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* Although it's complicated by [[MayDecemberRomance the nature of]] their [[UnfortunateImplications relationship]], it's abundantly clear that the grief that Daniel feels over Scruggs' disappearance in "How Shadows Taste" is very real.
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* Although it's complicated by [[MayDecemberRomance [[AgeGapRomance the nature of]] their [[UnfortunateImplications relationship]], relationship, it's abundantly clear that the grief that Daniel feels over Scruggs' disappearance in "How Shadows Taste" is very real.
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* Cameron's mind snapping back to reality in "Rat Prince" after realizing [[spoiler:he'd just gruesomely murdered his best and only friend, Brett]]. What makes this tragic is that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation it's his last sane thought]].
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* "Ursa Major" is another a story that is ''not'' a happy read.
** Taylour's [[spoiler:abuse at the hands of his uncle]] is heartbreaking enough, but the fact [[spoiler:he was powerful enough to completely cover it up and then gaslight Taylour into silence]] makes it [[FromBadToWorse all the worse.]]
*** What's especially painful about this: is it is, too often, TruthInTelevision.
** Taylour's broken memories of his parents and his once-happy childhood.
** At the very end, when Taylour [[spoiler:finds the missing photograph of he and his father]].
--->"Now he could see – now he could see just how much he looked like his daddy."
** Taylour's [[spoiler:abuse at the hands of his uncle]] is heartbreaking enough, but the fact [[spoiler:he was powerful enough to completely cover it up and then gaslight Taylour into silence]] makes it [[FromBadToWorse all the worse.]]
*** What's especially painful about this: is it is, too often, TruthInTelevision.
** Taylour's broken memories of his parents and his once-happy childhood.
** At the very end, when Taylour [[spoiler:finds the missing photograph of he and his father]].
--->"Now he could see – now he could see just how much he looked like his daddy."
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** The state senator's eulogy, where he declares that Tom Ryan "touched the face of God."
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** The state senator's eulogy, where he declares that Tom Ryan [[spoiler:Tom Ryan]] "touched the face of God."
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* The various threads of "Sic Itur Ad Astra" all end up this way. Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tom Ryan's daughter not understanding why they have to bury her father]].
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
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* Kevin's despair at having to sell he and Kenneth's childhood home, in "Everything Went Green."
* The various threads of "Sic Itur Ad Astra" all end up this way. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:
** Anne Ryan screaming hysterically at Irving Collins that [[spoiler:her husband's death]] is all his fault.
** The state senator's eulogy, where he declares that Tom Ryan "touched the face of God."
***And that phrase's MeaningfulEcho at the story's conclusion.
** Tom Ryan's daughternot [[spoiler:not understanding why they have to bury her father]].
* Although it's complicated by [[MayDecemberRomance the nature of]] their [[UnfortunateImplications relationship]], it's abundantly clear that the grief that Daniel feels over Scruggs' disappearance in "How Shadows Taste" is very real.
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and longterm.term.
** The dispersal of the tightknit group at Bernard's Landing after [[spoiler:Mike Fischer's disappearance]].
*** Part of this group was, of course, the Lightfoots and the Lynches, and [[spoiler:the Lynches perishing in a car crash]] is the tragic start of what sets in motion the plot to ''Literature/TheDogs.''
* Despite [[MoodWhiplash what comes shortly after]], the descriptions of now-vanished smalltown life in "Moonlight Films" are actually quite poignant.
** The decline and death of Crossroads in "The Decaying Mall" is treated the same way.
* The various threads of "Sic Itur Ad Astra" all end up this way.
** Anne Ryan screaming hysterically at Irving Collins that [[spoiler:her husband's death]] is all his fault.
** The state senator's eulogy, where he declares that Tom Ryan "touched the face of God."
***And that phrase's MeaningfulEcho at the story's conclusion.
** Tom Ryan's daughter
* Although it's complicated by [[MayDecemberRomance the nature of]] their [[UnfortunateImplications relationship]], it's abundantly clear that the grief that Daniel feels over Scruggs' disappearance in "How Shadows Taste" is very real.
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long
** The dispersal of the tightknit group at Bernard's Landing after [[spoiler:Mike Fischer's disappearance]].
*** Part of this group was, of course, the Lightfoots and the Lynches, and [[spoiler:the Lynches perishing in a car crash]] is the tragic start of what sets in motion the plot to ''Literature/TheDogs.''
* Despite [[MoodWhiplash what comes shortly after]], the descriptions of now-vanished smalltown life in "Moonlight Films" are actually quite poignant.
** The decline and death of Crossroads in "The Decaying Mall" is treated the same way.
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* "Before Thou Camest Forth": near to ''the whole damn thing.''
** The description of Wanata, Wolkee's sister, [[DeathByDespair starving herself to death]] because she cannot bear to be without her human husband, despite Wolkee begging her to eat.
** After Wolkee's own child, Wanral [[spoiler:a.k.a. Duke]] dies, we get a first hand account of Wolkee's DespairEventHorizon:
--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
* [[spoiler:Pappy's]] death in "Maketh the Day Dark."
** The ending, with its WhamLine:
--->"Night, y'all--" he whispered.
--->And then Bligh realized nobody was there.
** The description of Wanata, Wolkee's sister, [[DeathByDespair starving herself to death]] because she cannot bear to be without her human husband, despite Wolkee begging her to eat.
** After Wolkee's own child, Wanral [[spoiler:a.k.a. Duke]] dies, we get a first hand account of Wolkee's DespairEventHorizon:
--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
* [[spoiler:Pappy's]] death in "Maketh the Day Dark."
** The ending, with its WhamLine:
--->"Night, y'all--" he whispered.
--->And then Bligh realized nobody was there.
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* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
* The death of Shane Evans in "When He Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
* The death of Shane Evans in "When He Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
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* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
* The death of Shane Evans in "When He Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].term.
* The death of Shane Evans in "When He Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
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* The death of Shane Evans in "The Boy Who Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
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* The death of Shane Evans in "The Boy Who "When He Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
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--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky above the house where his king dwelt…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
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--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky above the house where his king dwelt…there sky…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
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* "Before Thou Camest Forth": near to ''the whole damn thing.''
** The description of Wanata, Wolkee's sister, [[DeathByDespair starving herself to death]] because she cannot bear to be without her human husband, despite Wolkee begging her to eat.
** After Wolkee's own child, Wanral [[spoiler:a.k.a. Duke]] dies, we get a first hand account of Wolkee's DespairEventHorizon:
--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky above the house where his king dwelt…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
* [[spoiler:Pappy's]] death in "Maketh the Day Dark."
** The ending, with its WhamLine:
--->"Night, y'all--" he whispered.
--->And then Bligh realized nobody was there.
* The various threads of "Sic Itur Ad Astra" all end up this way. Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tom Ryan's daughter not understanding why they have to bury her father]].
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
* The death of Shane Evans in "The Boy Who Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
** The description of Wanata, Wolkee's sister, [[DeathByDespair starving herself to death]] because she cannot bear to be without her human husband, despite Wolkee begging her to eat.
** After Wolkee's own child, Wanral [[spoiler:a.k.a. Duke]] dies, we get a first hand account of Wolkee's DespairEventHorizon:
--->For days and days and days he mourned, his heart unable to feel anything but crazed sorrow -- he abandoned the safety of his den and crept, each night, to the place where his son slept, up the slope that reached to the sky above the house where his king dwelt…there he would sleep, every night, his tears a constant, quiet flow.
* [[spoiler:Pappy's]] death in "Maketh the Day Dark."
** The ending, with its WhamLine:
--->"Night, y'all--" he whispered.
--->And then Bligh realized nobody was there.
* The various threads of "Sic Itur Ad Astra" all end up this way. Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tom Ryan's daughter not understanding why they have to bury her father]].
* What happens to Jones after the events of "Upriver," both in the short and long term.
* The death of Shane Evans in "The Boy Who Loved Her" is sad enough, but it gets far worse when Susan Anne realizes [[spoiler:he actually turned into a half-flying squirrel, and perches on tree branches in the dark to watch over her, and make sure she's still okay]].
