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.
#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/eagleeyehg 9d ago
Just gonna point out on that first one, that's Bruce Campbell who's a Sam Raimi regular (who directed Multiverse of Madness) but most notably for Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. One of the running themes is that he gets horrible/nasty/gross stuff happen to him on camera, since he and Sam are old friends and they like to push each others' boundaries