Beat Still My Heart: Difference between revisions

* Somehow ''[[Scud the Disposable Assassin]]'' managed to combine this trope with [[Tear Jerker]] and [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In the end it turns out that Jeff's heart, {{spoiler|being forged by God himself, is completely indestructible. This means that Jeff will never die, and the now-suicidal Scud will never complete his original mission (meaning he won't ever self-destruct), meaning he can't finish the last job given him by the Seraphim: destroying Earth. Even as Jeff's body is ripped open and finally dies, the heart beats on. Of course, later Scud takes the heart with him into battle with the Seraphim, which in the end proves to save his life: by placing the heart in Sussudio's ribcage it reanimates her, and the first thing she does is greet Scud cheerfully. Of course, the second thing she does is [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|PUNCH AN ANGEL IN THE BRAINS]]}}. [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] indeed!

* In Book Two of [[Suehiro Maruo]]'s ''The Laughing Vampire'', a female vampire uses the freshly-extracted heart of her victim for...self gratitfication.