History DespairEventHorizon / WebComics

* In "Webcomic/UnOrdinary". John Doe teeters on the edge of this off and on throughout the course of the webcomic, but crosses the DEH for good when [[he discovers his father has been killed by the authorities and his mother has been a lab rat of the state for over ten years]]. In recent episodes, he has shown even less care than usual as to what happens to him as a result.

* ''Webcomic/TrueBelievers'' has Franchise/SpiderMan lose his wife, his home, and his job at the Daily Bugle all in ''the first 11 pages''. As a result, he asks Dr. Octopus to kill him. Unfortunately for him, DeathIsCheap in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, so not even murder can end his suffering.

* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Jadis saw the True Shape of the Universe and became TheOmniscient. Upon seeing the Universe is essentially 99% emptiness, both across time and space, the relatively little amount of 'existence' that floats in the middle of all the nothing made Jadis go completely mad and lose all hope, drive and self-initiative. She's currently slowly rotting inside a crystal that keeps her alive, tormented by her perfect knowledge of the universe and [[DeathSeeker wanting to die]] despite knowing perfectly when and if it happens and everything that happens after she's dead.

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', an escalating series of traumas causes Gerard to hit this in his backstory. An agency targets his band for a scam, causing Hyeonjin to quit. Gerard begs him to return, enamoured as he is with Hyeonjin's music, only for Hyeonjin to reveal that he [[EtTuBrute never liked the band or the music that Gerard cared for so much]]. Meanwhile, a bully at school gets so obsessed with Gerard that he beats Gerard's friend into a pulp and then ''sets their practice room on fire''. Gerard leaps in to save Hyeonjin's music, only to get caught in an explosion that hospitalises and scars him. It's because of all of this that he completely loses the will to play the music that he once loved. Fortunately, a year later, he becomes a {{True Companion|s}} to Ben's gang and rediscovers his love of song.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'',
** {{Satan}} [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-03-19 thinks it hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-12-01 Slick declares that losing a computer game again brings this on.]]

* In ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'', an ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' webcomic, this is canonically how Abyssal Exalted get created, as shown in Renegade Deathknight Secret's backstory flashback. Her entire village is killed by a demonic plague, she's deathly ill, and just as she's given up all hope of living, the Neverborn show up and offers her Exaltation in exchange for servitude.
* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'', Lucy when [[spoiler:she thought Mike died]] and shortly after, when [[spoiler:she finally confessed her love for him and he rejected her.]] The first one came with DissonantLaughter.
** Chapter 63 is getting [[TearJerker sadder]] and Lucy looks about at the horizon [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p5.html here.]] [[spoiler:She was okay, then Mike ignored her existence. Now...]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler: Eridan]] crosses both this ''and'' the MoralEventHorizon in the same scene. [[spoiler: He gives up any hope of beating Jack and defects to his side, killing off his unrequited love interest AND his species' only hope for revival in the process. This makes his Sgrub title, Prince of Hope, rather prophetic- it was later explained that "Prince" roughly translates to "Destroyer."]]
** Later, [[spoiler: Roxy crosses it too after a disastrous turn of events leaves nearly all of her friends dead and Rose, the alternate version of her mother who she had barely met, died in her arms. She later confesses to John that she thinks it would be better if they gave up so that they could be with their friends in the afterlife.]]

* In Webcomic/GoblinHollow, [[spoiler: this is what happens to Penny's best friend, who sadly, [[DrivenToSuicide is swallowed by the Horizon.]] ]]
* ''Webcomic/TrueBelievers'' has Franchise/SpiderMan lose his wife, his home, and his job at the Daily Bugle all in ''the first 11 pages''. As a result, he asks Dr. Octopus to kill him. Unfortunately for him, DeathIsCheap in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, so not even murder can end his suffering.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'',
** {{Satan}} [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-03-19 thinks it hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-12-01 Slick declares that losing a computer game again brings this on.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has Vaarsuvius crossing the line after realizing the true extent of their earlier MoralEventHorizon.
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', Claire's DarkAndTroubledPast has brought her to the state that she does not even care that the villagers, looking for TheScapegoat, will BurnTheWitch because they think she killed her children.

* Anna Enfield's from ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}'' lead a fairly troubled life which took a sharp turn when the sister that she shared a body with used it to murder their beloved uncle. Having seen herself kill someone she loved and knowing that her Hyde half could not do that unless she desired it, Anna turns a knife on herself and tries to commit suicide.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Snarlbear}}'' Flint passes one near the end after losing his hometown, corrupting Daisy, and then losing Daisy's support as well, in the end being left with only money. [[spoiler: as a result, he turns into a dragon]]
* The whole point of Servant Chaos's actions in ''WebComic/SailorCosmosArc'' was to force Usagi to this point to get her willing to merge with Chaos. Having her daughter and husband brainwashed, forced to fight them, accidentally killing the Asteroid Senshi, realizing that everlasting peace is impossible [[spoiler: and learning that this is all her fault for unconsciously wishing Chibiusa never woke as a senshi]] did the trick, eventually getting her to perform a [[spoiler: SuicideByCop]].
* ''WebComic/SkinHorse'': Tip hits this in the aftermath of the "Sure as Your Born" storyline: Normally a metrosexual WholesomeCrossdresser LovableSexManiac, he literally traded his entire wardrobe for the ultimate ''male'' power suit, in order to speak in favor of a nonhuman rights bill (without his crossdressing becoming the focus). Not only does the bill fail to pass, but in the immediate aftermath the entire world seemed to come down with some sort of WeirdnessCensor[[note]]Whereas a few people seemed to be incapable of seeing Sweetheart and other transgenics and cryptids as they were, now it seems only a few people can actually see what's really going on[[/note]]. Which made for a doubly SenselessSacrifice, causing Tip to spend the next couple of chapters wearing a BeardOfSorrow, a dirty t-shirt and boxers (having given his other clothes away). An attempt at PlayingCyrano for Sweetheart only ending up making things worse. (That and the [[DiabolusExNihilo giant lobster attack]])

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has Vaarsuvius crossing the line after realizing the true extent of his/her earlier MoralEventHorizon.

* ''WebComic/SkinHorse'': Tip hits his in the aftermath of the "Sure as Your Born" storyline: Normally a metrosexual WholesomeCrossdresser LovableSexManiac, he literally traded his entire wardrobe for the ultimate ''male'' power suit, in order to speak in favor of a nonhuman rights bill (without his crossdressing becoming the focus). Not only does the bill fail to pass, but in the immediate aftermath the entire world seemed to come down with some sort of WeirdnessCensor[[note]]Whereas a few people seemed to be incapable of seeing Sweetheart and other transgenics and cryptids as they were, now it seems only a few people can actually see what's really going on[[/note]]. Which made for a doubly SenselessSacrifice, causing Tip to spend the next couple of chapters wearing a BeardOfSorrow, a dirty t-shirt and boxers (having given his other clothes away). An attempt at PlayingCyrano for Sweetheart only ending up making things worse. (That and the [[DiabolusExNihilo giant lobster attack]])

* In ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' the Battle of Kastrup was this for the Danish army. For ten years before the start of the story, they tried to retake part of the ForbiddenZone that used to be mainland Denmark only to have the entire force wiped out in a single night by one of the many threats roaming in the area. After this, they don't even send scouts there anymore.

* Matt from Webcomic/HodgesPond came pretty close to crossing it in [[http://hodgespond.com/index.php/2011/11/21/trixies-story-9/ this strip.]]

* Very nearly everyone with a speaking part in ''GoneWithTheBlastwave'', though it doesn't manifest in quite the usual way. Rather than some grand gesture like falling into an AngstComa or being DrivenToSuicide[[note]] apart from that one guy from the Blue army who AteHisGun[[/note]], they've all just become desensitized to the constant bloodshed and are operating on some sort of HeroicSafeMode.
* Matt from HodgesPond came pretty close to crossing it in [[http://hodgespond.com/index.php/2011/11/21/trixies-story-9/ this strip.]]

* In GoblinHollow, [[spoiler: this is what happens to Penny's best friend, who sadly, [[DrivenToSuicide is swallowed by the Horizon.]] ]]

* Anna Enfield's from ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}' lead a fairly troubled life which took a sharp turn when the sister that she shared a body with used it to murder their beloved uncle. Having seen herself kill someone she loved and knowing that her Hyde half could not do that unless she desired it, Anna turns a knife on herself and tries to commit suicide.

** {{Satan}} [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2386 thinks it hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3009 Slick declares that losing a computer game again brings this on.]]

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