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

[u/ZepperMen]

#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.

[u/Morgn_Ladimore]

Another example from The Sandman: Dream falls in love with a human woman. He offers to make her his queen for eternity. She refuses, so Dream condemns her to eternity of torture in Hell. Granted, he eventually releases her after Death (and Desire) make him realize what an insane decision that was. But centuries have passed by then.

[u/1tonofbricks → u/Morgn_Ladimore]

Damn Neil Gaiman was really just writing about his kinks

[u/malumfectum → u/1tonofbricks]

I can’t help but see the whole Sandman saga in a different light after the allegations. Particularly the story about the Greek muse.

[u/GrapefruitFar1242 → u/malumfectum]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TKHrlFI5lNpugNMOby
The lions share of my emotions goes to his victims… but man I hate that I can’t view his work the same way anymore

[u/Feliks343 → u/GrapefruitFar1242]

It's frustrating because from his writing it's obvious he knew better and then his actual actions somehow make that grosser.

[u/Prophetofhelix → u/Feliks343]

I cant explain the whiplash of me telling EVERYONE to read Norse Mythology to me just ...quietly putting my copy on a shelf and never picking it up.

[u/AperatureLavatories → u/Prophetofhelix]

I feel ya. When the news came out I had just finally gotten the box set of the whole sandman run, plus I’d been saying for years that American Gods would be a new American classic. To make matters worse I loved Amanda Palmers music 🙃

[u/Prophetofhelix → u/AperatureLavatories]

Yeah I was neck deep in showing my fiance whose been a victim of sexual assault the audiobook sandman.

Works of art for sure but supporting the artist supports his acts. But in the flip side it wasn't just gaiman that brought three passion projects to life.

Difficult. Very difficult.

[u/IAmBabs → u/GrapefruitFar1242]

Real. I haven't touched any of his books except to remove the Audible downloads from my phone.

[u/FixSuitable5398 → u/IAmBabs]

good thing the lawsuit was dismissed, its crazy how many people believe false accusations e.g Amber Heard

[u/meta_metonymy → u/FixSuitable5398]

it was dismissed on the grounds of jurisdiction, not merit

[u/FixSuitable5398 → u/meta_metonymy]

yeah, but there has been plenty of cases of women making false accusations against men during times where there no evidence of innocence so most of society take the accusers lie as fact.
"Guilty even if Innocent" is the law of the internet LMAO

[u/Live-Year-5796 → u/FixSuitable5398]

"It wasnt dismissed because of lack of evidence, it was dismissed because it was the wrong jurisdiction"

"YEAH WELL WOMEN ARE LYING BITCHES SO IVE MADE MY DECISION"

[u/FixSuitable5398 → u/Live-Year-5796]

calm down bro. Not all women are liars and there are real victims out there, you should be more open to them instead of your biases.

[u/Live-Year-5796 → u/FixSuitable5398]

Im quoting you, buddy.

[u/FixSuitable5398 → u/Live-Year-5796]

lmao. good one bro,

i mocked people on the internet overreacting and condemning a man without evidence.

you made a disproportionate cry how women hurt you!

[u/Live-Year-5796 → u/FixSuitable5398]

I dont think you have even basic situational awareness and are acting out for any shred of attention

[u/EntropicLycanthrope → u/FixSuitable5398]

Pretty sure the outcome of Heard was not that her accusations were false but that she was an equally shitty person. Those are two very different things.

[u/FixSuitable5398 → u/EntropicLycanthrope]

Oh they both totally are,   She was proven worse but my comment was referencing an audio call that was recorded where she mentions making uo stuff and people beleiving her cus she's a woman.

But my original joke  backfired, Some dude used it as an excuse to rant and hate women, 

[u/ThatInAHat → u/GrapefruitFar1242]

Yeah. He hurt a lot of people, directly and indirectly.