Number 1:
CALLY HENDERSON-TYROL
(Battlestar Galactica)
What pisses me off about Cally's death is that:
(a) she had a fat little baby to take care of, and...
Behold the fattest baby in sci-fi history. |
She just got unceremoniously sucked out of an airlock by the massive butthole known as Tory Foster.
She deserved better than that.
In an interview I found on YouTube, the actress who played Cally said that she felt the death of Cally was badass. I do not concur.
Number 2:
SIRIUS BLACK
(Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix)
At the very least, it was painless... I guess. I'm not talking about the movie version, either, where he gets Kedavra'd by Bellatrix. No, I'm talking about the book, where he was hit with a stunning spell (was it Stupefy?) and passed through the veil between the living and the dead, then never came out the other side.
Stupid butthole veil. |
Side Note: I have a black cat named Padfoot, called so in honor of Sirius Black. We call him Paddy, for short. He is very fat, very fluffy, extremely cuddly, and scrumptious to snuggle with. The only downside is that he barfs a lot. But we can't all be perfect.
Number 3:
JOHN LOCKE
(Lost)
Not a single episode went by on Lost where the viewer wasn't given the impression that John Locke is a full-on badass and is a major player in the salvation and lore of the island. His life before the crash of Oceanic 815 was storybook pathetic. His dad conned him out of a kidney, then pushed him out of a window, crippling him. So, John was a paraplegic before crashing on the island, then suddenly could walk. Not only could he walk, but he was strong and vibrant and vital. He seemed tied to the island by sheer destiny. So, how did he die? Strangled by the skeezy, weaselly, little rat-boy Ben, his funeral attended by no-one at all, his corpse just a pawn to return to the island for some other purpose. Wha???
Locke wanted to protect the island. In fact, I think he was the only one who really wanted to stay for the purpose of protecting it. Others wanted to stay to protect themselves from the punishments of the world away, but not John. I'll admit, he went to some seriously dark places, even murdered, to fulfill his perceived purpose, but there was still something noble in his dedication to unlocking the island's mysteries. His death seemed pretty empty and meaningless to me after all the time I'd invested in believing he was special.
But, dammit, he is special. They're ALL special to me!
*wipes another lone tear away*
I hope to see Wash from Firefly (though I guess technically "Serenity" would be more accurate here) in Part II of this series. That was some pointless bullshit.
ReplyDeleteYes, you absolutely WILL be seeing Wash in an upcoming segment of "Beloved Characters Whose Deaths Sucked!" In fact, I debated putting him in Part I, but I decided to keep each one down to only three entrants. And I completely agree. Washburn's death was totally pointless bullshit. I bow down to Joss Whedon, but what was he thinking?!
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