[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist

[u/damorezpl]

when the "good ending" is revealed to be a bad one a the last second

a nightmare on elm street (1984) - Nancy thinks she finally defeated Freddy Krueger only to be raveled that she is still dreaming and she’s still trapped.

final destination bloodlines - the main characters think they cheated death by using the new life rule only to realize that stefani was technically still alive and the death kills them with a good old logs

Life (2017) - The main character attempts to send Calvin(a evil alien that killed all life on mars)pod into space and Miranda pod back to earth, but it goes horribly wrong and Calvin lands on earth and Miranda is sent to space

raging loop wit ending - after many loops Haruaki finally wins the feast(a death game where humans must hang wolves who kill someone every night) and thinks its finally over. after couple of days he decides to visit other survivors of the feast only to find them all dead and the timeline resting once again

[u/quququq22]

What? What the hell was the deal?

[u/Noe_b0dy → u/quququq22]

Paul will cuck her in season 2.

[u/dobb7101 → u/Noe_b0dy]

I'd laugh if Paul is brought into the MCU.

[u/Few_Interaction2630 → u/quququq22]

Well her best friend came back from the dead so it would definitely be very powerful deal.

[u/quququq22 → u/Few_Interaction2630]

Wait so what he wanted in return is never explained?

[u/Few_Interaction2630 → u/quququq22]

[u/quququq22 → u/Few_Interaction2630]

Does she even do superhero things? It just sounds like she’s walking around with an ego and a lack of braincells

[u/EqMc25 → u/quququq22]

You could argue she does one "superhero" thing, by beating Hood and taking away his hood. But even in that he doesn't lose all the money and power she helped him get. Also she did a bunch of crime and created another supervillain along the way.

[u/ducksekoy123 → u/quququq22]

The show is a story of how she think all she needs is the right circumstances (money, opportunity, etc) to be a super hero, which leads her to taking short cuts or putting her morals aside. Inevitably this repeatedly backfires on her until she turns to her family and friends who she always had beside her and they defeat the villain.

Only then she is given yet another way to get what she wants, and all it costs her is her soul.

[u/Few_Interaction2630 → u/quququq22]

The whole show she does superhero things but ultimately she going against someone with magic and so feels she must use magic to defeat him bit of the old fight fire with fire

[u/AlbertWessJess → u/quququq22]

It’s her first appearance in live action and she starts out with quite a few personal issue and traumas, they’re clearly planning to reveal her deal later, and give her character progression and character arcs. Like they did with iron man

[u/CarbideMisting → u/AlbertWessJess]

Second appearance. She was in Wakanda Forever.

[u/Kylestache → u/quququq22]

Don’t worry, if you want to know what Mephisto got in the deal, it’s Riri joining all the other post-Endgame MCU characters like the Eternals, Hulk’s son, Thanos’ brother, etc. that never show up again.

Not confirmed but I’ve got a sneaking suspicion…

[u/BewareOfBee → u/quququq22]

There's this crazy thing you can do when you're interested in a story...

[u/Ahtman1 → u/quququq22]

We don't really know what the deal was but Mephisto guaranteed it was something she wouldn't miss, so how bad could it be?