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For me, it was always Optimus Prime from The Transformers movie.

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[–] ptc075@lemmy.zip 37 points 6 days ago

"Dogmeat has died".

Oh no he fucking has not. Reload.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago
[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Joyce Summers. That episode of Buffy was a masterpiece.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Holy hell, that was so brutal. How she was just lying there, with eyes open and all

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just saw this for the first time recently. It hit me so hard that I had to call my therapist for an extra session. The look on her face was identical to my father's when he passed.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

My mom died when my sister and I were approximately Buffy’s and dawn’s ages, respectively. It was an absolute gut punch to watch for me too.

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[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

!Sayori in Doki Doki Literature Club!<. Hot Dam did that hit like a brick wall

[–] CookieMonsterDebate@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Sirius Black in Harry Potter. I had to go back and reread the paragraph several times, then put the book down. Seemed just so unfair.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Put in there just as a cheap way to get emotional reactions from the audience, it's the story telling equivalent of having the dog in the story die.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Especially since his death didn't really do anything. He didnt sacrifice himself or saved anyone and his death wasn't discussed much after the initial shock. I assume he had to be out of the picture so Harry could go Horcrux hunting, without him interfering

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Technically, Sirius is the dog in the story.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago

Jesus, because no one ever shuts up about it

[–] LMagicalus@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood spoiler:

Tap for spoilerMayes Hughes

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Breaking bad spoilers

spoilerMike from Breaking Bad😔. Had to stop watching for a few days after that

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[–] CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Big dan and little anne from where the red fern grows. Fucked me up at like age 10

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[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Optimus Prime was a real shock for sure. For me it’s any animal death.

  • Artax from The Neverending Story
  • The dogs from Where the Red Fern Grows
  • There’s a scene in the Sci-fi novel Armor where a puppy falls in a well and its owner, a child, unable to rescue it ,has to kill it by dropping stones on it to spare it drowning. I read that a long time ago, probably in the 80s, and it still haunts me.
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[–] tht@social.pwned.page 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

BT in titanfall 2, one of the only scenes that made my shed a tear

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 6 points 6 days ago

That's a good one.

Saw it coming a mile away (i.e. from the start thanks to the protocol that says to protect the pilot), but it was such a good execution.

[–] moe93@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Rob and Catelyn Stark in the Red Wedding. So traumatizing!

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

John Marston. There are a lot of character deaths that really hit me hard. Hank from Breaking Bad comes to mind.

But man, John's death just hits so deeply. I played RDR a good 4 or so years after its release, so I knew it was coming. Even then, it barely felt real. And you better believe I was frantically trying to mark all those Pinkertons to help John get through it.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I had a similar experience with RDR2. I knew Arthur was going to die on that last mission. However, I was not prepared for my horse to die. I found the white Arabian around the start of chapter 3, and it was the only horse I used after. On subsequent play throughs I would just grab a random horse before doing that mission.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Grave of fireflies. Just... Yeah.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago

The dragon from Dragonheart. It was my first time being sad from a movie.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 8 points 6 days ago

Marley from Marley and Me

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 spoiler:

Tap for spoilerJackie Wells. Damn that broke me up; the whole buildup in Act1 to that scene was so artfully done. So immersed. Really felt like I lost my anchor and best friend in that fucked up life.

I’ll ride his Arch til the day I can’t. Not a scratch.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I still think about Aeries/Arith from FF7. Such a senseless death. It makes no sense. Literally was done just to elicit a response from the player. This segment alone is why I am upset that the second game in the Rebirth series isn't on PC; I really want to know if that scene is going to be altered due to the weird storyline branches that come from the time-travel/alternate reality shenanigans that so far as I've seen from the first game, only Arith knows about.

The only other one I really think about randomly is your own character in Fallout 3. Fuck you Fawkes! I don't believe in fate. Now get your green ass in there so nobody has to die!

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Chewbacca

spoilerHe sacrificed himself to save Anakin Solo on Sernpidal.
At the start of the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, before the galaxy even knew of the enemy they would soon be facing, the Millenial Falcon was on Sernipdal to pick up a shipment. Sernipdal's moon was falling, actually being pulled down by a Vong lifeform that manipulates gravity. The Falcon was being loaded with evacuees and Anakin Solo was hit by a blast of wind taking him away from the ship. Chewy chases Anakin down, scoops him up, and rushes back to the Falcon. He's just able to get Anakin into the ship when another shockwave hits, knocking Chewy away from the Falcon. With no time left, Han is forced to take off or lose everyone on board. Chewbacca understands and as a last defiant act he throws his arms wide and bellows out a might rookie roar.

Chewbacca's death hit me damn hard when I read that book. Recalling it now to write this even brought tears to my eyes. A hero so noble and mighty it took a moon to defeat him.

Anakin's death later in the same series was pretty awesome but not as wrenching emotionally.

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[–] FeloniousPunk@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago

SPOILERS, dude.

[–] Mars2k21@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Jiraiya from Naruto Shippuden. Felt like my own family member passed when they killed him off.

Edit: Also, Sergeant Johnson in Halo 3.

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

For me it was Spock in ST:II

[–] getaway@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 6 days ago

The 10th Doctor.

I don't want to go...

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

2B from Nier: Automata...

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