Fictional deaths that hit you the hardest

[Xaio30]

The Last Remnant

Spoiler: Spoilers

Emma Honeywell, a general of the city Athlum tells the rest of the guard to retreat with the citizens while she buys them time by fighting the Conqueror, a man with superhuman strength and reflexes so that they can escape. She does this even though it is obvious that she will die in the end. As the viewer, you get to see the whole fight, and it was really sad and amazing at the same time.

Here's the fight for those interested:

 

[Reaper195]

The Darkness

Spoiler

This one scene where Jenny dies? After seeing this scene, no game has ever come so close to being so emotionally impacting (Except maybe some certain moments in ME3). It also proves that perfect voice acting goes a thousand times further than just great writing.

It was...amazing.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Worst part about the ME3 deaths is looking on the list of casualties on the Normandy and seeing their names there. Freaking heartbreaking.

Spoiler: ME3 spoilers

Especially when you could have saved them. Sorry, Samara. I chose the wrong time to look away from the screen.

 

[runnerbelow]

From Lone Wolf and Cub

Spoiler

The Death of Itto Ogami, and the "Grandson of my heart" line afterwards

From Saint Seiya Omega

Spoiler

Seiya's "death" was a combination of shock and animosity at the creators for offing the main character of the original series so soon, but he got better.

And... Uh... I'm running on empty.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Mine's an odd one, in that it's a villain dying that gets to me the most, from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:

Spoiler

Envy. I mean come on, he gets burned to a crisp repeatedly by a coocoo-for-cocoa-puffs Roy Mustang, then when he finally gets a reprieve, Edward delivers a beautiful "Shut up, Hannibal" to him and then he just... he just kills himself! It's actually really sad, and it made me feel genuinely sorry for an argumentative green slug that was responsible for, essentially, attempted genocide and is gleefully part of a plan to murder another entire nation.

Seriously, props to whoever was involved in making that scene happen. Holy shit...

 

[o_O]

Guess no one cared how in Red Dead Redemption:

Spoiler

John got shot to hell by the army after all he went through. I always make sure to use the 1911 in the final duel with Jack & Ross because of that. Shot by the own gun he gave John. Choke on that, *****.

 

[Sonicron]

In terms of video games... well, have you ever play Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core? If so, you know the scene I'm talking about.
Absolute. Emotional. Devastation.

Also, I read a Warhammer 40.000 novel recently that really got to me with a death scene as well. In a fictional universe where whole subsectors get the Exterminatus verdict before breakfast it takes a gifted writer to make you care when someone bites the dust, but Aaron Dembski-Bowden is such a writer, and he delivered during the final instalment of his Night Lords trilogy.

Spoiler: Void Stalker spoilers

In the end I felt so bad for Uzas... he was far from innocent and surely had it coming, but bearing the Sinner's Red for the atrocities of a fellow clawmate and then being executed and hatefully condemned by the one brother who'd been sticking up for him, all while trying to exact a measure of just revenge... he didn't deserve to go out like that.

 

[Havegun]

Cole Phelps, Wrex, Ned, Cat and Robb Stark, John Coffey and Niobe, wife of Lucius Vorenus.

Edit: From L.A. Noire, Mass Effect, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Green Mile and HBO's Rome, respectively.

 

[anthony87]

Is it really too hard for people to actually MENTION WHAT THEY'RE SPOILING before they put down the spoiler tag?

 

[minkus_draconus]

Planetfall.
Throughout the game you are alone with a small robot Floyd with the boundless energy and sometimes attention span of a young child.
He offers to help get an important item from a room full of mutants because he is tough and metal.
After that key event you are utterly alone on a dead planet.

 

[Aprilgold]

Iron Giant

Spoiler

He saves the town and he's so brave and he wants to be Superman and WHY DOES HE HAVE TO DIE (even though he comes back, maybe)..... I cry every time.

Boy I miss the giant.

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Its always the death of a character that I never meet, such as the soliders you capture in Portable Ops. I mean..... HE was there yesterday, WHO shot him today?

Jokes aside, Barney when you shoot him in Half Life. Its a optional thing but I laughed so hard when I found out I can kill the guy giving exposition that I started crying from it. Good times.

Now in days I can't connect with a character today because trying to be deep while your slaughtering literally HUNDREDS of people is kinda difficult without yourself being shot in the process.

 

[Mstrswrd]

Spoiler: NieR

Ending D. Nier's not just death, but complete erasure of his very existence and everyone's memories of him, to the point that Kaine starts crying when she see's the flower he gave her, but she can't figure out why because he's already gone from her memory. Also, just to rub it in, Nier's daughter, who Nier lives every waking moment for trying to protect and then save, has forgotton him just as quickly.

 

[johnnyLupine]

Is it sad that I havent picked up a harry potter book since the order of the phoenix? Havent even bothered with the films since then either

 

[saintdane05]

The most recent was <spoiler=There Will Be Brawl>Red in There Will Be Brawl. He was the most likeable out of the cast, he had good intentions, he wanted to be the very best, that no one ever was.

After him would be Peach, out of sheer terror. I knew she would pretty much be screwed the moment she was kiddnapped, with this setting, but the way her corpse moved... GACK!

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Spoiler: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The death of Hedwig. I mean come on! It's an owl, she didn't do anything wrong other than delivering Harry letters and parcel! I knew from that point J K Rowling is just offing out the minor characters here and there and boy was I right!

When I got to that part, that's when I realized bad shit was about to go down.

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Final Fantasy VI - The Lost Woods scene, once you finish the Doom Train section and are about to leave the area. That scene gets me teary eyed every time I go through it.

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - The ending...just...the ending. Final Fantasy is good at making me teary eyed; sometimes because of happy endings (FF9) and sometimes because of endings like this one.

Spoiler: Final Crisis

The way they kill off The Martian Manhunter was kind of cheap: they drug Jon and he's stabbed with a freaking speak by Libra...The one that really, REALLY effected me though was at the end of the event:

Spoiler: I'm just going to post the panels from here in another spoiler...Enjoy the end of Final Crisis!

I can think of no better end for such an iconic hero. if you want context for it check out Final Crisis which is an awesome story.

 

[JWRosser]

I wish people would learn how to use the spoiler boxes. It isn't hard.

Type [ spoiler ] (but with no spaces) and then [/ spoiler] (no spaces) to end.. Additionally, try and mention what you are spoiling, by writing [ spoiler=NAME OF THE GAME/BOOK/FILM/TV ETC ] as well.....

Anyway,

Spoiler: Lion King

MUFASAAAA. So upsetting, especially when you're 4. Even now it still gets me. It's the "c'mon dad, we gotta go!"

Spoiler: Game of Thrones season 1

Ned's death. Such an incredible scene too, at the end of "Baelor". I'm still only half way through the first book, so I haven't gotten to that part yet, but I've watched that episode three times now, and every time it leaves me feeling somewhat melancholy afterwards. It's also Yoren shouting to Arya "LOOK AT ME!". Amazing scene.

Spoiler: Mass Effect 3

Both Mordin and Legion's death. I wasn't a huge fan of Mordin overall, but his death scene was very good. Legion was one of my favourite characters, and first time I played through the game, I was renegading, which resulting in Shepard shooting Legion. I felt horrible! Thane was one of my favourites too, but his death was kind of a sweet release, and inevitable due to his illness.

Spoiler: Grave of the Fireflies

No suprise who I'm referring to. I tear up during that montage like sequence of her.

- this. When I watched it, it was upsetting. When I think back to it, it's even worse.

I'll come back to you with more when I think of them....

 

[applesandoranges]

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[Wilfy]

In Lost

Spoiler

When Charlie drowns. So sad since he just saved everyone else. Also when Sun and Jin die.

 

[OblivionSoul]

GTAIV, right near the end. That one.