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Which fictional character's death have you not gotten over?

999 replies

WellThisWentWell · 06/09/2020 11:30

Just in case, spoiler alert!

Sirius Black.

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Technonan · 07/09/2020 17:58

This is quite an obscure one, but there's a thriller called The Forest of Souls by Carla Banks. The death of Eva in that - I wept buckets at the end of that book.

CLCB07 · 07/09/2020 17:59

Dobby and Sirius.

ElsieSpanner · 07/09/2020 18:00

Will Gardener (The good Wife) and Nigel Pargetter (The Archers) 😥

MabelChiltern1 · 07/09/2020 18:00

Nigel, obvs

Mikki69 · 07/09/2020 18:00

Essie the Nurse in Holby City who died of Cancer. She was on her way to her hastily organised wedding in the hospital chapel and she passed away in her wheelchair en route!

AtlantaGinandTonic · 07/09/2020 18:02

Owen Slater from ‘Boardwalk Empire’. Not that the death was particularly horrific, it just came out of left field and combine it with the reactions of the other characters, watching the scene was like a sucker punch. On the other hand, as a result I was pretty immune to all the deaths in ‘Game of Thrones’.

skodadoda · 07/09/2020 18:02

@BoreOfWhabylon

Ginger in Black Beauty.
Me too!
biddybird · 07/09/2020 18:02

Omar (The Wire, although it was inevitable.

The talking horses in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. It still gives me a lump even though I was 9 years old.

EverythingButTheName · 07/09/2020 18:03

Anna in the book of My Sisters keeper. Hit me like a brick! I’m not a massive reader but it felt so raw and I was crying inconsolably. Only time I ever have with a book! I was even more annoyed when the changed the ending in the film though. It took the whole meaning away!

Lots that have already mentioned, pretty much every death in Greys and Poussey and Doggett from OITNB.

Also Mama Coco in Coco!! That blooming film made me sob more than any other Disney film! Even Lion King and Bambi!!

RustyBear · 07/09/2020 18:04

Don't suppose anyone else will remember this, but Police Dog Inky in Softly, Softly

happybunny03 · 07/09/2020 18:04

@Chopbob

The character played by Jake Gyllenhall in Brokeback mountain
Totally agree. I don’t think I will never get over it Sad
Cam2020 · 07/09/2020 18:06

Patroclus in Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles. No excuse, it's not like I didn't know it was coming but I was heartbroken.

Julia in Demelza.

Eddie and Micky in Blood Brothers

There are so many from books and theatre I'm a total sap Blush

glowfrog · 07/09/2020 18:07

Daenerys Targaryen 😭😭😭

Does the death of decent storytelling in that series count?

DoveOfPiss · 07/09/2020 18:07

Yes to Beth in Little Women, both the book and the film.
Mary Watson in Sherlock (the Benedict Cumberbatch/ Martin Freeman one) - total shock and wasn't expecting it at all

libra101 · 07/09/2020 18:07

Rosie, in Alan Titchmarsh's book 'Rosie'!

A lovely spirited old lady.

MadamShazam · 07/09/2020 18:09

Daenerys Targaryan. I know she went mad in the end, but did she really need to die?

Words · 07/09/2020 18:09

Bambi's mother
Black Beauty
😢😢😢

Zeezee82 · 07/09/2020 18:09

Sorrow in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Not sure I could reread it as a mother. I was sobbing so much I had to wake my flat mate at the time for a hug

Mrsliss · 07/09/2020 18:10

Tiffany Mitchell. I loved Tiffany and wanted a reconciliation with Grant even tho he didn’t deserve it (I was 16 at the time).

Words · 07/09/2020 18:10

Sorry Ginger in B B - clearly too traumatised to express myself properly

Pinkpeanut27 · 07/09/2020 18:11

Fred Weasley how could you do that to twins. Unacceptable and I will never get over it .

FTM1992 · 07/09/2020 18:11

Dobby the house elf

AlbusSeverusMalfoy · 07/09/2020 18:11

@notenoughgintonight

Amy Pond and Rory in Doctor Who. I mean I know they got zapped back in time so didn't technically die, but I cried my eyes out at that.
My daughter cries every time she watches this and Clara die.
DoveOfPiss · 07/09/2020 18:12

Just thought of another one - Rachel in series 1 of Cold Feet Sad

Tiredmum100 · 07/09/2020 18:12

Kate in NCIS. I watched it years after and I couldn't believe she died! The other was zac in 'goodnight mister Tom.