History Awesome / TheDarkTower

** Just HOW Eddie defeats Blaine is a combination of funny and awesome; he does it with [[spoiler: a [[BlackComedy dead baby joke]]]]
*** Although Roland just about tops him by cussing out the Mono right before that. And why wouldn't he? After all, Blaine was built to serve the Old Ones, of which Arthur Eld and Gilead were part. Roland is of the line of Eld. Him cussing the train out is ''man asserting his dominance over a machine.'' And Blaine ''quietens down.'' Oh, there's so much of Roland's speech this troper uses against Windows Vista...

** Oy doesn't miss out on awesomeness just because he's a billy-bumbler. [[spoiler:He, [[HeroicSacrifice knowing he will die in doing so]], attacks Mordred when he tries to ambush Roland and Patrick, saving their lives.]] Susannah was right to think this:

** "Oy! Eld! Thankee!" And the bow. Definitely a 'F*ck yeah!' moment for this troper.

*** Everything about Roland's coming-of-age trial: his father previously held the record as the youngest to face the trial, and Roland has him beat by ''two years''; his completely left-field choice of weapon; [[spoiler: besting and breaking ''Cortland Andrus'']]; all done so he can face [[spoiler:Martin]], the man making a cuckold of his father, as a man himself, and give him a a big helping of ''GTFO''.
*** Tull. In the first book, [[spoiler:Roland, with nothing but his twin guns and badassery, single-handedly kills every man, woman, and child in town. ]] To be fair, it was in self-defense. This is the moment the reader knows beyond all doubt that Roland is not one to be trifled with.

** Pere Callahan gets the big one. [[spoiler:"Throw it aside! Nasty bauble of the sheep-God, h'row it aside if you dare!" "I needn't stake my faith on the challenge of such a thing as you, sai, And I'd never throw away such an old friend in any case. But put it away? Aye, if you like." Then he forces elder vampires back with nothing more than a a battle aura composed of pure, distilled faith. "GET BACK! THE POWER OF GOD AND THE WHITE COMMANDS YOU!"]] Badass indeed.
** Even Mordred has something of one, in his surviving so long. To paraphrase: He thought he could make it through the day [[spoiler: because he'd never have to make it through another.]]
* During a flashback to Tian’s grandfather’s past in ''Wolves of the Calla'', a girl named Molly Doolin gets one when she [[spoiler:becomes the first and, until Roland and his ka-tet show up, only person to kill a Wolf. She dies almost immediately after.]]

* VillainousValor example: Pimli Prentiss, a seemingly unremarkable character - no more than a guy from Jersey, in fact - successfully [[spoiler:lands a headshot on Eddie while mortally wounded, summoning the last of his strength and actually defeating a Gunslinger.]]

*** Her defeat of a ''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]]'' ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg]]'' ''{{bear|sAreBadNews}}'' previously made me cry ManlyTears of awesomeness.

* VillainousValor example: Pimli Prentiss, a seemingly unremarkable character - no more than a guy from Jersey, in fact - successfully [[spoiler:lands a headshot on Eddie while mortally wounded, summoning the last of his strength and actually defeating a Gunslinger.]]

*** Everything about Roland's coming-of-age trial: his father previously held the record as the youngest to face the trial, and Roland has him beat by almost a full year; his completely left-field choice of weapon; [[spoiler: besting and breaking ''Cortland Andrus'']]; all done so he can face [[spoiler:Martin]], the man making a cuckold of his father, as a man himself, and give him a a big helping of ''GTFO''.

*** Her defeat of a ''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]]'' ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg]]'' ''[[EverythingsWorseWithBears bear]]'' previously made me cry ManlyTears of awesomeness.

*** "Oy! Eld! Thankee!" And the bow. Definitely a 'F*ck yeah!' moment for this troper.

*** Some of Roland's crowning moments come when he's ''not'' fighting. Dancing the rice-dance, showing his diplomacy, and knowing when Jake needs a chance to actually be a preteen boy. ''That's'' what makes him a gunslinger... his ability to shoot is only part of the package.

**** Tull. In the first book, [[spoiler:Roland, with nothing but his twin guns and badassery, single-handedly kills every man, woman, and child in town. ]] To be fair, it was in self-defense. This is the moment the reader knows beyond all doubt that Roland is not one to be trifled with.
***** Some of Roland's crowning moments come when he's ''not'' fighting. Dancing the rice-dance, showing his diplomacy, and knowing when Jake needs a chance to actually be a preteen boy. ''That's'' what makes him a gunslinger... his ability to shoot is only part of the package.

*** Her defeat of a ''[[EverythingsWorseWithBears giant]]'' ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg]]'' ''[[EverythingsWorseWithBears bear]]'' previously made me cry ManlyTears of awesomeness.

** Even Mordred has something of one, in his surviving so long. To paraphrase: He thought he could make it through the day [[spoiler: because he'd never have to make it through another.]]