A lot of people have said other ME characters but this was the one that made me cry.
Although getting hurt in the fight attributed to his death he died from the disease. Every other death in the game was done in battle or during a huge moment, Thane died on his back in a hospital bed. It was really sad to see such a mighty warrior die like that, when everyone else was going out in battle.
The Spoiler alone tells you just who this is. It was inevitable. It was more than just the end of Draco and Einan, but also of an era. It had a sense of finality to it that made the scene all the more heart wrenching.
The more recent one is from Under the Red Hood.
Just how Joker started laughing weakly after the bomb went off. Like Batman said, nothing changed.
This one isn't much of a spoiler, but it always stuck with me.
Jenny Calendar was killed by Angelus, and a HUGE effect on me when Joyce Summers died. Although Buffy's reaction to the second hit me harder than the death itself.
That first one hit me pretty hard. The character had been one of my favorites.
I mean come on! She was a brilliant and clever technopagan who was GORGEOUS! What's not to love? I mean, she had done some morally grey stuff but she was literally in the middle of making up for it when *neck snap*
Buffy's reaction. That whole scene is heart-wrenching, especially when Buffy says to the 911 caller:
I'd forgotten about that. Damn that Whedon and his killing of awesome people to great effect!
I'll go with
The first time Sam got killed, in season 2, when dying still meant something (ie, before everyone in the whole run of the show had managed to die and be resurrected approximately 2.5 times). That was a long week waiting for that to clear itself up.
Nagisa
also I was bawling at the funeral for Yukine's brother I have to say that arc was so sad..although the end of Fuko arc in episode 8 had me crying so I guess that show does really hit all my weak points or I have low resistance.
besides the obvious waterworks at the end I cried when Yui disappeared her story was very touching.
And I haven't seen this one yet.
It wasn't as much the character I was attached to but the circumstances and what could have been.
I cried for weeks...
oh yeah and a bunch from Lost.
Captcha:Across The Board
yes I do see Clannad:Afterstory across the board its good that you see it as well.
Donut and Lopez at the end of Season 7. Both of them had been around since the first season,and both had been absent for most if not all of season 6. Add to that, the fact that Wash, a man who in season 6 had been the ultimate good guy, willing to basically sacrifice for the greater good and whom they should have been able to trust, was the one who did it. All because he'd just had enough.
Fate/Stay Night, Heaven's Feel Route. ...Nightmares for a week was the least of my worries
Fate/Stay Night, Fate Route (If you need to know who you're doing it wrong), and the choice of Steins;Gate.
The 3 deaths that made me physically weep. Not even ME3 did that.
Blunderboy said:
Aside from several ME3 ones already posted all I'm going to say is this.
From the latest book, Salvation's Reach the deaths of both Doc Dorden and Merrt's deaths made me ball like a baby, at least Merrt had one last time to be the badass sniper he once was, also Corbec's in Sabbat Martyr it's already been mentioned but still.
Kana Todo, from <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.206764-Neutral-Drow-reviews-Kana-Little-Sister>Kana: Little Sister. That's not even a spoiler, and it still hurt more than I'd imagined.
Only other game death that came close...
I was not expecting Makoto to die, nor was I expected to be struck by it so hard. Just...after something about her erased my initial impression of finding her annoying, and coming to actually like her a lot...then finding out what the true deal is with her (which I won't spoil, even here). Then spending about a week and a half in-game, dealing with the fact that Makoto is not only slowly dying, but that she's doing so while, well...mentally wasting away, regressing to the mind of a <color=aliceblue>fox, to the point where her physical coordination suffers, then her memory starts to go, then her speech. On the day of her death, not even knowing if she truly comprehends what's happening, spending some last hours with her, and then playing a small game, trying desperately to keep her awake, knowing that she will die when she falls asleep...
Funny thing is, there weren't as many tears as I'd have expected the night I finished her route.
It was only the next night, after everything finally hit me, that I started to cry like my cat just died.
Only two instances I can think of where I've felt something like genuine grief over the death of a fictional character.
To think of a non-VN example, though...someone else already did:
Shoggoth2588 said:
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.
Oh my god, I can't even think about that scene without feeling uncomfortable. The one time I tried describing it to someone, I almost failed. I just started to choke up and almost couldn't force myself to speak.
Goddamn thread...I need to start thinking about something else, right now.
beheading of Ned Stark. It sets itself up like so many other fantasy executions that I was sure a last minute rescue was imminent ]and he would survive. Seconds later...
That was the one thing of the series that was spoilered to me, and it still left me a little dazed when I read that paragraph. Didn't have the weight it should have for me, though.
OT:
Like so many others, the following got to me.
When Mordin's death camp up, it just kinda knocked the wind out of me, but I just kept saying to myself "hold it together man, hold it together..."
and then the scene of Eve's funeral pyre came up, with that music[, and I lost it. Couldn't hold in the manly tears anymore.
Thane's death got to me too, just because I was totally not expecting the whole "his prayer was for you thing" and I got completely sucker-gut-punched by it. More manly tears were shed
The opening of UP. 'Nuff said. (Managed to hold it in for that one, though. )
Spock dieing was sad. I'm just going to throw that out there.
Oogway dieing in Kung Fu Panda kinda annoied me a lot.
But I think the death that caused the strongest emotional reaction from me was when Caim died in the 5th ending of Darkkenguad. It's just... left me feeling so empty. So hollow inside. Like it was me that died there, and now there was nothing else to do.
This one. Definitely.
It's not just because of how well set up the entire scene is, or because of how great Ryan's voice actor is, or even the haunting music, but the revelation that all of your actions up to that point have been completely involuntary on your part. The fact that he demands you to beat him to death on his own free will is just as powerful, and the ultimate depiction of the character's willpower.
It's like having your mind beaten with a golf club.
One of my favourite futurama episodes with one of the saddest endings to a show I've ever seen. My eyes are welling up as I remember the song. "I will wait for you..."
zelda2fanboy said:
The Joker in
Batman Return of the Joker. It was crushing when Tim Drake was pushed to the point of desperation that he had to shoot and kill the Joker because it meant the complete dissolution of that group. It was innocence lost forever. No more Robin, Batgirl, and Batman fighting for a good cause. It crossed the line because Joker forced them to. In his death, he "won" in a way and destroyed a young boy's life. I wept for a little bit.
I prefer this version to the alternative one I have in which
Tim throws the gun away and pushes The Joker into his equipment, breaking a glass tube full of water, after which The Joker slips, turns on the machine and electrocutes himself. I feel this makes him seem clumsy and is completely unfitting as a death for him, leaving his last words to be a bloodcurdling scream rather than "That's not funny..." as it is in the "real" version.
For some of my own, Code Geass
Just about every death that was preventable left me hating Lelouch, and I really felt for Shirley's mother, but knowing things must go on I never fully hated him and even though he seemed insane towards the end, and his own death seemed unnecessary, after you find out his plan you can do nothing but love it and his death becomes bittersweet because you know it was necessary.
Also, in Doctor Who
The Master, Rose and Donna's "deaths", and Adric from the Fifth Doctor's series. 'Nuff said.
And for something people might not know, Premonition starring Sandra Bullock
The whole movie, Sandra's character knows her husband is going to die and you want her to prevent it but then she doesn't and you realise she never could have otherwise the days she lived after his death wouldn't make sense anymore so it hurts how it was always going to happen.
Sorry, I rattle on sometimes given these emotional topics.
Red Dead Redemption
John Marston's death hit me hard. I don't know why I was so shocked, but I cried knowing what was going to happen before it even happened. Fucking government cock-wrenches.. The game really makes it feel like everything is going to be fine and dandy. Then shit hits the fan. Totally doesn't help that John reminds me of my sept father.
Trigun
I recently started watching Trigun and this one just blew me away. Somehow I thought Wolfwood couldn't die. But the bag of ass did and I cried more then I like to admit.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
I have no words can describe how taken aback I was from Brigadier General Maes Hughes death.
I would have to say Wash's death in Serenity. I loved Wash's character and when he had just "landed" Serenity and everyone was alive and well when they all should have died... to just so suddenly be killed. Well... here:
I hate this scene so much. Yet it's the transition between the two best parts of the movie. It also impacted me when
Shepard Book died
Also in ME3
Thane and Mordin's deaths. Mordin's was so solemn but it was for a good cause. (If you didn't cure the genophage you're a heartless *****) Thane's death (especially the prayer) was a huge impact on me. Showing that even in his death, Thane wasn't as worried about himself as he was with others.
The Legend of Korra
Tarrlok and Amon. It was dark and came out of fucking nowhere.I thought Tarrlok would just zap Amon.
Halo: Reach.
(Not really a spoiler for this is it?)
Carter and Jorge. Those are the greatest acts of self sacrifice I've seen in a game for a long time.
There are also many more. Most of which have been mentioned.
Donut and Lopez at the end of Season 7. Both of them had been around since the first season,and both had been absent for most if not all of season 6. Add to that, the fact that Wash, a man who in season 6 had been the ultimate good guy, willing to basically sacrifice for the greater good and whom they should have been able to trust, was the one who did it. All because he'd just had enough.
Sweet merciful jesus on a peanut butter jelly sandwich did this leave me emotionally drained, both in the original anime and in the manga. I think anyone who's seen or read berserk will know what i mean by this as i'm in no mood to spoil it.
Mordin, dying to save a whole species, and I practically screamed at the TV when grunt made his suicide charge. RDR also got me, not so much the death, but that it caused his son to become the very thing he was trying to stop him becoming. And Wash and Book in Serenity... just manly tears. Book, lying in the dirt dying, telling Mal how he got the man who got them, and it wasn't very christian of him.
When Mal goes into beserk mode after that... it was just amazing.
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