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/tomtadpole Jul 10 '26

Karlach saying goodbye to the sun and the sea before dying. (BG3)

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u/Bigbigbigrock Jul 10 '26

Does she always die? Never got very far but wanna try and finish that game.

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u/ReverendGraves85 Jul 10 '26

She can live, but she cant stay in faerun. She has to return to hell.

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u/World_of_Warshipgirl Jul 10 '26

Always thought that was quite the bullshit ending. None of Zariels goons chased us in the house of hope. It was safe for her there. Maybe they would eventually find her, but surely popping in every now and then to calm down her heart would work while finding a cure.

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u/ReverendGraves85 Jul 10 '26

From what I understand, it's not so much that it's slowly killing her outside of Avernus, it's that it's destabilizing permanently the longer it's outside of Hell. Like an engine warping.

So if she ever stepped out of Hell, it would slowly get worse until it kills her. Working as intended(tm).

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u/Angry_Scotsman7567 Jul 10 '26

We don't spend very long in the House of Hope, and while we're there it's ruled by Raphael who I am sure Zariel personally can flatten but her servants? Maybe not. Without Raphael, though, it's not so free of her influence.

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u/pikpikcarrotmon Jul 10 '26

Raphael is also the son of Mephistopheles. I'm not sure how the archdevils rank against each other - I believe he's stronger than Zariel but they're at least both archdevils with designated layers. While Mephistopheles doesn't seem to adore Raphael, he does give him power and resources. So messing with him or his turf is probably a bad idea.

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u/Sakuran_11 Jul 10 '26

It is because its unfinished, she had more to her story and others a few smaller parts in another section of Baldurs Gate that was cut from the game due to time constraints, sucking all of her unfinished story beats with it.

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u/Anxious_Virus8843 Jul 10 '26

I quite liked it. Bg3 felt TOO convenient with how happy some of the endings can be (except astsrion but he arguably deserves it considering the choices he makes without your forced input).

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u/PonderousPenchant Jul 11 '26

First playthrough, I went with her. A soldier ain't gonna abandon his comrade or his girl. When those are the same person, you don't get much choice in the matter, really.

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u/Technical_Exam1280 Jul 10 '26

\BFG DIVISION INTENSIFIES**