Tear Jerker / I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC

• Marvel/DC: After Hours #7 (Part 1 or 2) has Superman show a deep vulnerability after he and Batman temporarily reboot into their Golden Age selves. “I had almost forgotten how much nicer you used to be, Bruce. How much nicer everyone used to be.” You can really tell that Superman truly mourns the time when everyone was kinder to one another instead of more darker edge everyone but him has gained. It’s made all the more poignant by the fact that after seeing the sight, after getting a taste of what he could have again, he still doesn’t waver in his conviction to see the timeline restored.
• Watch the first video, which personifies Spider-Man as the best qualities of Marvel movies, in tandem with the short released five years and one Contested Sequel later where Batman and the Avengers express no interest at all in Spider-Man's reboot.
• Random Guy's response to the midnight Dark Knight Rises Colorado shootings.
• Superman's Heroic Sacrifice at the end of Season One. And Gobby's at the end of Zero Hour. Neither ended up dead, but Gobby's stuck in a rebooted universe. At least he isn't alone though...
• Harley's matter-of-fact comment that nobody cares about her. The Green Goblin disagrees with that statement.
  • Also Green Goblin's heartbroken reaction when Harley gets back together with Reboot Joker. Anyone who's loved a person who's in an abusive relationship understands how painful it is when even after trying and pleading with them to get out, they just go right back to the same abusive partner.
• Deadpool's reaction to Rorschach's death. Specifically, his conversations with Gobby and Death.
• Future Lex's guilt over the results of Plan Q. You have to feel bad for the guy.
  Future Lex: It was my android. My plan. My fault...
• "Harley....I love you." Who knew The Green Goblin could make you feel so sad.
  • Goblin trying to convince Harley not to go back to the Joker after finding out he's alive, although reanimated as a slave to Darkseid. He reminds her of all the crap Joker's put her through, and how he's manipulating her even now to be with him. Harley still thinks it's her choice to be with him. When Goblin tells her that Joker doesn't care about her, she simply replies, "That's okay, Mr. G. No one does." Just...the matter-of-fact way she says it...
• Seeing Darkseid let loose on the heroes at Stan's Place. He doesn't throw a single punch or Omega Beam at them. He lays out the bitter truth of what he believes to be the truth about their existence. And everyone just... drops.
• Spider-Man's reaction to possibly remembering being married to MJ. He just breaks down. Saying he is all alone.
• Everyone comes back from Comic Con 2015. Everyone's got ups and downs, but when Ben is referring to his own movie, he refers to the infamous tweet the director gave about the movie being taken out of his hands. Poor Ben, if only he knew how much the public would hate his new movie. It really makes it Harsher in Hindsight.
• The final part of "After Hours" has far more Tear Jerker moments than it by rights should have. Superman's crisis of confidence? Captain America's words of inspiration from beyond the grave? Superman's moment of self-sacrifice? ("But no one will ever know!" "I'll know.") The Marvel heroes denying Luthor's Hannibal Lecture by acknowledging that they believe in Superman? Stan Lee's tribute to Superman?
• In "Infinity War vs Justice League (2017)", the heroes all decide to stop doing their debates because not only has Marvel been too successful^note 2018 alone saw the one-two punch of Black Panther (2018) and Infinity War, both of which grossed over a billion dollars each and received highly positive reviews. and DC too unsuccessful^note Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice got savaged by critics and fell short of studio projections while Justice League outright flopped, leaving Wonder Woman (2017) as the only DCEU film as of 2017 that was both a commercial and critical success. at the box office lately, but they feel they are just adding fuel to the fire with their debates and they are no longer fun.
  • Deadpool's desperate attempts to give DC something to work with. While it may just be Deadpool wanting more conflict to enjoy, to see him show a modicum of genuine concern for the DC cast says something about how much the debates mean to him.
  • Iron Man bemoans that he'll probably start drinking again once Robert Downy Jr. quits playing him in the movies, suggesting he fears that without a movie presence, he'll go back to being remembered only for his stupider decisions from the comics.
  • One of Superman's last lines really says it all, echoing the way many fans feel the online Marvel vs. DC debates have gotten far too venomous and out of hand:
    "I know, Spider-Man. It was fun. But when it stops being fun, well...that's when it's time to call it quits."
• When Luthor gives the heroes the ultimatum of returning to comparing notes or allowing Stan's Place to explode, Iron Man proposes going for the former, since the bar is all they have left to remember Stan by...
• Rorschach's death. Specifically because it's a culmination of his character arc.
  Past Rorschach: You fool, have you completely forgotten who you are.
  Rorschach: I know damn well who I am. *Bang* I'm the good cop.
  • This is followed up in the next video with Deadpool learning that Rorschach died in a letter Rorschach was able to write and send before he died, basically affirming their friendship despite all their differences, with the latter initially being read to the audience in Rorschach's voice which in turn slowly fades into Wade reading the letter out loud with a voice that sounds like he's on the verge of tears.
• The good news? The gang managed to set the timeline right. The bad news? Deadpool is going to fade away. Cue the tearful farewells.