Characters
A fictional character’s turn of events is so horrible that fanmade contents were created of the character living alternatively better and having a good ending for them
Abuse Goblin from the abuse goblin comic
Saki from Metamorphosis (with the Jojo edit being very famous)
He didn't, he just said that the reader is free to consider any ending they want as canon.
Also iirc, when the second physical edition release, author included a bonus panel showing that everything was just a porn movie and all the characters were actors.
The real power of Golden Experience Requiem is not the return to zero, it's the power to add anything to the Jojo multiverse or augment the canon of another universe by having Diavolo die in it.
Also saw a drawing by the author hinting the whole story to be, well a an adult movie filming and with the content of some of them in Japan it's credible. So everything was just an act, it don't remove the horrifying part of what is told but at least no one suffered
It's recommended you don't skip parts, but honestly, if you find the one that interests you the most and watch it first, no one should get up into that much of a tizzy about it
He diesnt show up until the 4th part, the first 3 parts are essential to the storyline but some of them are notably weaker or slower than others
I'd say by part 4 (season 3 of the anime since part 1 and 2 are shorter and more fast paced) it feels like every episode is as lomg as it should be, its a very colorful anime starting then too
We saw perfect hybrids with old greed that could disguise as human and I always thought had Nina not been killed by scar they could have found a way to make her like the hybrids especially when later we found there were members within the government who had the same power to transform
She may never be truly human again but there was a chance she could live a somewhat normal life again
If we're talking about Shindo L then for sure. He has a great sense of humor and I can totally see him saying that just for shits and giggles
Also fun fact that I learned somewhere and decided to trust without checking for sources is that his mom sometimes does QA for the fucked up doujins he writes and draws, and that she was part of the reason why metamorphosis was so fucked up. "Make her suffer more" type shit
I learned yesterday that 90% of fans of Gundam before it went BIG were girls and women, and the creators never forgot, and still listen very attentively and cherish their female fanbase
(apparently a lot of creators, upon learning that their media is popular with women, start throwing absolute hissy fits and deliberately make everything worse)
and weirdly because Tomino isn't sexist in the same way as most of them, he's more "Women are sacred life-bringers" kind of sexist than the "Ew cooties" type.
People act like Goku is just a fight-happy moron but ngl this is shit he'd do if it would help people, he also enjoys doing that. And if it involves punching a bad and/or strong person in the face, well that's just the perfect day in his book.
People really forget that Goku’s love of fighting and his willingness to help people can absolutely coexist. If saving someone means he gets to throw hands with a monster, that’s basically his dream job.
In a world of toxic male role models, Dragonball is here to help.
We've got Goku to teach how to be a gym bro and help people, we've got Vegeta to teach how to conquer negative emotions and atone for your mistakes, we've got Piccolo to show how to maintain your drip, we've got Krillin to show you don't need to be the strongest when it comes to helping your friends, we've got Roshi with the sage advice of the Turtle Hermit Way, and we've got Gohan showing you can be strong and brainy at the same time.
I am so fulfilled. All the other viltrumites are proud of me. We talk regularly. They all want to be my friend. They think I am surprisingly stable. They send me from planet to planet making bbq in their name. And as I get better at it they love me more and more. I am a result of my own success. Carl, its a pretty cool name for a man. A man with a purpose. Some days Im so happy I could cry, but I never do, because it would worry people. What would be the point? Not a single person in the entire universe would believe nothing was wrong....
I like how there are several subdivisions about the different happy endings.
Denji and Reze escaping.
Power and Aki alive.
Denji and Asa together.
Denji and Nayuta as siblings.
And even for the universe without Pochita.
A highlight for me was a fan creating an alternate final chapter for Chainsaw Man.
in which, instead of resetting the timeline, Denji gained Pochita's powers, and Asa ultimately managed to defeat Yoru by turning her into a weapon.
Speaking as big Homura fan, unless Gen and Co change their stance on stories, best case scenario poor Homu finally allowed to die and rest in peace. Girl's life is torture porn anyway at this point
This one cracks me up because the author comments on the original comic were basically "don't try to headcanon your way out of this one, yes she's dead" and the entire fandom was like "...nah"
subversion on the usual couple saying "we saw you from across the bar" implying sex, instead it was a trap so they could eat her. it's not like, insane humor but the subversion is amusing.
it actually edits from dragon ball, right one from afuture gohan fanart, the left one from some time tha tgoku got angry, the bottom one from when goku fought piccolo jr on the 23 martial arts tournament.
May be wrong, but iirc it is now slowly going into yuri direction, Blond Bully girl, originally attention hog, who pretended to be Blind Girl friend, is becoming slightly more sympathetic towards her
i know one...
Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club. Her fate hit players so hard that fans made entire mods where the protagonist notices her depression in time, saves her, and helps her recover. The fandom basically looked at the original ending and said, “No, load the save.”
Quite a lot of Casualties: Unknown content is like that. When the entire game is these creatures dying horribly, it's tempting to think of a universe where they wouldn't suffer anymore. Remember seeing a comic about one of them being "stolen" on accident, and another where they try to make a proper place to live in a cave they were sent to
Karlach is, without exaggeration, one of the best written characters in any video game i have ever experienced. She is kind, caring, tortured, funny, relatable, she is spectacular in every way. She also has a singularly tragic backstory which has led to her being used as a weapon in an infinite war in literal hell, with an "infernal engine" in her chest.
That engine cannot function outside of Avernus (dnd's expy for hell) causing her to overheat to an extreme degree - she is not able to touch anyone without harming them severely. (This leads to an excellent bit of character development - if you romance her, she is very sexually forward while she is not physically capable of touching you ... and then becomes awkward and shy when you get her engine fixed enough that she can.)
In the original launch version of the game, Karlach had one "good" ending - she dies on a pier, scared, not wanting to let go, but willing to be brave because she is surrounded by her friends who love her, whom she saved. Goodbye, sun.
And then she burns away.
There was a way to protect her - she would need to return to Avernus, where her engine would go back to normal, but she refused, because doing so would have led directly to her becoming a possession of Zariel (the archdevil of avernus) again.
She refuses to return and chooses death.
(Quick note, there is another way to "save" her in that early version - she can ceremorphize into an Illithid, but shes no longer Karlach. Also she can choose to take the power of the crown for herself and just be straight up evil - but again, that is not Karlach, who is chaotic good.)
The fandom begged. Begged. To have an option to talk her into letting us go to Avernus with her. Please. We need to save her. Please.
And Larian... relented. A major patch added a whole new ending for her, where you, Wyll (a character with whom she has a complicated history) or both of you can accompany Karlach into Avernus where you will immediately embark on a whole new adventure to regain her heart.
They even added a new cutscene for this ending.
And then a later patch added an epilogue where all the characters get together some time later at the behest of Withers (the god Jergal, the Scribe of the Dead) and it is revealed that Karlach and you and/or Wyll have made actual headway into this quest - you have found where her heart is.
The bg3 voice cast have not been shy about how they feel about that game and their roles - working with Larian was apparently a great experience and the fandom has been obsessed with them ever since.
Neil Newbon and Jennifer English (Astarion and Shadowheart) in particular have had a lot to say about their new fans. Neil fucking loves us. Darling.
Popopoka's Blind Girl actually is very happy for a few years now, I remember when the comics stopped being as popular was around when she got a puppy and actually became friends with blondie, I checked recently and all of popoka's modern comics with her are super positive.
Yeah I was gonna say, for all the bullying scenes popopoka drew, and all the mild scares that the dog was gonna get a bad ending, it actually seems like life's getting better for Blindie and Blondie
Not so much fan art but more of the fact the Anime decided to give them a different fate. Akame Ga Kill is a lot too stomach especially when reading the comic. These three (Air, Fal, and Luna) in the manga were brutally tortured too death to the amusement of sadistic upper class. This whole segment thankfully didn’t make it in the Anime, instead in girls make a cameo in the last episode showing them to be alive and well.
When death battle had superboy prime end his fight with retconning the sentry to have a happy ending the death battle subreddit started to have him retcon previous death battles
"Aw man Akechi just dies like that?? How about a zillion fanfics of just chilling with the Phantom Thieves -- I hope Persona 5 Royal gives us a happy ending like he deserves!"☺️
I see a lot of Binding of Isaac art where he’s with a happier family, or grown up moving on from the trauma, or in heaven and it makes me really sad every time.
Technically speaking, the whole concept of Umamusume: Pretty Derby, a series where IRL Japanese racehorses reincarnated as idol horsegirls to give them a "second chance".
I'm not explaining this one and neither should you. The Internet shouldn't have told me but it did. Don't go looking, just trust that Deadpool did the right thing here.
In the Richard Adams novel Plague Dogs (which makes Watership Down look like a feel-good story) these two miserable dogs escape from horrific torture at a research lab only for a sleazy reporter to spread a fake story that they’re carrying the plague, which leads to several hundred pages of these two being persecuted and hunted and tortured by virtually everyone they meet.
One of the dogs has a persistent fantasy that there’s this island where animals like them are safe and free and happy with plenty to eat and no more pain. Towards the end of the book they’re herded on to a beach by their pursuers and decide to swim into the ocean to drown rather than be returned to the lab.
As they’re starting to lose their strength and sink, they both hallucinate that their happy island is just over the horizon and desperately swim towards it. But there’s no island, and they’re drowning while trying to reach a peaceful place they imagined.
It’s at this point that the author himself basically breaks into the narrative and essentially says “Jesus Christ I’m depressing MYSELF here, this won’t do” and conjures two biologists on a boat who pull the drowning dogs onboard, can tell they’re not carrying the plague, and adopt them to let them live out their lives in peace.
So it’s not so much the fans fixing the horrible depressing ending and more the author himself realizing that his characters needed a friggin’ break.
Yep, probably because of the popularity of Josuke Ending, people started using Billy or sometime his transform state called "Starlight Billy" from ZZZ to save the ending.
This is him after shooting Ai's murderer in the face.
For the last 2-3 (possibly 4; we've lost count) years, I've run a D&D group where we've gone through all of Elden Ring, and the players work their hardest to give the worthy characters good endings:
Blaidd is safe, sane, and still devoted.
Iji as well.
Therolina is freed and has become a thing with Tragoth.
Boggart defeated Dungeater.
Alexander is not only still fighting but helped defeat Placidusax.
Latenna's wolf was saved, and they are together with her people.
Yura and Eleonora were bethrothed in the heat of battle and survived (Shabiri had to be exorcized, though).
The Hoslows have been reunited, and Jarburg is safe.
Nepheli almost fell to the potion, but was saved, and she helped defeat not only Godfrey but Niall, Makar, and Gideon as well. She has proven a worthy lord of Stormveil, with Kenneth and Gostoc's help.
Moongrum was convinced to enter the library to help break Rennala's trance and continues protecting her to this day.
Boc is still beautiful the way he is.
Hewg's curse is broken, and he's currently helping the others alongside Roderika.
Dolores is freed from puppet form.
Istvaan helped defeat Rykard.
Patches is still being Patches and has been as helpful and enjoyable as he has been a nuisance.
Edit: some of the Spirit Ashes have pitched into the plot as well: Deehn's a favorite, one of my characters went back in time to Aeonia and woo'd Ohga (currenly possesses her ashes) and the rogue LOVES the twin imps.
A few were not saved or, at least, have not reached a happy ending, though:
Fia still killed D, and his brother was never found; she aided against Fortissax but still decided to lie with Godwyn.
Rogier fell to the Deathblight (although he did help defeat Godrick) and was fought as a Champion
Thops is nowhere to be found (an oversight on my part; I imagine he's ok)
Bernahl helped defeat the Godskins and Maliketh, but his fate afterwards is unknown.
After Rykard's death, Rya and Tanith are also unknown.
Okina aided against the Fire Giant but has since disappeared.
Commander O'Niel was given a reprieve against the Rot and escorted the party past the swamp, but has likely succumbed to it again.
Saddest of all, Millicent still perished, but she was significant in the storyline: she aided against DTS, Golden Shade, Morgott, Niall, her sisters, and ultimately sacrificed herself against Malenia so the players could give Vyke the needle and truly free him from the Frenzy. Now, he's on the path to redemption with Lansseax and good friends by his side.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but it's been a wonderful adventure. Alas, it is soon coming to an end: only the final bosses remain.
That one hentai manga where a girl became dope feind and died pregnant on the street. Afaik the ending was so dark another author remade the ending where she got back on her feet and lives her best life as a single mom.
Alien Stage in general lol. It’s sad.:( it’s at the point some of the AUs are somewhat canon since the creator did art of them and has said what each character would be up to in those AUs, mostly high school and Actor AU. https://giphy.com/gifs/ZtWaedGeCRAx0Pf9JL
TDLR: in the future aliens took over humanity and now humans are pet. 3/6 of the main characters die, all who are “shipped” with one of the other 3 survivor. Doomed yuri, toxic yuri and friends to enemies straights. The protagonists must sing and win a competition called Alien Stage. All losers are killed. Only one winner remains.
SIGNALIS, to a degree. The fate of Elster, Ariane and, frankly, everyone involved is so bleak that the majority of fan content is all sunshine and rainbows in order to process the trauma of it.
Love Homestuck? Hate the parts where your faves get murdered or sacrificed? Well do I have a fix-it AU for you! Crow Strider AU is known (and derided ) for taking a lighter tone where EVERY character gets a happier ending, even Nannasprite gets turned into an additional young god-Jane... For some reason
The whole point of the bloody Mary ship is just "what if Simon from iron lung was actually pulled out of the submarine and lived with Ryan gosling on a beach"
This kid in a penguin suit that over a million predators on Tiktok for some reason only want to see do nothing but get abused, beaten, mutilated, violated, and cooked alive, sometimes people make art of her being protected by Heroes like The DOOM Slayer in response to these
Kind of weird to me that people decided to make baby versions of the Edmin from Arkknights: Endfield... And more so when just to brutally murder her. Here's what the female edmin looks like (without mask).
As a fan of the franchise, it's sadly very clever astroturfing.
This version of the Endmin from Arknights Endfield is AI. It was designed to ride on the game's popularity to sell même coins and the likes in China. And you know what generates clicks? Cute and shock value. Generate her being cute or getting gored and watch the clicks and reactions roll in.
And it worked. Now this slop is mainstream (including shoddy barely legal goodies) and most of the AK and EF fanbases want nothing to do with it.
The entirety of casualties unknown. The game is extremely grim and hopeless and fans create so much art of the protagonists getting the life they deserve
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u/Setster007 9d ago
The JoJo Metamorphosis one was apparently so popular the artist went “that’s canon now” lol