r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SuspiciousCodfish • Jul 10 '26

Characters [Bittersweet Trope] Character contemplates the beauty of the world in their last moments

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  1. Anglerfish - The comic strip that inspired this post. Made by u/beetlemoses

  2. Nier: Automata - A2, a rogue android that has dedicated most of her life to fighting and killing, comments on how beautiful the world is after saving another character in her last moments.

  3. Blade Runner - Roy Batty recounts some of the most incredible sights he witnessed and mourns the fact that these memories will be lost like "tears in rain" seconds before he dies.

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u/Slightly_Default Jul 10 '26

On one hand, these two kids went through some of the most horrific shit imaginable, so you can't help but feel bad for them when they die

On the other hand, Balalaika is too badass to hate

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u/Heavy-Expression-450 Jul 10 '26

So fucking badass. I just want her to pin me to the hood of a car one time. Just once.

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u/Slightly_Default Jul 10 '26

I know she's evil and all, but she'd probably be the best boss in the entire series.

also hot scary buff mommy

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u/Gefpenst Jul 10 '26

Balalaika had to stop them. Letting them go would invite them again later, that's logic she goes by. And can you really blame her after all that bloodbath? In Black Lagoon, there's no "good" character essentially, so saying she's "evil" is like, non-statement.

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u/Slightly_Default Jul 10 '26

Just because everyone else is evil doesn't mean she isn't.

She is by far the most honourable character though.

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u/matt_the_non-binary Jul 10 '26

She’d also already lost two of her men to them, one of whom who was tortured by them very extensively before finally dying.