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

[omglazorspewpew]

I am also going to agree with John from the Green Mile. I was practically bawling by the end of that movie.

Oddly enough the only other piece of fiction that has given me such a strong reaction was another story by Stephen King. Shawshank Redemption also made me cry but for the opposite reasons. I was incredibly happy when Red was incredibly hopeful about his new life and seeing his friend again

 

[SquidVicious]

It's funny, I've cried over the deaths of fictional characters from books far more than movies or TV shows. I believe the first fictional character's death I ever cried over was the dog Searchlight from the novel Stone Fox that I had to read in 3rd grade.

The next character's death I distinctly remember crying over was Dinobots sacrifice in Beast Wars. He was always my favorite character because of his straight man routine to the more comic relief characters Rat Trap and Cheetor. It's funny though, despite "dying" twice over the course of the series, I never felt sad when Optimus Primal got offed.

I also remember crying at the end of All Quiet On The Western Front, although it was more Katczinsky's death that triggered it.

 

[Crispee]

Spoiler: Death Note Spoilers

I have to say, Light's death quite affected me, I never expected it to, he wasn't a sympathetic character by any stretch, I just liked him because I admired his ambition and ingenuity, and followed him for the same reason Ryuk did, because interesting things happened because of him. To both me, the viewer and Ryuk, Light was just a story that would end the moment he failed. I guess it upset me because it meant the end of the cat and mouse between Light and the Detectives and the various other adventures that cropped up in his wake.

I'd expected him to give a grand speech about the nature of evil and the necessity of his goals, like a villain does. But instead he gets shot and he screams and cries in a really sad and pathetic way, then he tries to run away and escape, panting and crying as he does so. Before Ryuk catches up to him, as we knew he was always going to, and dies of a heart attack, alone, unloved. In the middle of trying to save his own skin, on a staircase, as the ghost of his arch enemy taunts him a final time.

Even though he'd racked up one of the highest body counts in history, I still find that scene hard to watch, because I think we all fear to die that way, with our life's achievements undone in a split second with nobody to tell you you did good.

Also.

Spoiler: Mass Effect 3 Spoilers

Probably Tali. Not because of who she was, because she wasn't my love interest, merely a good friend to the Shepard I was role playing. But what her death meant, it meant that Shepard could not save Rannoch. I actually turned off the game for several weeks after that point, because I couldn't bear the thought of letting down any more characters.

 

[songnar]

Spoiler: The Last Of Us

The first freaking twenty minutes had me in tears when Sarah died. I'm the kind of guy who gets as emotionally invested as he can during a game or movie so things have a tendency to hit me harder. That, coupled with the fact that I'm kind of a pansy, meant that that intro was pretty strong for me.

Gonna have to second this one. That was pretty rough.

 

[kingpocky]

I can't think of any other time I've cried while playing a video game, but Claus's death at the end of Mother 3 had me bawling.

 

[MarsProbe]

The death scene of a particular character in Lost Odyssey really got to me. Even now, if I ever watch that scene, I find it almost too much. It's those kids.

I don't think I've ever got that emotional over the death of a character in any tv series/film/book. Guess I just don't feel there is the same connection to such characters. The one exception would probably have been

Spoiler

the death of The Lone Gunmen

I can't actually now remember if it happen in The X-Files or The Lone Gunmen spinoff. Oddly, I didn't think I was that upset about it at the time, but I got a major lump in my throat when I was recounting the story to my dad. Figures.

 

[Kailow Krow]

Red Dead Redemption had me.

 

[Zipa]

Persona 3 and 4 , while I didn't cry the deaths in those games meant a hell of a lot more than the normal oh we need drama lets kill someone routine that a lot of games have now.

Thane Krios in ME3 to, he dies while listening to his son read a prayer basically asking for Shepards soul to be guarded against evil.

Raziel in legacy of Kain defiance, while he is not dead as such it was still one of those moments that hits you. The amazing VO work realy helps to sell it to.

 

[J.McMillen]

I've never actually cried over any character death in fiction. But I did get choked up at the end of "On the Beach", and at the death of

Spoiler: Buffy finale spoiler

Anya

I also got chills when I read the "Death of Superman" story for the first time.

While I didn't cry, these two probably affected me the most:

Spoiler: Buffy spoiler

Tara, because it was so unexpected

Spoiler: Eureka spoiler

Holly, her murder made me sick to my stomach

 

[mrhappy1489]

I just lost it during the Red Wedding scene. I just felt so much sympathy for the Starks and watching so many of them die, along with cause, just broke me.

Spoiler

If it turns out the Jon Snow really is dead, then I will actually stop reading the books. I wouldn't have the same reaction to any of the other characters, but if it was snowy; there'd just be no way I could keep going. Also Oberyn Martell's death hit me pretty hard, the same with Ygritte's and I felt a sense of absolute gut wrenching sadness with Quentyn's death as well, though that's more to do with the fact that he was such a young man and the reaction from his friends.

Well that was a lot of spoilers there from A Song of Ice and Fire. For deaths outside that series, Seymour in Futurama, because it's heavily implied that he dies, Boromir in Lord of the Rings, but only on subsequent viewings, after learning about his back story, also after seeing Neddy die.

 

[Murais]

Grave of the Fireflies ranks pretty high. That one hit close to home, and the utter helplessness of that film is soul-crushing.

Other than that:

"I'll miss you, sweet pea."

Tears for days.

 

[PBMcNair]

Probably not the fictional death I cried at most in one go, but in terms of gets me every time:

Spoiler

The mercy execution of Agun Soric at the end of Only in death. EVERY.GOD.DAMN.TIME.
My copy has actual tear stains on those pages now.
I think it might be to do with how its the end of that whole arc, where Dan Abnett seemed to decide that the Ghosts stories weren't grimdark enough.

 

[Cpu46]

Roland in Borderlands 2. He was my main character in the first game and they flesh out the character so well in the audio logs and intercharacter banter. Didn't shed a tear during the actual scene, though I vowed to continue playing nonstop until Handsome Jack was dead, but I kinda caved during the intro to Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep when they referenced it.

 

[New World Fool]

Minato/Makoto's death at the end of Persona 3. I knew it was coming because I did read up on the game long before I played it but I still cried once the credits started rolling. I hastily ducked into the bathroom because I didn't want to cry in font of my brother.

Also, Nanako's death in Persona 4, not as much as Makoto's did though because again, I read up on it long before playing and I knew she'd pull through.

 

[Smurf McSmurfington]

Tennant's Doctor.
I was reduced to a blubbering mass of manly tears. And I have no qualms about admitting that.

 

[Rooster893]

Spoiler

Eli's death in HL2:E2
Carlos' death in SR2
Zeke's death in Infamous 2 (evil)
Cole's death in Infamous 2 (good)
Roth's death in Tomb Raider

These ones just made me tear up.

Spoiler: The big one for me...

Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4.

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This is good... isn't it?

*cigar falls*

At least he died a peaceful death after all of the bad things that had happened to him... and at least before he passed away, he reunited with his son... and told him he respected him as a man... and a soldier...

Excuse me, I have something in my eye. ;____;

 

[Karhukonna]

There's probably more, but

Spoiler: Castaway Spoilers

Castaway's Wilson is just so goddamn embarrassing I never discuss it with anyone. Mind you, I was like thirteen or so when I saw the movie. I was bawling my eyes out when Wilson gets taken by the sea.

Goddammit Wilson. You were just a fricking volleyball, why did I love you so?

 

[Mikeyfell]

Joel's Daughter in Last Of Us

(No that's not a spoiler it's the first god damn thing that happens!)

She was awesome, usually kids in media suck. But Sara had a sense of humor, a good relationship with her father, palpable emotions. Why did you have to kill her Naughty Dog?!
What? Pathos!? Fuck Pathos! Why not give Ethos and Logos a try every once and a while?

 

[SillySam]

The Tachikomas from Stand Alone Complex
Gets me everytime

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Draco in Dragonheart. Dammit Sean Connery, why you make me so sad!?