1 | ->''"Oh,Cedric, why’d you go into that maze?\ |
2 | Haven’t you ever seen a Hollywood movie before?\ |
3 | In which a minor character gets slain\ |
4 | To benefit the survival of the big star?\ |
5 | It’s such a cliche..."'' |
6 | -->-- '''The Whomping Willows''', ''"Cedric Had It Coming"'' - talking about [[Literature/HarryPotter the former trope namer]]. |
7 | |
8 | ->''"You can’t just kill somebody to kill somebody. It has to sting for the audience, and it has to sting for the other characters."'' |
9 | -->-- '''Creator/BryanFuller''', discussing the death of Beverley Katz in ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', on why a good SacrificialLion is important. |
10 | |
11 | ->''"We knew even in the early concept stage that one character would have to die. But we only had three to choose from. I mean, Cloud's the main character, so you can't really kill him. And Barret... [[BlackDudeDiesFirst well, that's maybe too obvious.]] But we had to pick between Aerith and Barret. We debated this for a long time, but in the end decided to sacrifice Aerith... In the previous [[Franchise/FinalFantasy FF games]], it became almost a signature theme for one character to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice him or herself]], and often it was a similar character type from game to game, kind of [[BolivianArmyEnding a brave, last-man-standing]], Barret-type character. So everyone expected that. And I think that death should be something sudden and unexpected, and Aerith's death seemed more natural and realistic. Now, when I reflect on VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII, the fact that [[PlayerPunch fans were so offended by her sudden death]] probably means that we were successful with her character. If fans had simply accepted her death, that would have meant she wasn't an effective character."'' |
12 | -->-- '''Creator/TetsuyaNomura''' discussing [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aerith's]] [[ItWasHisSled death]]. |
13 | |
14 | ->'''Lorgar:''' If it is possible for us to die, you will do so with those loathsome implants buried in the meat of your mind.\ |
15 | '''Angron:''' You know we can die. Ferrus is dead.\ |
16 | '''Lorgar:''' (Beat) I keep forgetting that. |
17 | -->-- ''Butcher's Nails:'' ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' |
18 | |
19 | ->''"The bridge was full of soldiers...and they all died. And Ferdie was there. We killed Ferdie, Professor, [[WeUsedToBeFriends he used to be our friend]]. Do you remember those days?"'' |
20 | -->-- '''Dorothea''', if she is recruited and Ferdinand is not in a non-Black Eagles playthrough, resulting in the player having to kill the latter, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' |
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