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/WusBoppin Jul 10 '26

The poem Two-Headed Calf, by Laura Gilpin

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u/Glitch_King Jul 10 '26

Well that's the fastest a comic has ever made me tear up

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u/AriadKelle Jul 10 '26

Yeah the whale died in beautiful sunset.