Characters that were killed off too soon

[WillowTree]

Dr. Melendez in 'The Good Doctor.' I'm not watching the newest season because of it. He was my favorite actor on the show, excluding Freddie Highmore.

[colorgoat]

FFXIV A Realm Reborn + Heavensward spoilers if anyone needs them

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Moenbryda really only existed for like 20 minutes She had so much personality, I loved her. Ysayle was needlessly sacrificed, too. They really don't treat their female characters well.

[migxmeg]

Legend of Korra spoilers:

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Amon from the first season of Legend of Korra. I think he was the most interesting villain and the politics of the Equalists could have been explored a lot more.

[DiegoPalacios]

Yeah, it would have been interesting to see his reaction to:

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harmonic convergence

[domisotto]

Thane in Mass Effect.

On the other end of the spectrum, the character who just wouldn't die, no matter how much efforts I've invested into it is Morrigan in Dragon Age.

[Memento_Mori]

Lancelot in "Merlin"

It was so depressing.

[Berserker]

Judeau from Berserk. I liked all of the Band of the Hawk, but none of the new crew can replace Judeau. The guys from the later arcs are all a little too OP or magical. Judeau was just really good at throwing knives. He felt more real.

[alharingrey]

Woah, Merlin, that's a blast from the past!

[nostalgicroxas]

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I'm literally just hoping for the day they kill off Yda/Lyse because damn did she get annoying when she became Lyse. Horrible writing choice. Horrible horrible.
As for deaths that were also unneeded, Papalymo. Like. Why? I mean sure it's a cool spell and all, but he had no set-up for even telling us that he knew that spell, let alone had the plan to use it.
I also feel like Minfillia just turned into a McGuffin they couldn't get rid of any other way, but again why do they need to get rid of her? They enjoy introducing characters to just have them die, in like the next scene. Moenbryda as you said is probably the worst of this, and that her death has such a lasting effect on Urianger, and we as the player are like "meh who was that again?" They don't have the guts to kill off any real political characters that would add to the plot, ie killing off the essential Queen of Thanalan- nope can't do that - nope, nope. heavy eye rolling but we'll make you think she's dead for FOREVER.

I feel like a lot of character's death I have issues with are obvious "too many characters" problems for the writers and they have no idea how to fix it.

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Star Wars's dude that was Obi Wan's teacher is a prime example. He dies so fast that movie might as well just be a parody of the first, where Obi Wan himself dies. It just has no impact or meaning to me. He could've done a lot more to the plot if he lived.

[HGohwell]

Lise from Schwarzesmarken. Like, you knew she was gonna die. It was obvious. And I appreciated the parallels from episode 1 but it was like episode 9 or 10 when she died and I remember live tweeting it at the time and being totally confused as to why they resolved the big emotional issue (the choice between the MC's little sister and the woman he loves) several episodes before the end of the show.

Also IV in YGO Zexal. I know they "killed" him off to prove how badass and scary the new villains were as we went into the everyone "dies" season of the show (as is YGO tradition, it's not a finale season unless everyone but the hero is in the shadow realm) and prove what a serious threat they were, but even their choice of who did it was wrong. He had an entire story beat involving one of the girl villains, that they never acknowledged. They never even got a moment on screen together! It would have been so much more satisfying to either have him live on and deal with the villains or at least let him get his closure with the villain girl he had history with.

[cherrystark]

I feel like a lot of character's death I have issues with are obvious "too many characters" problems for the writers and they have no idea how to fix it.

I've faced this problem myself. Usually, if the character doesn't fit, they can be edited out in rewrites.

Star Wars's dude that was Obi Wan's teacher is a prime example. He dies so fast that movie might as well just be a parody of the first, where Obi Wan himself dies. It just has no impact or meaning to me. He could've done a lot more to the plot if he lived.

I can see where you are coming from with Obi Wan's death, but that's more of a plot device that unsatisfactory writing. His death was a big turning point for Luke to grow up and begin his journey. It wouldn't have been the same story if he had had Obi Wan to hold his hand the whole way.

[Memento_Mori]

it still haunts my nightmares... He was too young

[NickRowler]

I guess this sounds random, but Gaara's dad from Naruto. He was randomly killed off without really much of an impact on his children. It also left unresolved drama between him and Gaara that was never really addressed until the very end of Shippuden. He had a strong setup that would have created a lot of tension that I think would have created interesting character drama.

[colorgoat]

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YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT LYSE, she's supposedly the leader of the liberation, but she shows little sympathy for the people she's trying to liberate, whether they're hesitant or are vengeful toward the fascists that hurt them. Her character is such a huge mess, Raubahn should've been the face of Stormblood.

H. Anyway, back to the topic of death; Papalymo's death certainly sucked, too. His sacrifice was for a temporary solution, and--like other characters--he was forgotten quickly by the writers. And I do really like Nanamo, I'm glad she lived, but get you. It'd make more sense to save her if she actually carried on with disbanding the syndacate, but the writers seemed to have forgotten that whole plotpoint as well.

[nostalgicroxas]

True but that parallel of Obi Wan's death -> strengthens Luke does not parallel with Qui Gon's death -> strengthens... Obi... Wan.... Aniken? Who is it supposed to strengthen?!

[alharingrey]

Gonna drop mine in now! As I say, I love villains, so I am used to them being offed. But none of them irked me

until...

Kureo Mado from Tokyo Ghoul. He lasted all of a few chapters at the very beginning of the manga, and honestly, I feel his was the villain the whole story was missing for the rest of the series. He was human, so for him to be a genuine threat to ghouls was a really good dynamic and a fantastic way to stop humans from appearing to be entirely weak. He was an utter psychopath, but the details we got of his backstory gave the reader that unsettling sense of, "Oh God, I see where he is coming from, even though he's going about it in such a horrific way". But most interestingly...he was a good guy to humans. Undoubtedly, Kureo was a villain in the eyes of ghouls and killed the parents of children while laughing. But to humans, he was a loving father who raised a kid on his own while trying to avenge the death of his wife. He protected countless human lives, but at the cost of countless ghoul lives. On more than one occasion, we see him save the life of his work partner. It was such an interesting way of exploring the idea that everyone is a hero on their side of the story, and I think we were robbed of seeing someone as steadfast in his prejudices as Kureo ever being faced with the idea that what he was doing was wrong. That last part was given to his daughter instead later in the manga, but even then, it seemed rushed and a sudden change in view for a woman who had said three panels before that she remembered her father with pride, knowing he had killed another character's parents.

[lilithfairenwrites]

Qui-Gon Jinn's death is what leads to Obi-Wan becoming Anakin's master in his stead, thus setting up the bond between them that plays a significant role throughout the prequels, as well as was alluded to in the original trilogy.

[spadesart]

I was so genuinely shocked that they killed off Jocelyn Fray in the tv adaptation of Mortal Instruments that I just up and quit watching it. She did so much more throughout all of the original books, and even got a happy ending, yet for some reason they thought it would be better for the drama to throw all that aside in the second arc and get rid of her character? It felt like such a waste and a narrative move made purely for the shock value.

[shfra13]

My mind went blank lol, but maybe the game Your Turn to Die

YTTD Spoiler

Uh, well, I know the game is choice based, but I'm somehow kinda sure the route where this character die will lead to the True End since the outcome of his death is more mellow and friendly. This is really gonna be confusing but idk where else I can talk about this game ajdjsjsjsj

Shin Tsukimi/Sou Hiyori

On one of the trial, the main character can choose to kill either Shin or Kanna. Killing Kanna, despite her having a nice ending, lead to Shin being lunatic. I think this will lead to another bad end--though I can't be sure. On the other hand, killing Shin will lead to a more tear jerking scene that makes the whole narration "happier" and more forgiving. However, there are a lot of things to uncover about Shin, while Kanna has had her fair share of bravery. Kanna has already had her end, keeping her alive brings... nothing to the story. I think it's unfair to have a character that hasn't finished their arc died instead of a character--arc's finished--with nothing else to lose.

[shfra13]

TMI's adaptation sucks imo. Too bad, even though the books were really good:(