For me, it was always Optimus Prime from The Transformers movie.

  • MaggiWuerze
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    226 days ago

    Especially since his death didn’t really do anything. He didnt sacrifice himself or saved anyone and his death wasn’t discussed much after the initial shock. I assume he had to be out of the picture so Harry could go Horcrux hunting, without him interfering

    • @CookieMonsterDebate
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      222 days ago

      To me it just felt like the unfairness of real life. Sometimes people get a shit hand of cards at life, and their death is just quiet and pointless and has no sense or reason to it.

      • MaggiWuerze
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        122 days ago

        Yeah, but that’s not so something you usually do in stories, because it is a bad reading experience. At most people sacrifice themselves for something and their sacrifice turns out to be in vain. But authors dont just go killing off a protagonist, because they put a lot of work into them and their death needs to have a certain value

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          22 days ago

          Sure. But perhaps not giving it any value could also be a strong point. The fact that it was so senseless made it all the more painful, to me. I honestly hurt more for that death than any other in the books.

          • MaggiWuerze
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            121 days ago

            That’s what I mean with dying for something but not achieving that. Just having him die randomly felt very jarring, but not in a good way since it didnt really felt connected to the story