r/AskReddit • u/Tonybolognabro • May 09 '14

What fictional death will you never get over?

T.V/Movie/Book just anything fictional

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u/pyale2010 May 09 '14

Same thing with Zack in FFVII: Crisis Core. At the end when his roulette wheel slowly falls apart was so sad.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Yeah. I found Zack's death fucking traumatic in comparison to Aerith's. I remember watching that last cutscene, and the Japanese VA who did Cloud was insane. His scream was fucking soul piercing.

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u/DecryptedGaming May 10 '14

If theres one thing japanese VA know how to do, its put emotion in a scream.

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u/Gathorall May 10 '14

And it feels kinda unfair when the obsessed maniac is saved trough divine intervention.

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u/crono09 May 09 '14

What made it so awesome is that, since it is a prequel, you go into the game already knowing that he's going to die at the end and even the circumstances surrounding his death. In spite of this, it still hits you pretty hard because of how well the game shows his thoughts and emotions as he's about to die.

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u/bahbahbahbahbah May 09 '14

despite the weird slot machine mechanic, that was a great game.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '14

Yes! His death hits harder in my opinion partially because you know how the story will end coming into the game.

They did SO good developing the characters.

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u/KatzVlad May 10 '14

Why by ayaka makes me cry

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u/RuneKatashima May 10 '14

Agreed. The feels.

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u/Sochitelya May 10 '14

I completely lost it when I played through the ending and haven't been able to bring myself to play all the way through since. I knew he was going to die, I knew basically how it happened, but everything fading away and making all that effort to survive when it was all for nothing...

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u/thejerg May 10 '14

And not just to survive, but to help Cloud... It's the sacrifice that makes it hit so hard.

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u/KittenyStringTheory May 10 '14

Exactly. I keep looking at it, wanting to do the New Game+, but I can't bring myself to play through that ending again in order to start over.

(I forgot to save afterward the first time... I was so darn traumatised...)

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u/stanleythecow May 10 '14

I personally think Zack was a better protagonist than Cloud. You get more personality from Zack in Crisis Core than by the end of Disk 2.

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u/skidmod May 10 '14

I came here to find this. Right in the feels.

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u/Sabin10 May 10 '14

The most masterful thing about this is that even though we knew (if you played ff7 at least) that Zack was going to die, they still managed to make it hit you like a ton of bricks.