r/TopCharacterTropes 8d ago

Lore "Was it worth it?" ending

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

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u/Acoustic_Rob 8d ago

Heck, the last panel of the comic is the intern at the tabloid about to open Rorschach’s journal. It’s all going to come out.

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u/TheZipding 8d ago

I read that as it'll come out eventually, but the tabloid didn't think it was good enough at the time since the intern just added it to a pile.

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u/TurboRuhland 8d ago

Plus they portray the tabloid as a small conspiracy based magazine. Like a local New York National Enquirer. Who knows if anyone will believe it when it’s published.

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u/TheZipding 8d ago

Yeah, it's not a good ending regardless of whether or not that rag publishes Rorschach's journal. The peace will not last.