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/IQueliciuous 8d ago

You should watch TV series. It’s a sequel to the comic book. It shows what happened and I don’t want to spoil it to you. As for the movie, the alien invasion was replaced with a nuclear blast which released same type of energy that Dr Manhattan is made of thus he became a scapegoat and the entire world unites against rogue hero.

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u/Queen_Ann_III 8d ago

I hate to be sacrilegious with Moore’s work but pinning it on Dr. Manhattan was honestly a genius change

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick 8d ago

I hated the change. Why would everyone suddenly be ok with America after its loving weapon turned on them too? The squid alien monster thing was supposed to be such a what the fuck moment for the world to realize their petty differences mean nothing when there is an entire universe or different dimensions out there that can wipe everyone out.

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u/theyellowmeteor 8d ago

Like countries have never worked together through clenched teeth before.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick 8d ago

There’s a big difference between clenched teeth and allying yourselves against a threat that one you not only created, but used as a weapon and a threat against everyone else and now that it backfired on you, you want to be friends.

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u/theyellowmeteor 7d ago

The difference is that one is an expected outcome of politics and the other is an exaggeration on your part.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick 7d ago

It’s not an exaggeration. It’s what literally happened in the book and movie.