock's death. Possibly the most emotional moment in fiction I have ever seen. It brings me to tears every time. When Kirk says that final "No," softly with such shocked unbelief mixed with despair, I just weep.
Firefly/Serenity
Wash was my favorite character in the show and movie and he should not have gone out like that. Curse you, Joss Whedon!!!
Mass Effect 3
Mordin's Death. Leading up to it after he said he would not be coming back, I was like, "Eh, Mordin is going to die, whatevs." But the closer the moment came, I started realizing how much I didn't want him to die.
LOST
Jack's death. And Jin and Sun's death. So incredibly emotional.
Mordin Solus. I cried for about five to ten minutes.
Eli Vance. I loved that character.
The Boss. How can you get so attached to a person from a single game, not to mention a prequel? I didn't want to kill her.
Ezio Auditore. I thought I was getting tired of playing that character but when he died I just felt like shit.
Nathan Hale. Seriously, killing off the main character and then having us play as the killer in the third game?
Dexter
Bioshock
Scarface
Brian Moser's Death at the end of season 1 left me distraught because he was the. Best. Antagonist. Ever.
Bioshock
I felt really dirty and used after I rammed the putter into Andrew Ryan's skull.
Scarface
I got all misty eyed when Tony Montana bit the dust at the end of Scarface.
The two fictional deaths that i remember crying to were:
The Lion King (I didn't even get close to crying at bambi's mother but this gets me every time.)
Bridge to Terabithia
I also cried at the deaths in Grave of the Fireflies and Marley and Me but they're not fictional so i guess they don't really count.
The Lion King (I didn't even get close to crying at bambi's mother but this gets me every time.)
Bridge to Terabithia
I also cried at the deaths in Grave of the Fireflies and Marley and Me but they're not fictional so i guess they don't really count.
Weirdly Modern Warfare 2 & 3 had a couple of moments
When Ghost and Roach are murdered in Modern Warfare 2... They fight through all that only to be shot and burnt in an unmarked grave.
Soap's death just after he gets injured and your dragging him through the street, an I just realisation of how much blood he was losing. It made my heart just sink.
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Neverwinter Nights
Technically, she did not die, but when Midna broke the Twilight Mirror in Zelda: Twilight Princess, I was really, really sad.
Mass Effect 1
Ashley in Mass Effect 1. I couldn't decide between her and Kaiden...I felt like a total jerk afterwards...listening to Kaiden whine about her being the one...why wasn't there an option to kill off both characters? They both stink! 
Mass Effect 2
Legion's dead in Mass Effect 3 was...actually, now that I think of it, not that bad. Sad, but at least he was going places, right? Assuming you got all the good outcomes...Mordin, I guess, was also sad...but I actually liked Legion more than him, so...
Neverwinter Nights
I was a young child when I played it, but Aribeth's death in Neverwinter Nights was super, super depressing. I really quite liked her. And then I learned years later that you can actually persuade her not to fight you...but then she's executed by Lord Nasher. What the hell, man.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!!!! He was the best character in the whole game, a complete and total badass, AND THEY JUST END HIM WITHOUT SO MUCH AS AN IMAGE?!!
Other than that, it would have to be when soldiers under my command die or innocent civilians die in any game I play. Call me sentemental, but I personally try to be like the ideal of the perfect military commander. I have a personal policy of "Save the civvies, bring all men/women home alive, screw the politics/orders." If civvies die, even if it was just an accident, I will take full responsibility for what happened (and with me, you can be 100% sure it was an accident, even in games like GTA and Saints Row). If men under my command die, then I will train a new recruit, then go back and work out my stratagies to make sure it doesnt happen again, or at least miniumize them if it cant be helped. To that end, while MY armies usually have very low casualty rates, I am downright RUTHLESS to enemy armies. Unless they surrender or retreat, expect no one to live. This is reflected in one of my favorite stratagies being what I call the "Kill Box."
Step 1) Send forces to meet enemy head on.
Step 2) Send more forces onto enemy left and right flank, unseen.
Step 3) Launch ambush on now surrounded enemy. Beat them to death with guns, and air support/artillery if available.
Step 4) Laugh as they run for thier lives screaming.
Sonic Adventure 2
Mass Effect 3
Damn, I need a tissue just thinking about it.
Cried for hours when Shadow died. It was probably the first time I ever saw a heroic death and the tears just kept coming.
Mass Effect 3
When Mordin died, I had to put the controller down and just sobbed. Then when Thane died after his little prayer, my sister came up to me to give me a hug because I looked that depressed. Killing Kai Leng was satisfying just for what the bastard did to Thane.
Damn, I need a tissue just thinking about it.
I preferred it when his final words were something like "Would have enjoyed testing those seashells" calling back to an earlier conversation with Shep about retiring to a beach. It reminded me of everything I loved about that guy.Hawkeye 131 said:
If he'd been romanceable my femshep would have boffed him all the way into the middle of Mass Effect 4.
The death of Eli Vance. It was just so sad. ;~; Plus, the fade away when you hear Alyx crying is just so... saaaaaaaaad. D':
In Bioshock, the murder of Andrew Ryan is different but hits me hard either way. You get so far into plasmids and he still uses a gold club. >,>
And in Bioshock 2, all the innocent people used to make the Big Daddies. Well... before the not so innocent came around. Like the very first one! Big Daddy Delta. Poor guy.
And in Bioshock 2, all the innocent people used to make the Big Daddies. Well... before the not so innocent came around. Like the very first one! Big Daddy Delta. Poor guy.
Honestly? The one that hit me the hardest was probably Knight_Peculier from Shadow of Israphel, the Minecraft series by Yogscast. Why? It comes out of nowhere, and he's been with the series forever. That's in terms of series, I suppose. Games, probably Acro, the horse from SotC. Yeah, yeah, I know he doesn't really die. But I thought he died originally.
Game:
Red Dead Redemption
'Nuff Said.
Movie:
The Green Mile. If you didn't cry, or at least shed a single tear, you're going to hell.
No Country For Old Men. It's just done so perfectly... R.I.P Luella.
Books:
The Outsiders.
Only book that once I picked up I never put it back down...
Red Dead Redemption
'Nuff Said.
Movie:
The Green Mile. If you didn't cry, or at least shed a single tear, you're going to hell.
No Country For Old Men. It's just done so perfectly... R.I.P Luella.
Books:
The Outsiders.
Why Johnny?!? WHY!?!