What's the most you've cried at a fictional character's death?

[Glongpre]

All dog movies...that is why they are putting the dog in COD, they know people will cry at the death of the dog (which will obviously happen).

I forget what the movie was called and I only caught the end, but it was about a dog that waited at the train station everyday for his master and eventually the dog dies lying there. Oh god, the feels.
That is what the Futurama episode is based on. The same happened with My Dog Skip, I only caught the end but the dog dying on the bed of the son q.q

I am going to lose it when my dog dies.

 

[sanquin]

--snip--

Yea, one piece is filled with emotional moments. And that while it's a shounen/comedy most of the time. It balances those three very nicely. Same with the series 'Scrubs'.

 

[sanquin]

Don't say that. Some people just don't get as easily upset as other. I have never cried from media before either.

Sorry, didn't mean to offend. It was meant as a joke. A bad one apparently. ^^;;

 

[Evonisia]

All dog movies...that is why they are putting the dog in COD, they know people will cry at the death of the dog (which will obviously happen).

Pfft, seeing dogs with those cute vests die in Black Ops II multiplayer will always be a million times sadder than one dog dying.

Especially is one uses a Guardian on them

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Okay I have few I can't choose between and I will spoiler, and put spoilers in spoilers!

Spoiler

Spoiler: Red Dead Redemption spoiler

When John Marston dies at the end I cried for 5 full minutes.

Spoiler: This is the End spoiler

I cried when James Franco died and a few minutes later when Seth and Jay are going up to heaven and Seth falls

Spoiler: Halo 3 & 4 spoiler

When Cortana "dies" in 4 and Avery Johnson dies in 3

Spoiler: Gears of War 2 & 3 spoiler

When Carmine dies in 2 and Dom dies in 3 I cried like a little girl

 

[soveliss24]

Kaidan Alenko, Thane Krios, Mordin Solus, and Legion: The four squadmates lost in my (personal) 'canon' Mass Effect run. As for which affects me the most out of those, probably a tie between Thane and Mordin. Legion is VERY close behind.

 

[The White Hunter]

--snip--

Yea, one piece is filled with emotional moments. And that while it's a shounen/comedy most of the time. It balances those three very nicely. Same with the series 'Scrubs'.

It's very successful at building characters that the view/reader cares about and sucking you in to their world. It makes you genuinely care and as a result when something bad happens you feel bad about. It hits such a perfect balance between it all, it's a shame it's not more popular in the west (and yet Naruto with it's atrocious train wreck of a story is...)

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

I'd say a tie between Winifred Burkle and Tara Maclay.

 

[DementedSheep]

Well obviously Mufusa in Lion King cause that just seems to get everybody. I still cry at that scene and I don't know why. I think it's largely because of the music.

Spoiler: Kid Loki's run in JIM spoiler

Kid Loki's death.
"A comedy in 30 parts, or a tragedy in 31" indeed. That thing had me depressed even though I figured it was coming.

Loki is too major a villain to stay as a good intentioned kid, especially with the movies and you know Ikol/old Loki was being misleading if not outright lying at the start because duh this is Loki we're talking about.
It's made so so much worse by the fact that nobody (except maybe Hela?) knew about it and it just never really felt like he had a solid victory with anything. Everything he did ended up having terrible consequences later down the line. Even freeing the Disir of their curse screwed him over in the end because it meant he had to bow to Ikol's wishes rather than committing true suicide (you know a comics depressing when getting his soul eaten and being erased was the protagonists preferred option). I wish it had gone on a bit longer just so you could have some plots that weren't so directly tied to the Fear Itself and Everything Burns arcs.

I'm just glad he didn't kill off Volstagg as well although he probably would be resurrected sooner or later anyway

 

[Mysten]

One that I had forgotten about because I originally read the novel in which the death occurs out of order but recently happened upon again during a proper reading of the series:

Spoiler: Spoilers for the novel Beyond Reach (Grant County series) by Karin Slaughter.

Jeffrey Tolliver. Jeffrey goddamn Tolliver.

That's all.

 

[Gatx]

I cry during touching moments but not too many deaths now that I think about it, but here are a couple-

Spoiler: Clannad

Nagisa. Ushio was too much too soon so I was a bit dumb to that one, but the father daughter happy moment brought tears to my eyes.

Spoiler: Gundam Unicorn

Daguza Mackle. I have no idea why either, he wasn't especially likable or anything, but it was pretty shocking.

Spoiler: Courage the Cowardly Dog

Giant Space Squids (both the mom and the dad).

 

[lord canti]

--snip--

Yea, one piece is filled with emotional moments. And that while it's a shounen/comedy most of the time. It balances those three very nicely. Same with the series 'Scrubs'.

It's very successful at building characters that the view/reader cares about and sucking you in to their world. It makes you genuinely care and as a result when something bad happens you feel bad about. It hits such a perfect balance between it all, it's a shame it's not more popular in the west (and yet Naruto with it's atrocious train wreck of a story is...)

Another thing it does well for me is that the characters genuinely seem to care for each other and that almost every single character has their own back story. I never get that sense of friendship with Bleach and Naruto. Never has either of those series made me believe that Ichigo and Naruto truly care for their comrades the way One Piece does.

 

[The White Hunter]

--snip--

Yea, one piece is filled with emotional moments. And that while it's a shounen/comedy most of the time. It balances those three very nicely. Same with the series 'Scrubs'.

It's very successful at building characters that the view/reader cares about and sucking you in to their world. It makes you genuinely care and as a result when something bad happens you feel bad about. It hits such a perfect balance between it all, it's a shame it's not more popular in the west (and yet Naruto with it's atrocious train wreck of a story is...)

Another thing it does well for me is that the characters genuinely seem to care for each other and that almost every single character has their own back story. I never get that sense of friendship with Bleach and Naruto. Never has either of those series made me believe that Ichigo and Naruto truly care for their comrades the way One Piece does.

That's partially because, in Naruto at least, most fights are very one sided and the protagonists rarely lose and when they do it feels like a weightless defeat.

There's no defining moments of characters like the fight at Arlong Park, or Luffy's desperate struggle against Rob Lucci, or Garp's sorrow and rage over his adopted grandsons death. Nothing quite manages that sense of weight the same.

They also don't manage to be as light hearted when they need to be.

Know what I'd kill for? A spin off sitcom set in Impel Down....

 

[NightmareWarden]

Well this is highly disturbing. If a fictional character can provoke strong emotional responses, then i'm somewhat worried what some of you might do or how you would react when a family member dies.

My understanding of culture is that one of art's purposes is to provoke an emotional response. Art is made up of drawings, paintings, sculpture, literature, movies, graphic novels, and even video games. They can make you feel happy, excited, sad, disgusted... If an artist or a video game developer spends thousands of hours on their work and the only response they get is "that is pretty", they would probably feel terrible. A developer would feel happy if they learn that players are able to make an emotional connection to the characters because that means they have made a memorable and high quality experience.

These aren't disturbing or unnatural, they're just part of what it means to be human. If you tell a scary story to someone while on a camping trip and they actually get scared by it, does that mean they'll go catatonic when a real terrifying experience rears its ugly head? Not necessarily. Should we withhold any reactions we feel from every single movie, play, tv show, novel, and game simply because we know it is fictitious? Of course not! We care about and react to everything around us, regardless of its true nature.

 

[Lynx]

Spoiler

Dumbledore, Snape, Fred and Lupin

in Harry Potter, and

Spoiler

Rue, Finnick and Prim

in The Hunger Games.

Anybody remember that HBO show Oz? The night before Cyril was to go to the chair was hands down the saddest thing I have ever seen.

Oh god, I'd forgotten that. Poor Cyril...

 

[NightmareWarden]

--snip--

Yea, one piece is filled with emotional moments. And that while it's a shounen/comedy most of the time. It balances those three very nicely. Same with the series 'Scrubs'.

It's very successful at building characters that the view/reader cares about and sucking you in to their world. It makes you genuinely care and as a result when something bad happens you feel bad about. It hits such a perfect balance between it all, it's a shame it's not more popular in the west (and yet Naruto with it's atrocious train wreck of a story is...)

Another thing it does well for me is that the characters genuinely seem to care for each other and that almost every single character has their own back story. I never get that sense of friendship with Bleach and Naruto. Never has either of those series made me believe that Ichigo and Naruto truly care for their comrades the way One Piece does.

In regard to Naruto's characters, I think that the development of squads outside of Team 7 is more of a professional respect for one another as opposed to friendship. Remember that they did not get to choose whose squad they were put in. Lee and Neji weren't friends for the longest time, however they grew from rivals to respected allies. Ino hated her group at first, yet they learned to work together and value each other's strengths. Gaara's group grew from a monster and two fearful siblings playing bodyguard to a professional group of ninjas that rose to great heights in their village. The same sort of thing happens when groups combine for missions like in the Sasuke Rescue arc. They gain respect for people they previously thought were slackers/loud mouths/fattys even if they don't become friends that eat together on their days off. Outside of Naruto himself, the "power of friendship" doesn't run wild in the ninja world.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Probably Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4. I sobbed loudly and made a fool of myself. Every metal gear character has made me cry at least once.

 

[Artina89]

I didn't cry, but I was upset when Snape died in the Harry Potter series, because he is my favourite character, and when his backstory was revealed it just made it even more tragic.

Also in Doctor Who when the Doctor learns that Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart had passed away was very touching. The brig is another favourite character of mine, and the fact that Nicholas Courtney, who portrayed him, had passed away in real life made that moment all the more poignant.

 

[dancowan15]

Thane and Mordin. And Garrus. And Tali. And Legion. And Liara. And EDI. Man, looking back at it, I lost a lot of people in Mass Effect, didn't I?

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Mass Effect 3 Spoilers.

Spoiler

Mordin. The very model of a scientist Salarian.