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Jake, from the Dark Tower. Not because of Jake, but because of Oy. 😭😭😭

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Glen in the walking dead. I was already on the posts during the governor arch. But Glenn fucking broke me.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hard same. Then they immediately killed Abraham after, literally murdered every reason I had for watching that show.

Not only were they the best characters, they were the only good actors throughout all of the main cast.

I honestly think Abraham hurt way more now that I'm thinking about it. Cause I identified with homie! I'm huge, fairly strong, but went bald early. Sorry about waxing nostalgic, but I had almost forgot about homie until now.

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

It didn't stop me watching the show, but in Batwoman S2 when Oshun kills the manipulative psychologist in such a petty asshole-ish way, it just ruined so much intrigue for me and I stopped caring about him as a character.

The show had a lot of other problems, and pivoting into ACAB drivel (oh but its private security being criticized not cops so its totally different lolololol) really made me want to give up. But S3 dialled up the sapphic angst so I was determined to get that far.

Then it got cancelled anyway. So I guess killing off half the interesting characters made everyone stop watching it anyway.p

[–] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I wish Rita was looking at the same moon at the same moment, I like that - connected by lightΒ 

[–] Yliaster@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

L from Death Note.

Kinda got boring for the other half, although Near-Mellow was okay after a while.

[–] portifornia@piefed.social 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Shayla from Mr. Robot. I just lover her so much for some reason.

[–] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

for real, but did you actually didn't finsig the show?Β 

[–] yuri@pawb.social 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Woodhouse and then Malory in Archer. i actually really enjoyed the coma seasons, but they’re damn good proof that you can’t come back home after you jump the shark.

[–] DrWorm@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 13 hours ago

You do know that both of the actors that played those characters died in real life, right?

[–] mimic_dev@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Sweets in bones. I hated him when he showed up. Then he won me over and then he's gone :(

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 42 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Walking Dead (show): Glenn

Glenn and Maggie were the only thing worth rooting for at that point and losing one of them ruined the last thing interesting about the show.

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

This was my event, but it triggered something larger in me. I stopped watching most things where people were being killed off for entertainment and shock value. I asked myself β€œWhat am I doing with my life and watching this?”.

[–] redsand 11 points 21 hours ago

It already felt like the writers weren't going anywhere before that, Glenn ended up being the last straw.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

TWD is the only show that gets shit on for that time it followed the comics.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I'm not shitting on it, and I strongly doubt it is the only show. They also didn't follow the comics most of the time so making it a big deal for this one event, where they also killed off another character that was on a semi interesting arc, is a silly thing to focus on.

Killing off main characters can be a good thing, but the show just didn't have any remaining compelling character arcs once they killed off the last thing that gave any reason for living to introduce yet another 'humans are the real monsters' villain.

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[–] zemo@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

When Mulder went away to wherever he went in later seasons of X-Files.

[–] ericatty 2 points 13 hours ago

Oh, and I almost quit Angel multiple times back when it was a new episode every week. The first one because the actor died, I understood and it was sad but not worth quitting. The next because Charisma got pregnant? (Even though I didn't know why Cordy was killed off then) Then the character of Fred, but at least she got a new character that I grew to really like. But hated how Wesley's death happened. Darla's death was pretty epic though. That show was so all over the place.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

My mom quit Game of Thrones because they killed the dog in the first episode

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 17 hours ago

She made the right decision.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

My wife quit GoT when Joffrey ordered the dire wolf killed. Same reason, kinda.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago

oh yeah, that's the dog I was talking about

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[–] peacefulpixel@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

killing Jamie in Top Boy showed that the writers had no fucking clue how to tie the show up neatly

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Joel’s death in The Last of Us. It was a bad idea in the second game and it had the same effect on the show.

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[–] THB@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ragnar in Vikings. None of his sons had the same charisma and the show just fell flat to me. I still try to finish the show from time time but I still haven't managed to.

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[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

There was a fairly decent martial arts manhwa called Bowblade.

Tap for spoilerThey introduced a female love interest pretty deep into the story. She was the first character who was openly and unconditionally supportive of the main character. Unusually, they immediately progressed their relationship, got married, and had a child.

Of course this beacon of hope and warmth only existed to cause trauma. A terrible bad guy kidnapped her, against the advice of literally every other character. He tortured her to extremes only possible in a fantasy novel, then she died in the hero’s arms.

Awful writing. Just awful.

[–] ericatty 1 points 13 hours ago

There's an anime in its 3rd season right now, that when a character death from the manga happens... I'll stop watching soon after. Does that count?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in House of Cards. Until her death, I didn't realize she was the only reason I was watching the show.

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[–] Timbo1970@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Not a show, but a movie spin-off. When they killed Wash in Serenity. I knew I wasn't going to like it as much as the tv shows.

[–] portifornia@piefed.social 2 points 13 hours ago

I'm a leaf on the wind.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 17 hours ago

The premise was that you stopped watching a show because of a character, but you're talking about something that happened at the end of the wrap-up movie, so there wasn't any more show to stop watching.

But yeah, that was one of the biggest shocks I've ever had.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 19 hours ago

Wash and Sheppard both, man. πŸ’”

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[–] horseloaf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

Hildur (played by Silje Torp) in "Vikingane" ("Norsemen" in English).

[–] Nomad 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Alex death in the expanse. Rounded off the experience and end of the series but also marked the end for me.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The actor was asking 15 year old fans for nudes. It's a shame because Alex was the best and is still around in the books.

[–] doc@fedia.io 8 points 19 hours ago

The characters death came as a shock to me as it was too abrupt for a core member of the story. I immediately looked to see it something happened during production only to find there was credible accusations of sexual predatory behavior.

To this day I'm still pissed off at it all. He was great in the role, and was a fantastic ambassador for the show in social media and at conventions. Honestly seemed like he loved the character. To just ruin all that, plus causing difficulties for the show and his castmates, by sexting with fans was hugely disappointing.

[–] Nomad 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Im not defending the actor. The character though.... Urgh

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

He was by far my favorite character as well :( . I'm happy he will be in the new game coming out.

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