History TearJerker / AtopTheFourthWall

earJerker moments in ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''. ''For WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers examples, see [[TearJerker/HistoryOfPowerRangers here]].''

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** At the end of the ComicBook/SilentHill Dead/Alive review, we learn the origins of the Magic Gun. It is made of the soul of a tortured little girl. A girl ''tortured by her parents to revive an ancient god''. Upon learning of this, and how he has been using the Gun for so long, an already weakened [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] is mind-raped to the point of believing that he was the girl's father and tries to shoot himself with the Gun. He only survives because the girl's spirit in the Gun sees he's worth saving, and doesn't shoot.

** At the end of the ComicBook/SilentHill Dead/Alive review, we learn the origins of the Magic Gun. It is made of the soul of a tortured little girl. A girl ''tortured by her parents to revive an ancient god''. Upon learning of this, and how he has been using the Gun for so long, an already weakened Linkara is mind-raped to the point of believing that he was the girl's father and tries to shoot himself with the Gun. He only survives because the girl's spirit in the Gun sees he's worth saving, and doesn't shoot.

* [[http://thefoundary.blogspot.com/2011/11/lewis-and-i-have-parted-ways.html Lewis and Liz have broken up as a couple.]] It has been hinted that the split was amiable, and that they will remain friends, but it's still pretty sad.
** As of 2018, Liz has confirmed that they've grown apart to where they rarely speak any more. (The last time they had any communication was when they bumped into one another at the funeral of a mutual friend.) While she's stated that she would go out of her way to help him if he asked, it's terribly sad to see two people who were once as close as family go ''years'' without talking to one another.
*** That also means she wasn’t invited to his wedding. Plus with their drift to different politics from each other over the years, what’s really the chance of them ever being friends again?

** There's something rather depressing about Lewis' frustration of the comic, enraged at Tom King (and by an extent, DC Comics itself too) being rather disparaging with its themes of mental illness and the poor handling of the topic, border lining UnfortunateImplications with how all the characters with underlining mental illness are put up as. Considering Lewis himself once criticized himself for how disrespectful he was towards those with mental illness (notably depression) in his ''[[ComicBook/SupermanGrounded Superman #701]]'' review, this must have stung.

** Oh, it gets even more heart-rending, as revealed in ''ComicBook/BatmanNoel''. [[ReplacementGoldfish Harvey thinks of Linkara as a replacement for Charlie.]] Future!Linkara tells him he has to let go of Charlie's memory, because he's been stuck there. Harvey has ''serious'' issues with this, still thinking of Linkara as his surrogate son. When Linkara left to find out what was wrong with his magic, Harvey was angry because it felt like Charlie was leaving all over again. All this is taking place in front of Charlie's grave, just to really hammer the nail home. Eventually, Harvey is able to say goodbye to the grave, and lets go of the memory. When he stands up, he's suddenly in Linkara's house, [[MoodWhiplash where Linkara is clearly overjoyed to see him, and invites him in for the Christmas celebrations.]] Harvey closes out the episode with a breathtaking rendition of '[[Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol Thankful Heart]]'. [[MoodWhiplash Then he realizes all of his belongings are still at the hotel he was plucked from two weeks ago.]]

** Oh, it gets even more heart-rending, as revealed in ''Batman: Noel''. [[ReplacementGoldfish Harvey thinks of Linkara as a replacement for Charlie.]] Future!Linkara tells him he has to let go of Charlie's memory, because he's been stuck there. Harvey has ''serious'' issues with this, still thinking of Linkara as his surrogate son. When Linkara left to find out what was wrong with his magic, Harvey was angry because it felt like Charlie was leaving all over again. All this is taking place in front of Charlie's grave, just to really hammer the nail home. Eventually, Harvey is able to say goodbye to the grave, and lets go of the memory. When he stands up, he's suddenly in Linkara's house, [[MoodWhiplash where Linkara is clearly overjoyed to see him, and invites him in for the Christmas celebrations.]] Harvey closes out the episode with a breathtaking rendition of '[[Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol Thankful Heart]]'. [[MoodWhiplash Then he realizes all of his belongings are still at the hotel he was plucked from two weeks ago.]]

** Oh, it gets even more heart-rending, as revealed in ''Batman: Noel''. [Harvey thinks of Linkara as a replacement for Charlie. Future!Linkara tells him he has to let go of Charlie's memory, because he's been stuck there. Harvey has ''serious'' issues with this, still thinking of Linkara as his surrogate son. When Linkara left to find out what was wrong with his magic, Harvey was angry because it felt like Charlie was leaving all over again. All this is taking place in front of Charlie's grave, just to really hammer the nail home. Eventually, Harvey is able to say goodbye to the grave, and lets go of the memory. When he stands up, he's suddenly in Linkara's house, [[MoodWhiplash where Linkara is clearly overjoyed to see him, and invites him in for the Christmas celebrations.]] Harvey closes out the episode with a breathtaking rendition of '[[Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol Thankful Heart]]'. [[MoodWhiplash Then he realizes all of his belongings are still at the hotel he was plucked from two weeks ago.]]

*** That also means she wasn’t invited to his wedding. Plus with their [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment drift to different politics from each other]] over the years, what’s really the chance of them ever being friends again?

* Linkara starts the 600th episode preparing to do the ''Film/{{Caligula}}'' comic as WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob had suggested. He gets a call from someone who tells him [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment the things Brad has been up to lately]] and immediately cancels the review, moving over to ''Sins Past'' instead.

** It becomes even worse in the next episode "Clive Barker's Hellraiser Summer Special," after it becomes obvious that something ''is'' happening this year... and it's no loner being PlayedForLaughs.

* His commentary at the end of ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' regarding heroes being casually killed or turned evil is quite sobering. For all comic book fans like to joke that DeathIsCheap in comics, the fact is that for every major hero who's died and come back there are a dozen c-list characters, like Hotspot and Lagoon Boy, who ''never'' come back because they just don't have enough fans for the executives to care. Case in point, Lewis refers to his all-time favorite superhero, Danny Chase, aka Phantasm of ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'', a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] character who died all the way back in 1992 and has ''never'' come back. Odds are that any minor hero casually killed for shock value in ''any'' event comic you read will have at least ''one'' person for whom that character was their favorite superhero.
** There's something rather depressing about Lewis's frustration of the comic, enraged at Tom King (and by an extent, DC Comics itself too) being rather disparaging with its themes of mental illness and the poor handling of the topic, border lining UnfortunateImplications with how all the characters with underlining mental illness are put up as. Considering Lewis himself once criticized himself for how disrespectful he was towards those with mental illness (notably depression) in his ''[[ComicBook/SupermanGrounded Superman #701]]'' review, this must have stung.

* His commentary at the end of ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' regarding heroes being casually killed or turned evil is quite sobering. For all comic book fans like to joke that DeathIsCheap in comics, the fact is that for every major hero who's died and come back there are a dozen c-list characters, like Hotspot and Legune Boy, who ''never'' come back because they just don't have enough fans for the executives to care. Case in point, Lewis reveals his all-time favorite superhero is the obscure Danny Chase, aka Phantasm of ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'', a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] character who died all the way back in 1992 and has ''never'' come back. Odds are that any minor hero casually killed for shock value in ''any'' event comic you read will have at least ''one'' person for whom that character was their favorite superhero.

** Shortly after the episode aired, a number of Brad's fans criticized the segment on the [=AT4=] official Tumblr account. Lewis proceeded to absolutely ''explode'' and go on a ''furious'' rant about how much he and the rest of the [=ChangeTheChannel=] team were hurt by Brad's actions.

* Linkara starts the 600th episode preparing to do the ''Film/Caligula}}'' comic as WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob had suggested. He gets a call from someone who tells him [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment the things Brad has been up to lately]] and immediately cancels the review, moving over to ''Sins Past'' instead.

* Linkara starts the 600th episode preparing to do the Caligula comic as The Cinema Snob had suggested. He gets a call from someone who tells him [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment the things Brad has been up to lately]] and immediately cancels the review, moving over to Sins Past instead.

* Linkara starts the 600th episode preparing to do the Caligula comic as The Cinema Snob had suggested. He gets a call from someone who tells him [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement the things Brad has been up to lately]] and immediately cancels the review, moving over to Sins Past instead.

* Linkara starts the 600th episode preparing to do the Caligula comic as The Cinema Snob had suggested. He gets a call from someone who tells him [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement the things Brad has been up to lately]] and inmediatly cancels the review, moving over to Sins Past instead.
--> Linkara: [answering his phone] "Hello?...uh huh...oh...OH! He said that, huh? Made that crap up too, huh. [sighs] OK, yeah, screw him. Thanks for letting me know. Bye."

* In the ''Black Panther, vol. 4 #1-6'' review, he reaches the part of the comic where a Wakandan councilor suggests that they could trade the cure for cancer for help in tracking down Klaw, but the other councilors object because the west doesn't deserve it. Linkara, ''who's lost friends and family to cancer'', is ''absolutely furious'' that the Wakandans would withold the cure for ''cancer'' just because the western government allow for the sale of cigarettes.

* From 2014 - 2018, there was a yellow hat on the shelves in honor of [=JewWario=]. Although following information coming out [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in regards to actions Justin did behind the scenes]], Lewis has removed the hat from the shelf. It comes off as heartbreaking since Lewis was close to Justin and the removal of the hat seems to imply how disappointed (and more or less devastated) Lewis probably is after what came out.