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Was a joke.
Although if them Inosuke/Zenitsu/Kanao don't make it. I won't be happy.
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The most fucked up a hero(s) has has gotten at the end of a story?
- Thread starter Stay Up Be Easy
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Strangely enough I thought of a film based on real events first: Come and See. The Pianist would come as runner up.
John McClane in Die Hard gets pretty messed up, dude can barely walk at the end.
Ash Williams in the original Evil Dead gets really fucked up physically and mentally, and then taken by the Evil in the end.
Ash Williams in the original Evil Dead gets really fucked up physically and mentally, and then taken by the Evil in the end.
You should put you're spoiler behind spoiler tag OP; given the popularity behind the series and the somewhat confusing title people are going to get blindsided by that one.
My Vote goes to Gabriel Belmont from Lord of Shadows
like my man is literally in an eternal life of suck!!!
My Vote goes to Gabriel Belmont from Lord of Shadows
Not only does he get betrayed by his one and only friend(but who didn't see that coming?) but also finds out he(Gabiel under control from said ally) killed his wife; who he thought he could bring back to life...which he couldn't and went on this whole grand journey for and the kicker is god says he can't die yet bcause he has more to do...and doesn't give him shit for defeating satan...that's right satan!!!
Then in the DLC another entity threatens to destroy the world in the aftermath of Satan, Gabirel then has to become immortal by becoming a vampireto defeat "The Forgotten One"...thus Gabriel can never truly die thus he can;t go to heaven.
In mirror of Fate he kills his son...and to save him he turns him into Alucard.
Then in LOS2 just nails it home that Gabriel can never die and go to heaven because he has to be god's guard dog for all the evil forces in the world because for some reason god doesn't to deal with it
Then in the DLC another entity threatens to destroy the world in the aftermath of Satan, Gabirel then has to become immortal by becoming a vampireto defeat "The Forgotten One"...thus Gabriel can never truly die thus he can;t go to heaven.
In mirror of Fate he kills his son...and to save him he turns him into Alucard.
Then in LOS2 just nails it home that Gabriel can never die and go to heaven because he has to be god's guard dog for all the evil forces in the world because for some reason god doesn't to deal with it
like my man is literally in an eternal life of suck!!!
Does it have to be physical?
I realize this is somewhat obscure a pick, but if it can be psychological I'd argue Kaji from Masaki Kobayashi's "The Human Condition" trilogy of films is hard to beat.
I realize this is somewhat obscure a pick, but if it can be psychological I'd argue Kaji from Masaki Kobayashi's "The Human Condition" trilogy of films is hard to beat.
Kaji is a Japanese pacifist and socialist during WW2 who:
- Is forced to work for the army overseeing a labor camp in Manchuria.
- Tries to treat his laborers humanely, despite ridicule from both his superiors and inferiors.
- The laborers rebel against him despite his best efforts.
- His supervisors draft him into the army to get rid of him.
- He spends months in intensive training, watching other recruits die for a cause he doesn't believe in.
- 90% of his soldiers die within five minutes of their first actual confrontation.
- His wife dies off screen despite being the only thing keeping him going (he is not aware she's dead).
- He has to journey through war torn Manchuria as the war turns against the Japanese.
- The small band of civilians and soldiers he's allied with slowly die due to disease, suicide, murder, and war.
- He begins to realize no part of him is any longer human, his intense quest to find peace and his wife will only cause others to lose their lives.
- He begins to wonder if his life is even worth living any more as he literally cannot keep going without killing people just as owed their lives as he is his.
- He's captured by the Russians and gets dysentery and shits himself on a march back to a labor camp for prisoners.
- Since his socialism was founded by the Russians he has renewed hope for salvation since these are his people but they don't understand his language and whatever ideals he thought he understood are just a school boys' fantasy.
- He escapes in hopes of finding his (very dead) wife but at this point is basically just a hollowed out skin suit of a man who dies face first in a pile of snow before reaching anything close to freedom.
Dimitri from 3 Houses goes through it pretty well. It's what makes the Azure Moon route so compelling (especially as the first playthrough since it's the most emotionally compelling, has the hardest final chapter of the four with all of those powerful mages, and yet tells you the least about the overarching story so leaves you thirsting for more).
I know it's not the end end of the story technically speaking, but the Jesus really set the bar for a protag getting fucked up.
Eh, crucifixion's a doddle
This is why i'm glad i went that route first. It's actually my favorite i think. Whole cast is great, though.
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I almost forgot about one of the earliest examples I can remember.
Gamera at the end of the third movie in the 90s trilogy.
-Went uncharacteristically destructive and insane going after a monster earlier in the movie.
-Just went through a battle that put a ton of punishment on him.
-Amputates his own arm as a result.
-A flock of mook kaiju are heading his way. Individually no problem for him, but a handful of them can pose a challenge. This flock contains thousands.
Great ending scene to a great trilogy.
I remember this scene vividly and not much else from the two movies.
Wasn't this scene wildly incongruent with the tone of the rest of the movie?
Johhny 5 got the living shit kicked out of him. And the scene just kept going and would not stop.
Gamera at the end of the third movie in the 90s trilogy.
-Went uncharacteristically destructive and insane going after a monster earlier in the movie.
-Just went through a battle that put a ton of punishment on him.
-Amputates his own arm as a result.
-A flock of mook kaiju are heading his way. Individually no problem for him, but a handful of them can pose a challenge. This flock contains thousands.
Great ending scene to a great trilogy.
Short Circuit 2
I remember this scene vividly and not much else from the two movies.
Wasn't this scene wildly incongruent with the tone of the rest of the movie?
Johhny 5 got the living shit kicked out of him. And the scene just kept going and would not stop.
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If long running antagonists count:
Poor Herr Starr from Preacher is a remarkably cool character who is subject to a parade of injuries and indignities. Over the course of the series, he is:
1. Sexually assaulted (which causes him no end of existential angst;)
2. Ear blown off by a bullet;
3. Scarred in a way that makes his head resemble a penis;
4. Kidnapped by cannibals, who amputate and eat one of his legs;
5. Castrated by an attack dog;
6. Finally, shot through the head.
Poor Herr Starr from Preacher is a remarkably cool character who is subject to a parade of injuries and indignities. Over the course of the series, he is:
1. Sexually assaulted (which causes him no end of existential angst;)
2. Ear blown off by a bullet;
3. Scarred in a way that makes his head resemble a penis;
4. Kidnapped by cannibals, who amputate and eat one of his legs;
5. Castrated by an attack dog;
6. Finally, shot through the head.
Special Agent Dale Cooper at the end of Twin Peaks.
Season 3 spoilers:
It's where my tag comes from. :)
Season 3 spoilers:
Lost to time and space because he thought he could fix the past.
It's where my tag comes from. :)
I finished that season last year. That show is 100% pure octane crazy and that's why I liked it. Probably the only show I can think of where Nazi's are in an uneasy alliance with the good guy, since Super Vampires are the real threat maaan.
I just call that book, "Oh Phos..." at this point because at the end of every chapter, I just sigh and let out an audible, "Oh Phos..."
Shout outs to comics Baxter Stockman, a villain who routinely and consistently lost more and more of his humanity everytime one of his plans failed until he was basically a brain in a jar. So much more interesting than the fly stuff the tv show did.
Yeah but it still felt all kinds of wrong and really weird that the author wanted me to sympathize with a literal Nazi and how everything related to fascism is just never mentioned despite most of the arc taking place in italy.
That's where I went. Dude is straight up a literal monster now.
They had a couple of fights earlier, but Johnny was able to dispatch the thugs. Also, there were a few instances in the movie where Johnny is saddened by people hating on him and yelling at him. This was pretty much the last straw on both counts.
It's been quite awhile since I've seen this movie but wasn't he pretty messed up from the start? And I don't remember him being that much worse off at the end but again, it's been years since I've seen it. Love his why did the antagonist cross the road joke.
