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{{quote|''"Deaths for all ages and occasions. Deaths of kings and princes ... and nobodies."'' |
{{quote|''"Deaths for all ages and occasions. Deaths of kings and princes ... and nobodies."'' |
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''"The bad end unhappily, the good, unluckily."'' |
''"The bad end unhappily, the good, unluckily."'' |
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|'''The Player''', ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''}} |
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When [[Anyone Can Die]] becomes "Everyone '''''Will''''' Die." |
When [[Anyone Can Die]] becomes "Everyone '''''Will''''' Die." |
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⚫ | The funny thing about this particular trope, however, is that knowing that ''everyone'' dies is somehow much less spoiler-ish than knowing that, say, only your favorite character does. The wonders of perception... as [[Josef Stalin|some guy]] once [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|allegedly]] said, "The death of one man is a tragedy; [[A Million Is a Statistic|the death of millions is a statistic]]." |
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⚫ | The funny thing about this particular trope, however, is that knowing that ''everyone'' dies is somehow much less spoiler-ish than knowing that, say, only your favorite |
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== Fan |
== Fan Works == |
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* The ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[[Dumbledore's Army and the |
* The ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[[Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness]]'' has what can be described as a Kill'Em All ending, with some very nasty curses involved and some major [[Tear Jerker|TearJerkers]]. |
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** The sequel, ''Sluagh'', is worse. Depending on how you look at it, |
** The sequel, ''Sluagh'', is worse. Depending on how you look at it, ''none'' of Our Heroes are left standing after the Battle of Druim Cett, and if half of those creatures aren't out of the author's imagination, there's some funky stuff in water of those Irish springs. |
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* Speaking of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1240132/1/One_Step_Too_Far One Step Too Far]'' plays with this by having Rowling realize she just killed the last available character... in the middle of book 6. |
* Speaking of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1240132/1/One_Step_Too_Far One Step Too Far]'' plays with this by having Rowling realize she just killed the last available character... in the middle of book 6. |
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* ''[[Aeon Natum Engel]]'': Six words: [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|Alma Wakes Up, Everyone Gets Eaten]]. |
* ''[[Aeon Natum Engel]]'': Six words: [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|Alma Wakes Up, Everyone Gets Eaten]]. |