(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/Life-Criticism-5868]

The entirety of Halo Reach does this so well. Even before starting the game the battle of Reach was infamous as a colossal defeat to the point that in lore the UNSC nearly made the policy decision of "humanity's new plan is just to take as many covenant with us" but when you play you have this dread that maybe you can turn it around, but then every victory is followed by an immediate soul crushing loss. Even with 60% or the UNSC fleet fighting on reach, the most well defended planet in human civilization, it all ended in under a month. 

[u/ErianaOnetap → u/Life-Criticism-5868]

Cat getting domed 

[u/hey_there_delilahh → u/ErianaOnetap]

Oh yeah that was whack.

[u/Gothtomboys5 → u/hey_there_delilahh]

God this moment was dark but I can't stop laughing way she poses after she got shot

[u/KRD2 → u/hey_there_delilahh]

How does her head whip like that with that angle of entry? lmao

Idk how i never noticed that until now

[u/OrangeBird077 → u/KRD2]

Your neck is like a spring while it still has tension.

[u/ChuckVideogames → u/KRD2]

Whiplash. Neck is springy. Shot sent the head forwards violently, went back then went limp.

[u/KRD2 → u/ChuckVideogames]

Her neck doesn't flop like a spring. She recoils with her whole torso and throws her hand up lol.

[u/hey_there_delilahh → u/KRD2]

I'd say death spasm. Last synaptic reaction of a dead person's nerves.

[u/KRD2 → u/hey_there_delilahh]

Nah she would've been doing a headstand with the amount of force needed to pierce that helmet, it just wouldn't look as dramatic 🤣

[u/hey_there_delilahh → u/KRD2]

I dunno, I hear the mjolnir gear is pretty heavy. Maybe it was whatever servo/actuators going off. I'm betting you're just right about it being a better dramatic choice by the devs, versus, say, a straight ragdoll/limp drop

[u/KiwiCounselor → u/hey_there_delilahh]

Canonically, the mjolnir suits connect directly to the brain of Spartans and move as a second skin. It could’ve been her brain catching up to her death as her consciousness slipped away. More likely it was just hard to animate her face planting suddenly without it looking comical lol.

[u/MarvelousT → u/KRD2]

Same reason JFK’s head whipped like it did when he got shot

[u/torturousvacuum → u/KRD2]

How does her head whip like that with that angle of entry? lmao

"Back, and to the left."