Suggestion: Face Death With Dignity

It's not bad, but is there a wider shot that shows the full anchor?

I'd wait on that as well... I've seen the film so I know she's tied to an anchor and that background is the ocean, but it might not be clear to someone who hasn't.

edited 17th May '18 3:32:19 AM by eroock

From Trope Distinctions / D To F:

• Face Death with Dignity: A character accepts dignified death as appropriate punishment for their misdeeds.

I definitely see "A character accepts dignified death" in the suggestion, but not "as appropriate punishment for their misdeeds." If the Trope Distinctions page is wrong, then it must be edited accordingly.

Another option I neglected to mention last thread...

Also missing the misdeed part.

Black Mage gladly lets Lich kill him, and is completely nonplussed by ending up in Hell.

edited 17th May '18 1:42:47 PM by bitemytail

^ Well, it has a line about something to be paid for.

I didn't mean for the "punishment for a misdeed" interpretation of the trope, but more generally. I'm not particularly familiar with the full context of the example I used, but it has text to back it up unlike the current, even though the visuals on their own do the trick for either.

I'm not sure whether the trope distinction is right or not, but aspects of the trope not inherent in it often get edited into other pages. Perhaps it'd be best to check the edit history to see how it was originally defined?

edited 17th May '18 3:15:39 PM by neoYTPism

Even the first version of the page had this limited for tragic characters.

So it's not "accept punishment" as in "what I'm punished for is wrong and my own fault" so much as "accept punishment because trying to fight it wouldn't be practical."

That fits neither the title nor the "accepting punishment for misdeeds" thing. It shouldn't have been named after a broader concept if that was the definition.

Anyone know how the trope was described in YKTTW?

There's also the Heroic Sacrifice variant described below that bit. Methinks the trope description needs to be fixed a little.

According to the archived discussion on the trope page:

YKTTW: Walking willingly to her death launched as Face Death With Dignity

I am just wondering if this trope only applies for characters deserving of death, what would be the trope for all those kind-hearted characters facing death this way, like at the end of (major spoilers) Deep Impact, Rogue One or Melancholia.

I'm thinking this should be taken to TRS.

I’m fine with tabling this and taking the discussion to TRS.

Sounds good to me.

Thread created, then, although I did forget to type the trope name into that box that creates a link to the thread from the trope page...