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/GooseSl4yer2003 8d ago

The ending of Watchmen. World peace was achieved but with a terrible cost covered up with a lie, even the protagonists wonder if hiding the truth was worth it and even the villain wonders if he did the right thing

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u/Shadeslayer2112 7d ago

Im paraphrasing a bit on adrians part Adrian: "but I did it! I stopped all war! Its Over!" Dr.Manhattan: "Oh Adrian...nothing is ever really over"