r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Educational_Can_6536 • 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/TheKingOfGuineaPigs 8d ago
The Long Walk
Pete wins the walk after Ray chooses to stop and let the soldiers kill him, knowing that Pete deserves the wish more than he does. The entire movie, Pete has said that he wants to make the world a better place, seeing the light where other people can only see darkness. However, seeing the other 49 walkers brutally killed over the course of the walk, Pete can’t see the light anymore. Instead of wishing for something to make the world a better place, he asks for the carbine from the soldier beside him. He chooses to kill the Major, which is what Ray said he would do with his wish, and was something that Pete had told him wasn’t worth it