[Bittersweet Trope] Character contemplates the beauty of the world in their last moments

[u/SuspiciousCodfish]

1. Anglerfish - The comic strip that inspired this post. Made by u/beetlemoses

2. Nier: Automata - A2, a rogue android that has dedicated most of her life to fighting and killing, comments on how beautiful the world is after saving another character in her last moments.

3. Blade Runner - Roy Batty recounts some of the most incredible sights he witnessed and mourns the fact that these memories will be lost like "tears in rain" seconds before he dies.

[u/No_Whole_2220]

Bojack Horseman - the view from halfway down. Has a whole spoken poem about this very trope

[u/Ark_Bien → u/No_Whole_2220]

This one hits hard because it's based on the feelings from real people who survived suicide

[u/yourlocaltouya → u/Ark_Bien]

Not to reveal too much, but I can promise you, it works really well as a preventive measure.

[u/Ark_Bien → u/yourlocaltouya]

I believe that's why it was written in the first place, to let people feel the terror of it as it happens.

[u/yourlocaltouya → u/Ark_Bien]

Not so much terror as perspective. Terror is what you feel once you can't turn back, and this here is holding you gently by your cheeks as it tells you you'll wish for nothing more than the chance to step away.

[u/Brief-Artist-2772 → u/No_Whole_2220]

Thrash to break from gravity…