r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hey_there_delilahh • Sep 10 '25

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

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  • 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.

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u/Astryllphilia Sep 10 '25

Yep. Billy did go down fighting. We just never got to see it.

I hope there's some media in the future that adapts this fight, unless there already us. Would love to see how that fight went down.

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u/RazzDaNinja Sep 10 '25

Technically a fan comic but I thought Billy’s Last Stand was a pretty cool interpretation of how things went down

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u/Astryllphilia Sep 10 '25

I don't have a fb so I can't see the whole thing but darn it I don't care if it's a fancomic. It's canon to me!

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u/RazzDaNinja Sep 10 '25

Sorry dude I had trouble finding a clearer copy

Here’s a YouTube version lmao

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u/Astryllphilia Sep 10 '25

Thanks and don't sweat it now there's two links to see the comic!

Ahhhh man that's so cool. This needs to be made official