Fiction that has affected you

[blackrave]

Books
Isaac Asimov "Robots and Empire"- while I love all Foundation books, the very end made this book stand out from other his works. Long story short- one robot commits horrible act against humanity, only due to highly hypothetical Zeroth Law. That was unexpectedly dark, but made me think about bad things that was done in the name of good.
George Orwell "Nineteen Eighty-Four"- I started to watch the world through this lens. Although I don't think that it is fiction anymore- I personally believe we are living in mild version of that distopia.

Music
Eminem "Slim Shady LP" and "Marshall Matters LP"- not a big fan of rap, but these 2 albums, just... well... just find and listen them, it isn't 100% gold, but 95% for sure.
Within Temptation "Silent Force" and "The Heart of Everything"- Just get these albums... I don't care if you are deaf, just get out and get them NOW!

Movies
Robocop- just because Robocop

Anime
Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex- not even worth explaining.
RahXephon- my first anime entry and it might be just me
Digimon Tamers- I don't like digimon, but this one just stood out, saw it by accident and got hooked up, was totally worth it.
Angels Beat- theme of ultimate end, it is always hard.
Steins;Gate- I don't even know why. It is just good anime.

Games
Contra- my first game
C&C:Tiberium Sun- my first entry in PC gaming, in RTS, in story driven games, in most things I like in games now. So this game have a special spot in my heart (yes, my avatar picture). So C&C4 was my first serious reason to hate EA.
Neverwinter Nights- my first RPG, and my first experience with Bioware games. That's why Mass Effect was my last reason to hate EA (and ignore all further EA games)
The Elder Scrolls 3:Morrowind- not worth explaining
Katawa Shoujo- made me realize that I'm ok with girls without legs (I know it sounds wrong, but fuck you!)

Saya no Uta, Katawa Shoujo, and Steins;Gate impacted me pretty strongly.

must ask
Katawa Shoujo- which one? In my case it was Emi (when in the end she and Hisao visited her dad, it was one of the saddest moments in any game I experienced)
Steins;Gate- opening theme or ending theme? I'm sucker for violin so ending for me.

 

[MammothBlade]

Saya no Uta, Katawa Shoujo, and Steins;Gate impacted me pretty strongly.

must ask
Katawa Shoujo- which one? In my case it was Emi (when in the end she and Hisao visited her dad, it was one of the saddest moments in any game I experienced)
Steins;Gate- opening theme or ending theme? I'm sucker for violin so ending for me.

Well, Lilly most of all, her story had a real beauty to it. By the ending I was an emotional wreck. Also, parts of Emi and Rin (their respective missing limbs).

Assuming you're talking about the anime, I only playread the original visual novel, but hacking to the gate is brilliant.

 

[Coffeejack]

The Deptford Histories and The Deptford Mice. All by Robin Jarvis, an absolute master. The dark tales of the Deptford Mice often had me frightened as well as on the verge of tears.

 

[blackrave]

Well, Lilly most of all, her story had a real beauty to it. By the ending I was an emotional wreck. Also, parts of Emi and Rin (their respective missing limbs).

Assuming you're talking about the anime, I only playread the original visual novel, but hacking to the gate is brilliant.

I only played it once, need to replay it :/


Also sorry for not precising about Steins;Gate, I forgot that there was also game
Yes I meant anime. Were there multiple failed attempts to save Mayuri in the game too?
Because this moment seemed a bit complicated to do in a game.

 

[6SteW6]

The ending to Odd Thomas really hit me hard. I'm usually pretty good at figuring the ending of books long before I get to it but I did not see it coming. It depressed me the rest of the day.

Aww man I had forgotten about that ending So very ridiculously sad.

I'd say the Dark Tower series by Stephen King were pretty bad for that. I remember crying through the entire last book every time I read it - up to four now, I believe(yeah, I know, I'm a baby).

On the other hand, Terry Pratchett's The Last Continent always manages to get a giggle out of me, no matter how many times I've read it.

The Dark Tower! Yes! What a downer that book was, it was a painful read.

Spoiler

I grew incredibly attached to the characters through all six books (As I'm sure everybody did) and for it to deal with them the way it does is such a downer. Eddie was my favourite character and while he was dying I was like 'Just let go Eddie! go to the light!' It was a book I dreaded picking up and it's one of my all time favourites because of it.

The end of Wizard and the Glass was also really rough because we know going in it won't end well but damn!

I need to go back and read those books again, it's an amazing series despite some terrible missteps.

 

[Piorn]

Many things, but I'll only name a few here.

All the movies from my childhood; Toy Story, Lion King, you know the deal.

Almost every single one of Arthur C. Clarke's short stories did something to me, ranging from laughter to "I need to sit down for a second and reorganize myself".

Also, games like "To the Moon" and "Journey" are just beautiful. Just hearing the music always makes me tear up.

 

[MammothBlade]

Well, Lilly most of all, her story had a real beauty to it. By the ending I was an emotional wreck. Also, parts of Emi and Rin (their respective missing limbs).

Assuming you're talking about the anime, I only playread the original visual novel, but hacking to the gate is brilliant.

I only played it once, need to replay it :/


Also sorry for not precising about Steins;Gate, I forgot that there was also game
Yes I meant anime. Were there multiple failed attempts to save Mayuri in the game too?
Because this moment seemed a bit complicated to do in a game.

Yes, it's very well done. Without going into too much detail you can choose to send or not to send d-mails at certain points and that affects divergent storylines.

 

[Nooners]

Am I seriously going to be the first person here to say CALVIN & HOBBES? Go me!
I'm also going to list the Nostalgia Critic, particularly his passing during the events of To Boldly Flee.


Much, MUCH longer rant coming later.

 

[Lurklen]

Fionavar Tapestry, has evoked the strongest emotional reaction from me of any piece of literature.

And despite multiple times reading the series it can still strongly affect me. A truly beautiful piece of fiction.

Oh man me too, almost all of his books have at least one moment of "I'm gonna kick you in the sadness because it makes the story better." though.

George R.R. Martins song of ice and fire series really made me afraid for characters, I just never know what the hells going to happen to them next and most of the time when I think he's going left he turns right and someone ends up dead.

Oh and when I was eleven Brian Jacues' Redwall series really messed me up, that was the first book to ever make me cry. Even though everything worked out fine in the end.

And the castle town in Legend Of Zelda: ocarina of Time really bummed me out as a kid, all those people were just dead and this cool town was replaced with a haunted wasteland. All because of my screw up.

The last time though was when I caught Children of Men on tv, That scene where all the guns stop fireing and all you hear is the sound of this crying child as the soldiers look on like men in the cold looking at a bonfire, gets me every time. Looper had some themes I also found very affecting.

I guess I'm just overly emotional cause all kinds of movies and stuff will choke me up especially anything where someone knows they're screwed and just pushes forward anyway against terrible odds because they have to, I'm a sucker for that.

 

[Zen Bard]

"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" by Alan Silittoe shaped me as a person. That, my fellow Escapists, is how to rebel.
(And it doesn't hurt that Iron Maiden wrote a song about it)

Although, I must say "Fight Club" (the book) shaped me as a man.

On the genre side, I really loved The Elric of Melnibone series by Michael Moorcock. I read them in high school and during those times of alienation, could really relate.

And finally "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny, in its own weird way, got me into Buddhism.

 

[Filiecs]

Just today I watched The Dead Poets Society and it almost made me cry. I haven't cried in years.
The ending was truly brilliant.

 

[Brotha Desmond]

For anime I have to say Higurashi no naku koro ni. Watch it at night or around dawn.

That's about it, being jaded as I am not much effects me.

 

[neoontime]

Well, when I finished The Daily lives of High School Boys I was really depresses. I will miss my nichibros!

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

Cowboy Bebop. As silly as it might sound, my admiration for Spike Spiegel's cool and capable nature gave me a boost of confidence at some of the times when I needed it.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

I've said it many, many, MANY times, and I'll say it again; my avatar says it all. Katawa Shoujo is a masterpiece.

 

[clippen05]

When you said fiction, I immediately thought of books. I could give examples from other things but nah.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. It's a pretty strange tale to say the least. It gave me insight to how cruel some people can be and how quickly they will abandon you if you become to much of a problem.

 

[Torrasque]

Just about all movies and books affect me, some more than others of course.

V for Vendetta affected me a whole lot, so did Ghost in the Shell, Wheel of Time, Ogre Battle 64, Metroid Prime, the Night Angel series, many many things, lol. My mental state is pretty fluid (I guess thats the best way to put it) so just about anything affects me to a small degree.

 

[sextus the crazy]

Berserk, The Eclipse Ceremony.

This was like Bambi's mom's death for adults times a hundred.

And the thing is, you knew it was coming long beforehand. But when the time finally arrives it still hits you like a a slab of cement.

Nothing in fiction has ever affected me as much is this moment.

Did you read it in the manga or watch it in the anime?

The manga, I never saw the anime. Except for like the first episode, which didn't leave the best impression on me.

The new anime is even worse though.

The manga's the shit. Shame about the creator's health.

 

[greyscarf]

Fiction, I'd have to say that Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. and Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner were both devastating to me.

I'm so glad I'm not alone with Absalom, Absalom!, thank you. As for other fiction (in book form), I actually just finished reading John Hodgman's That Is All the other day & for a book for fake trivia & ridiculous apocalypses, I found myself crying at the end. Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian made me completely useless for a day. I finished reading the book and just sat there dazed. My husband asked me how the book ended & I said, "I have no idea."

More as I can remember.

 

[Death Carr]

That's fair enough I guess... though you probably got worse off for having a 'happy ending' every four eps! =P

Oh god yes.
It wreaked havoc on my poor delicate little soul.

Did you by chance cry during the last 3-4 episodes of ToraDora!!? Because I did. <3

Of course I did!
Whoever doesn't cry during the last episodes of Toradora doesn't have a soul IMO.

For what "completely different reasons" did it affect you?

I suppose it's more EoE that affected me.

Spoiler

And it wasn't really the content it's mostly right at the end when Komm Susser Todd plays over thrid impact. Other parts are like when Asuka tries to kill herself. The alt universe where Shinji kills Asuka. And the very end on the beach where Shinji is slumped over Asuka, crying because she caressed his face just like his mother did