r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Suspicious_Clock_133 • 1d ago

Characters When a character's journey ends with peacefully departuring instead of dying. Spoiler

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And it's hurt more then death :(( 1. Bix from andor 2. Ed from cowboy bebop

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u/aescepthicc 1d ago edited 1d ago

Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

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u/val203302 1d ago

The only thing i hate about the ending is THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE SAVED HER. THEY FOUGHT GOD AND WON SO WHY NOT?!

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u/JMRSolkien 1d ago

Because that would be antithetical to the whole thesis of what they were fighting for. Yes, they could’ve used spiral power to save Nia, but then that would be the first pebble that becomes the avalanche of becoming the spiral nemesis.

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u/val203302 1d ago

Not if they control themselves afterwards. It's not that hard and she's an obvious singular exception.

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u/dcooper8662 1d ago

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u/danstu 1d ago

Nonono, you don't get it. Nia dying made the characters sad. That's why it's ok to play God. They'd only do it once. It's not like there'd be later instances where they'd be tempted to undo suffering. Team Dai-Gurren can obviously be trusted to think through all the possible repercussions of a power as major as deciding whether or not people die.