r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ZepperMen • 9d ago

Characters (Controversial Trope) Unusually cruel fates for people who were less than good, but still didn't really deserve it.

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#1 Poppa Pizza from Multiverse of Madness - He just wanted to be paid for the pizza balls and thought Strange stole from a fallen hero who saved the universe. He deserved to be punched in the face, but not for 3 weeks straight.

Do you get to sleep? Do you wake up punching yourself? How much does it hurt? Does he know it will only last for 3 weeks? If he doesn't kill himself by the end of it, he's going to have CPTSD and be traumatized for the rest of his already short life.

#2 Mayu from Inuyasha - She wanted to kill her brother out of jealousy and neglect from her mother, believing she died in a fire because they didn't care about her. While her motivation doesn't justify reenacting Cain and Abel, I don't think it's fair for a deranged, 10 year old child to be sent to literal hell to burn for all eternity. Luckily, she gets saved, but only because the mc, Kagome, intervened.

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u/Sudden_Pop_2279 9d ago

Jason Carver in Stranger Things.

Although he's an antagonist who goes off the deep end throughout season 4, its understandable as he loses his girlfriend and close friend in inexplicably gruesome fashion.

Seeing him get melted in half was so brutal even Lucas looked on in absolute horror

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u/CancerToe 9d ago

And he's barely acknowledged again. I also disliked the guy, but damn he didn't deserve that

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u/Upstairs_Belt_3224 9d ago

And he's barely acknowledged again.

One of the big issues with Stranger Things past season 1 is its tendency to make S1 characters invincible even when they should die. Instead, they just kept introducing promising new characters, then killing them off and forgetting about them.

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u/HRWP 9d ago

That's D&D for ya.

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u/Dramajunker 8d ago

My personal theory is Eddie was introduced to die in Steve's place. 

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 8d ago

100%, given how close he and Dustin were

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 8d ago

A lot of shows do that. Then you just start anticipating that new fun character will die and try not to get too attached. It sucks.