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Post by Scooterdust on Mar 28, 2014 19:27:27 GMT -5
Dobby's death both in the book and on screen.
When it was revealed that Kutner committed suicide on House. It literally came out of nowhere, and it became even sadder when House attempts every facet of his logic to convince everyone it wasn't suicide. I bawled like a baby because Kutner was a very likeable character. The tears increased tenfold when Fox actually did a memorial graphic before the credits. Fox even created a website to "remember" the character and told House fans to post their favorite memories of the character.
I'll be the first to say it. Finn/Cory Monteith from Glee. I've been a Gleek from the first episode, and even though I knew it was coming, it was still quite heart-wrenching.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Mar 28, 2014 20:34:16 GMT -5
Dinobot Optimus Prime And two from A Song of Fire and Ice... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Eddard Stark
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Mar 28, 2014 21:28:55 GMT -5
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Post by Hurbster on Mar 28, 2014 21:35:14 GMT -5
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Robb Stark.
Legitimately the first time I ever rage quit a book. Didn't pick it up again until a couple weeks later, I was so mad.
Yeah I have known quite a few fans who did the same thing. Personally, someone had spoiled it for me already so the only shock was how graphic and disrespectfully it was carried out. I was legit posses off when(not using spoiler tag as the OP announced spoilers were a constant in this thread): Lexi Grey on Grey's Anatomy. Come on man, she was getting really really interesting. Just got back with Mark and then BAM. John Locke. One of the most central characters on LOST. I know his body remains on screen but it ain't him. John suffers for answers, sacrifices everything for the island and gets zero remuneration. Randall Flagg. Killed by am afterthought of a chatacter who ended up doing nothing. The walking dude is one of the most loved bad guys in all of fiction. He overplayed his hand but having him knocked off by Mordred was disrespectful and had far less meaning due toMordred not really being a force in the rest of the Dark Tower saga. It was like a hot upstart heel beating the ever living shit out of john Cena live on RAW in front of a record setting home audience, then having the upstart heel just sort of mill around theupper card for a few weeks before he jobs out to an old main eventer. It was wasted. Flagg was built up to be a part of the finale and a threat to Roland's quest. He doesn't come within earshot of Roland. This man once conquered the world before God himself had to step in to stop him. So you have a psychic toddler half spider knock him off eight hundred pages before the main event? Come on man. Edit: My bad, was thinking of Dragons Eye. He fared better in the Stand. |
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Post by Hurbster on Mar 28, 2014 21:38:54 GMT -5
What's causin all this about Chewbacca? When did he die? They decided they needed to kill off a main character in the Expanded Universe, asked Lucas who he would least miss and he said Chewie. It was a novel by R A Salvatore (who I usually like) and the last EU book I ever read. I'll go and read the Thrawn and the X-Wing series occasionally but anything after that is dead to me. I'm GLAD Disney is getting rid of the EU, 95% of it is shoddy fan fiction at best. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 28, 2014 21:40:39 GMT -5
spoilers for several series ahoy!
-Kato and Kishimoto in Gantz. mostly because I just felt so bad for both of them and wanted to see them at least get a happy ending. at least you can pull the "together in death" card with them, though it still leaves Kurano on his own (obviously this only applies to the anime).
-Eddard Stark. and I knew it was going to happen long before it did, but man did it make me hate Joffrey.
-Ultimate Peter Parker; made the Ultimate Universe too bleak and devoid of hope and effectively killed what little interest I still had in it.
-Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, both because she was my favorite character and because of how incredibly poorly it was done. the turd cherry on the shit sundae that was that series' lazy and inconclusive ending. total middle finger to the audience that made me legitimately feel like I wasted my time
-Spike Spiegel (assuming he really is dead). not that I thought it was a bad plot point, I was just sad to see such a great character go out on a down note (assuming he really did die at all)
-Wesley on Angel. just because it was so obviously thrown in just to piss people off. if there's one thing Joss Wheddon utterly sucks at it's killing off characters.
-Agent 355 in Y the Last Man. once again, I thought it was a good plot point, it was just sad to see her and Yorick get shafted like that after everything they went through. Alter got off easy.
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Post by ICBM on Mar 28, 2014 21:44:17 GMT -5
Yeah I have known quite a few fans who did the same thing. Personally, someone had spoiled it for me already so the only shock was how graphic and disrespectfully it was carried out. I was legit posses off when(not using spoiler tag as the OP announced spoilers were a constant in this thread): Lexi Grey on Grey's Anatomy. Come on man, she was getting really really interesting. Just got back with Mark and then BAM. John Locke. One of the most central characters on LOST. I know his body remains on screen but it ain't him. John suffers for answers, sacrifices everything for the island and gets zero remuneration. Randall Flagg. Killed by am afterthought of a chatacter who ended up doing nothing. The walking dude is one of the most loved bad guys in all of fiction. He overplayed his hand but having him knocked off by Mordred was disrespectful and had far less meaning due toMordred not really being a force in the rest of the Dark Tower saga. It was like a hot upstart heel beating the ever living shit out of john Cena live on RAW in front of a record setting home audience, then having the upstart heel just sort of mill around theupper card for a few weeks before he jobs out to an old main eventer. It was wasted. Flagg was built up to be a part of the finale and a threat to Roland's quest. He doesn't come within earshot of Roland. This man once conquered the world before God himself had to step in to stop him. So you have a psychic toddler half spider knock him off eight hundred pages before the main event? Come on man. He didn't fare any better in the Stand. Dude...in the Stand God ended Flagg's plans. Not Larry or Ralph. |
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Post by Some Guy on Mar 28, 2014 21:48:09 GMT -5
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Post by Hurbster on Mar 28, 2014 22:16:10 GMT -5
He didn't fare any better in the Stand. Dude...in the Stand God ended Flagg's plans. Not Larry or Ralph. Yeah, my bad. And he comes back in the expanded version of the book. |
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Post by champviadq on Mar 28, 2014 22:17:49 GMT -5
Obi-Wan Kenobi in A new hope
Darth Vader in Return of the jedi
Literally threw fits when Obi-Wan and Vader died.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 28, 2014 22:19:23 GMT -5
Remember like all the deaths of protagonists in the Harry Potter books? Those. All of them. Especially {Spoiler}Sirius, the Lupins, and Fred Weasley. |
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Post by disqospider on Mar 28, 2014 22:22:15 GMT -5
Remember like all the deaths of protagonists in the Harry Potter books? Those. All of them. Especially {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Sirius, the Lupins, and Fred Weasley. That third one was particularly upsetting to me because {Spoiler}{Spoiler}
if Rowling absolutely HAD to kill a Weasley, fine, but why not kill Charlie, who literally did ONE thing to move the plot forward in the first book and nothing since? |
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Mar 28, 2014 22:23:02 GMT -5
Lionel Luthor from Smallville. One of my favourite characters ever on TV. The scene with Clark and Lex at his funeral is fantastic.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 28, 2014 22:25:31 GMT -5
Remember like all the deaths of protagonists in the Harry Potter books? Those. All of them. Especially {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Sirius, the Lupins, and Fred Weasley. That third one was particularly upsetting to me because {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}
if Rowling absolutely HAD to kill a Weasley, fine, but why not kill Charlie, who literally did ONE thing to move the plot forward in the first book and nothing since? {Spoiler}{Incredibly Nerdy Fandom Rage}Right?! The worst f***ing part? The twins were literally my favorite characters in the whole goddamn series! It's just such an emotionally wrenching moment that kills me to this day when I read it. Like, for f***s sake, kill the one Weasley that doesn't really matter. Sure, it's not as tough on the feels as Fred dying but at least you have the established good will the reader has for the Weasley clan as a whole to fall back on for emotional impact. |
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Post by disqospider on Mar 28, 2014 22:30:41 GMT -5
That third one was particularly upsetting to me because {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}
if Rowling absolutely HAD to kill a Weasley, fine, but why not kill Charlie, who literally did ONE thing to move the plot forward in the first book and nothing since? {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Incredibly Nerdy Fandom Rage}Right?! The worst f***ing part? The twins were literally my favorite characters in the whole goddamn series! It's just such an emotionally wrenching moment that kills me to this day when I read it. Like, for f***s sake, kill the one Weasley that doesn't really matter. Sure, it's not as tough on the feels as Fred dying but at least you have the established good will the reader has for the Weasley clan as a whole to fall back on for emotional impact. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}
Plus, in my opinion, it blunted what could have easily been the ultimate "tension valve", letting us know the danger really is gone: Fred and George having a laugh and singing Peeve's song in the ending with him. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 22:33:38 GMT -5
Spoilers for Boardwalk Empire {Spoiler}Richard Harrow's death in the most recent season finale was goddamn heartbreaking. BE in general doesn't pull any punches when it comes to killing off characters, but Harrow was IMO the most likable character on the show, so him dying in such a random, tragic way was just awful. A friend of mine legitimately quit the show over it. |
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Post by RedSmile on Mar 28, 2014 22:38:41 GMT -5
"Jaime Lannister sends his regards"
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 28, 2014 22:39:26 GMT -5
Wesley in Angel. Granted, it made sense given the context of the episode, and the fact that he genuinely felt he had nothing to love for, but it bothered me no end. Speaking of which:
Fred. Okay, it's a Whedon show, therefore all love stories must have tragic endings. But to kill her off and then throw in the double whammy of her soul being destroyed as a byproduct of Illyria's resurrection and denying any chance of a reunion in the afterlife with Wesley? Absolute, grade A bullshit.
And I'll throw in Cordelia for a triple whammy. The second lead in the entire show, and you give her a lame off-screen death midway through a season she hadn't even appeared in. Was that really the best they could do?
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Mar 28, 2014 22:48:14 GMT -5
What's causin all this about Chewbacca? When did he die? They decided they needed to kill off a main character in the Expanded Universe, asked Lucas who he would least miss and he said Chewie. It was a novel by R A Salvatore (who I usually like) and the last EU book I ever read. I'll go and read the Thrawn and the X-Wing series occasionally but anything after that is dead to me. I'm GLAD Disney is getting rid of the EU, 95% of it is shoddy fan fiction at best. There were a three or four of books after that book that are worth checking out, especially if you like the X-Wing series. The Enemy Lines Duology (written by X-Wing veteran Aaron Alston) and the books immediately preceding (Dark Journey) and the one immediately afterward (Traitor) are both worth checking out for different reasons. The duology is just classic Alston material and the other two are deeply character development driven (though Traitor sort of did piss all over some of the established mythology as being deliberately falsified by the Jedi Counsel of old, so some probably hated it). |
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Post by StuntGranny® on Mar 28, 2014 22:48:32 GMT -5
So do we have to put spoilers tags in this? I would assume not since the original post states there will be spoilers. I won't use them, so avert your eyes if that's going to be an issue.
- Walt's death in Breaking Bad. I was so attached to that character, it ruined the show for me. While it's still one of my favorite shows, I never want to watch any of it again.
- Laugh all you want, but as a kid, I was pissed when Dennis Nedry was killed in Jurassic Park. I think it was because I was a chubby kid and I wanted to see the fat guy pull through. Robert Muldoon's death also irked me.
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