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Don't you just hate it... When something so good......... ends?
This thread is for any story that has truly touched your heart. Made you think. Made you think about the world... our purpose... the heart... love...
Stories that have left you lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wishing that you could erase your memory and start back from the beginning. Watch it all over again. Read it from the start.
Stories that make you wish, above anything else, that you could be a character from that book. From that film. From that cartoon that was flashing on your PC monitor right now, enticing you with nothing more than blinking pictures and babbling sounds.
This thread isn't for bland action packed films or short, uneventful novels. This thread is for something that you wished had never ended. Something that left a mark on you in such a way, you would do ANYTHING to find out what happened next...
...anything.
Well, that was a rather dreamy introduction. I wouldn't have been able to write that unless I had just witnessed the end of something that has touched my heart.
Hahaha, I just realised what a load of bullshit this sounds. It's one of those things that I'll wake up in the morning wishing I hadn't typed.
But to be truthful... I like those things the best...
Right, on with the list. If you see something in my list you haven't seen or read yet, I would advise you not to read about it. Heavy spoilers from this point onwards...
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These are just two examples (cowboy bebop I’ve just finished watching). I’ll post more later.
Metal gear solid.
A smile slowly spread across my face as I watched my stinger missile stream towards the radome. The explosion that followed enticed me, and the smile erupted into a giggle of laughter as I watched my opponent’s health bar slither down to zero. Dropping my pad, I leant towards the screen with anticipation and excitedly grasped both hands around the blinking television. This is it! I completed the game! As soon as this cut scene is over, I’ll be able to use that glorious reward- stealth.
But it wasn’t over. It was far from over. Before I knew it, my character was left helpless in front of a towering monster, and all I could do was watch. But then something happened that had never witnessed in a game before… Somebody saved me. As I watched Grey Fox elegantly dance past bullets and glide through the air, all I could feel was helplessness. I jumped to my feet and screamed at the television when I watched the huge, metallic foot crush my saviour…But then I grasped my controller, and for the first time ever, sweat trickled from my hand onto the grey playstation pad. Not many games make me sweat. Not many games make me mad. Metal gear solid is one of the only games that gives you a motive to play… One of the only games to make you win a boss fight for revenge.
Cowboy bebop.
I witnessed these characters fight for each other, support each other, dissapoint each other, hate each other… love each other. I witnessed the fights they struggled through, the fears they held within them, and the things they adored.
Spike’s death should have been sad. But as the camera panned out from his lifeless (yet relieved) corpse, I realised the meaning of the anime I had been watching. Oh, the irony of it all! All this time Faye had been living alone, telling herself that she didn’t need others. But at the climactic end, we realise that she needs others more than anything else- even money. As Spike leaves her, she reveals her true emotions, that she cares for him. At the same time- Jet, who I always saw as a caring person, appears to be harsh and aggressive underneath. And as for Ed… It’s a shame that she was always thrown from situation from situation, and has never had somewhere to belong.
In comparison, Spike’s ending is the happiest. He has been relieved from the troublesome “dream” he has been living, and can now glide among the stars with Julia. Indeed, the true meaning of this anime is that life it just a dream. We are always drifting from a hopeless, depressing situation to an even bleaker one. The only way we can find a light in the darkness is to find someone we truly love… and then.. Die.
Having just finished watching this 30 mins ago, I am feeling rather depressed. As I said above…
Don't you just hate it...
When something so good....
..... ends?
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Other things that have made me sad:
Metal gear solid (game)
When meryl died was the saddest I have ever felt over a computer game. Not because it was a scripted event, or because it was wonderfully portraid through cut scenes... But because I LET it happen.
Final fantasy 7 (game)
As i watched that carefree pearl bouncedown the harsh stairs into the deep waters, I couldn't stop the tear sliding down my face. Aries was dead... And I couldn't save her.
The amber spyglass (Dark materials trilogy):(book)
The fact that Will and Lyra could never see each other again left me completely shattered. I sat in bed for half an hour thinking of how much of a tragedy that was. To go through so much, and lose the only thing you had really gained... was heart breaking.
Evangelion (anime series)
I can't even begin to explain it. Just go watch it... Go watch it, and weep for Shinji. Oh, and shed a tear for mankind too.
Tenchu 2 (Game)
I can't remember why it made me sad, all I can remember is that it did. Seriosuly I can't even remember what happened at the end... I think one of the characters might have died... But i really can't remember. I think it's just that it was the first time I heard sad japanese music
Here's some more:
Ghost in the shell
Terminator 2
Donnie darko
most final fantasy games
...and absolutely LOADS more that I can't remember >.<
This thread is for any story that has truly touched your heart. Made you think. Made you think about the world... our purpose... the heart... love...
Stories that have left you lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wishing that you could erase your memory and start back from the beginning. Watch it all over again. Read it from the start.
Stories that make you wish, above anything else, that you could be a character from that book. From that film. From that cartoon that was flashing on your PC monitor right now, enticing you with nothing more than blinking pictures and babbling sounds.
This thread isn't for bland action packed films or short, uneventful novels. This thread is for something that you wished had never ended. Something that left a mark on you in such a way, you would do ANYTHING to find out what happened next...
...anything.
Well, that was a rather dreamy introduction. I wouldn't have been able to write that unless I had just witnessed the end of something that has touched my heart.
Hahaha, I just realised what a load of bullshit this sounds. It's one of those things that I'll wake up in the morning wishing I hadn't typed.
But to be truthful... I like those things the best...
Right, on with the list. If you see something in my list you haven't seen or read yet, I would advise you not to read about it. Heavy spoilers from this point onwards...
----------------------------------------------------
These are just two examples (cowboy bebop I’ve just finished watching). I’ll post more later.
Metal gear solid.
A smile slowly spread across my face as I watched my stinger missile stream towards the radome. The explosion that followed enticed me, and the smile erupted into a giggle of laughter as I watched my opponent’s health bar slither down to zero. Dropping my pad, I leant towards the screen with anticipation and excitedly grasped both hands around the blinking television. This is it! I completed the game! As soon as this cut scene is over, I’ll be able to use that glorious reward- stealth.
But it wasn’t over. It was far from over. Before I knew it, my character was left helpless in front of a towering monster, and all I could do was watch. But then something happened that had never witnessed in a game before… Somebody saved me. As I watched Grey Fox elegantly dance past bullets and glide through the air, all I could feel was helplessness. I jumped to my feet and screamed at the television when I watched the huge, metallic foot crush my saviour…But then I grasped my controller, and for the first time ever, sweat trickled from my hand onto the grey playstation pad. Not many games make me sweat. Not many games make me mad. Metal gear solid is one of the only games that gives you a motive to play… One of the only games to make you win a boss fight for revenge.
Cowboy bebop.
I witnessed these characters fight for each other, support each other, dissapoint each other, hate each other… love each other. I witnessed the fights they struggled through, the fears they held within them, and the things they adored.
Spike’s death should have been sad. But as the camera panned out from his lifeless (yet relieved) corpse, I realised the meaning of the anime I had been watching. Oh, the irony of it all! All this time Faye had been living alone, telling herself that she didn’t need others. But at the climactic end, we realise that she needs others more than anything else- even money. As Spike leaves her, she reveals her true emotions, that she cares for him. At the same time- Jet, who I always saw as a caring person, appears to be harsh and aggressive underneath. And as for Ed… It’s a shame that she was always thrown from situation from situation, and has never had somewhere to belong.
In comparison, Spike’s ending is the happiest. He has been relieved from the troublesome “dream” he has been living, and can now glide among the stars with Julia. Indeed, the true meaning of this anime is that life it just a dream. We are always drifting from a hopeless, depressing situation to an even bleaker one. The only way we can find a light in the darkness is to find someone we truly love… and then.. Die.
Having just finished watching this 30 mins ago, I am feeling rather depressed. As I said above…
Don't you just hate it...
When something so good....
..... ends?
----------------------------------------------------
Other things that have made me sad:
Metal gear solid (game)
When meryl died was the saddest I have ever felt over a computer game. Not because it was a scripted event, or because it was wonderfully portraid through cut scenes... But because I LET it happen.
Final fantasy 7 (game)
As i watched that carefree pearl bouncedown the harsh stairs into the deep waters, I couldn't stop the tear sliding down my face. Aries was dead... And I couldn't save her.
The amber spyglass (Dark materials trilogy):(book)
The fact that Will and Lyra could never see each other again left me completely shattered. I sat in bed for half an hour thinking of how much of a tragedy that was. To go through so much, and lose the only thing you had really gained... was heart breaking.
Evangelion (anime series)
I can't even begin to explain it. Just go watch it... Go watch it, and weep for Shinji. Oh, and shed a tear for mankind too.
Tenchu 2 (Game)
I can't remember why it made me sad, all I can remember is that it did. Seriosuly I can't even remember what happened at the end... I think one of the characters might have died... But i really can't remember. I think it's just that it was the first time I heard sad japanese music
Here's some more:
Ghost in the shell
Terminator 2
Donnie darko
most final fantasy games
...and absolutely LOADS more that I can't remember >.<
