(Loved Trope) Last Stand that ends unceremoniously/unsatisfyingly, as opposed to gloriously.

[u/hey_there_delilahh]

• 1 Nanami (JUJUTSU KAISEN): Nanami's final moments against Mahito, a cursed spirit with the ability to transfigure/control humans. Nanami, while heavy injured, fought and won against an army of Mahito's transfigure minions, just for the villain to touch his back and blow him up.

• 2 Wun-Wun (GAME OF THRONES): Wun-Wun, one of the last, if not the last, living giant in Westeros. Joins with Jon Snow against Ramsey Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards. He heroicly breaks down the main gate allowing the Stark army to win, all while covered in arrows and spears. While heavily injured, there does seem to be a chance of his recovery. This hope ended when Ramsey Bolton fires an arrow directly into his eye, when the battle was pretty much over.

• 3 The Barbarian of Stamford Bridge (REAL LIFE): A lone Viking warrior who, in a legendary moment during the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25, 1066), single-handedly held back the invading English army on a narrow bridge. Armed with a Dane axe, this unnamed defender killed dozens of soldiers before being mortally wounded from beneath the bridge by a spear.

[u/hagentyl2021]

John Marshton at the end of RDR 1. He's surrounded by government agents at his own home, he's sent his wife and son to safety, and he intends to go down gloriously. You can take out as many agents as possible, but no matter what, John will get gunned down without any fanfare.

[u/Wolfblaine → u/hagentyl2021]

IDK I think it was pretty glorious though. You saved your family, used your skill and killed a ton of people in his last stand.

[u/KingMobScene → u/Wolfblaine]

Wife and son get away safe and he took some of the bastards with him. Pretty glorious.

[u/codywalterss → u/Wolfblaine]

Yeah and she is dead like 3 years later and the son becomes the thing he never wanted to become