The ending of Final Fantasy IX.
I love Final Fantasy IX to death, but that ending... Damn, that ending.
Stiener and Beatrix are a couple now, great! Eiko has (unofficially?) been adopted by Cid and his wife. A bit out of the blue, but sure. As for Quina, well, what did you expect? The other characters however...
- Zidane goes to see Kuja after the Lifa Tree goes berserk. Why are you going to Kuja? One, the Lifa Tree will probably kill you. Two, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna save him? The guy hurt you and your friends in unimaginable ways, killed thousands of people, destroyed an entire world and almost destroyed existence as we know it! Are you gonna kill him? Dude, you already defeated him, the Lifa Tree has gone crazy, this is a problem that will fix itself. Just. Leave. You've just cheated death and you've got a queen waiting for you, don't be an idiot. And how the hell did you get back out of that death trap?!
- Vivi dies, as expected... But has kids! Yay! WHAT!? Seriously!? Part of the drama of his character is that he's basically a terminally ill child. He is young, he hasn't lived a full life yet and he hasn't reached that age of maturity yet where he can find solace in his offspring. Give him a statue in Alexandria Square to commend his bravery or something, but don't give me this bullshit!
- Freya reunites with Fratley. Fratley?! Really?! That ass-hat? We haven't seen him since halfway through disc 2, he forgot about Freya through the magic of amnesia, Freya (badass as she is) has a weak moment, but then powers through it. Now you two are suddenly together again? Out of the blue? He left you just to pick a fight with Beatrix - there wasn't even a war going on at the time! He left you behind for no other reason than some 'wanting to be the strongest warrior' bullshit! What about all the bonding you did with Amarant? That initial rivalry slowly growing into friendship? Speaking of which - what's this shit about Amarant meeting up with Lani? Where did that come from?! Honestly, screw this!
I once read the ending to FF IX had like five re-writes - maybe they should've gone for six.