Glen in the walking dead. I was already on the posts during the governor arch. But Glenn fucking broke me.
Hard same. Then they immediately killed Abraham after, literally murdered every reason I had for watching that show.
Not only were they the best characters, they were the only good actors throughout all of the main cast.
I honestly think Abraham hurt way more now that I’m thinking about it. Cause I identified with homie! I’m huge, fairly strong, but went bald early. Sorry about waxing nostalgic, but I had almost forgot about homie until now.
Jake, from the Dark Tower. Not because of Jake, but because of Oy. 😭😭😭
Walking Dead (show): Glenn
Glenn and Maggie were the only thing worth rooting for at that point and losing one of them ruined the last thing interesting about the show.
It already felt like the writers weren’t going anywhere before that, Glenn ended up being the last straw.
TWD is the only show that gets shit on for that time it followed the comics.
I’m not shitting on it, and I strongly doubt it is the only show. They also didn’t follow the comics most of the time so making it a big deal for this one event, where they also killed off another character that was on a semi interesting arc, is a silly thing to focus on.
Killing off main characters can be a good thing, but the show just didn’t have any remaining compelling character arcs once they killed off the last thing that gave any reason for living to introduce yet another ‘humans are the real monsters’ villain.
Tbf, I meant generally.
Its the most common reason people seem to have for why they quit the show.
Yes, but is their reason like mine where it isn’t the death itself but how they lead up to it with the stupid trash can fake out and that they had already ruined any reason for rooting for the other characters?
It was the last straw in a series of decisions by the showrunners, not something that came out of the blue and ruined an otherwise enjoyable show.
I stopped watching mostly because of the ridiculousness that these guys had the logistics to shut down every single road and trail away from there, during a zombie apocalypse no less. No groups ran into problems? None? Then glen died. And I tried to watch it longer but the hopelessness led to pointlessness.
I hated the cliffhanger … not showing the person(s) was just cheap.
The trash can thing didn’t help, to be sure.
Probably because it seemed like a reversal. Glenn is nobody in the comics so when this happens.
This was my event, but it triggered something larger in me. I stopped watching most things where people were being killed off for entertainment and shock value. I asked myself “What am I doing with my life and watching this?”.
My mom quit Game of Thrones because they killed the dog in the first episode
She made the right decision.
My wife quit GoT when Joffrey ordered the dire wolf killed. Same reason, kinda.
oh yeah, that’s the dog I was talking about
Same for me, except in Kung Pow.
L from Death Note.
Kinda got boring for the other half, although Near-Mellow was okay after a while.
L’s Death in DeathNote. Near was cool and all, but the entire story after L dies felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation of the plot.
I could be wrong, but I remember reading that it was the original ending, but someone didn’t like Light winning, so they added the other two characters to beat Light.
I stopped reading the manga after L died, and decided to never even start watching the anime. Death Note without L was just worthless to me.
The anime is fantastic if you stop after L dies
Joel’s death in The Last of Us. It was a bad idea in the second game and it had the same effect on the show.
But bastard deserved it.
Yeah, he was a piece of shit.
Shayla from Mr. Robot. I just lover her so much for some reason.
for real, but did you actually didn’t finsig the show?
Woodhouse and then Malory in Archer. i actually really enjoyed the coma seasons, but they’re damn good proof that you can’t come back home after you jump the shark.
You do know that both of the actors that played those characters died in real life, right?
Ragnar in Vikings. None of his sons had the same charisma and the show just fell flat to me. I still try to finish the show from time time but I still haven’t managed to.
I felt like Ubbe had a lot of charisma, and Ivar had potential if they hadn’t written him like Ramsey Snow. He should have been smart, unpredictable and morally grey, not a complete psychopath.
Sweets in bones. I hated him when he showed up. Then he won me over and then he’s gone :(
Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in House of Cards. Until her death, I didn’t realize she was the only reason I was watching the show.
Same, almost. It was jarring but I watched for Kevin spacey and Robin wright and their sheer talent.
But wow, the shock value. That may have been the first time I was palms-to-mouth shocked. Not until the crosswalk incident in the Billy Bob Thornton lawyer show was I that shocked again.
He killed the reporter at the end of the original, so they were quite clever to have her survive season one and then do it immediately.
When Mulder went away to wherever he went in later seasons of X-Files.
I put off watching the last season of DS9 for a while, after they killed off Jadzia Dax in a really forced way. The worst part was that there was another episode that season where she almost died and it would’ve been a much more personal and appropriate way for her to go, but instead she’s randomly at the wrong place when the big bad shows up doing main plot stuff and that’s it. It was incredibly disappointing. Apparently there was some drama with contract shenanigans behind the scenes, so they ended up having to write it in last minute.
I did eventually come back and watch the last season and I’m glad I did, but I legit almost dropped it.
The last half of the last season of DS9 was some of the most exciting TV I’ve ever seen. That final arc was great.
Not a show, but a movie spin-off. When they killed Wash in Serenity. I knew I wasn’t going to like it as much as the tv shows.
If they meant for that death to hurt a lot, it worked.
Wash and Sheppard both, man. 💔
I’m a leaf on the wind.
The premise was that you stopped watching a show because of a character, but you’re talking about something that happened at the end of the wrap-up movie, so there wasn’t any more show to stop watching.
But yeah, that was one of the biggest shocks I’ve ever had.
Reaver Cleaning Company: putting spears through the Wash since 2005!
