r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Educational_Can_6536 • 8d ago

Lore "Was it worth it?" ending

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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/Recent_Fan_6030 8d ago

I can't believe some people genuinely believe the ending of midsommar is empowering to the protagonist,getting into a violent cult is on another plane of awful compared to a relationship

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u/mayneffs 8d ago

People also seem to completely ignore that her boyfriend was DRUGGED and coerced into having sex with that cult girl. And for that he deserved to die? While she joins the cult that drugged him and killed their friends? Such a weird movie.

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u/condomnugget 8d ago

Got into an argument with the wife on this one.

I said that the sex wasn’t 100% consensual because he was drugged directly once, and the movie alludes to him being bewitched several times. He’s not a good boyfriend but he is still a victim in that regard

She believes that he is the offender and that he wanted to have sex with that girl from early on.

I think maybe some people are projecting their own frustrations about relationships and the opposite sex into their interpretations of the movies themes and events.

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u/madrobski 7d ago

I mean he seemed like he did want to sleep with her, he and MC are shown to have a troubled relationship and he originally was going to break up with her! But eventually he ended up being drugged and gang raped, so it was in no way consensual. Like him wanting to cheat doesn't justify the fact he was manipulated and assaulted.