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* [[Neverwhere|Mr. Vandemar]]'s final shrug before he {{spoiler|lets go and is sucked through the door}} near the conclusion of ''[[Neverwhere]]'' is a prime villainous example. |
* [[Neverwhere|Mr. Vandemar]]'s final shrug before he {{spoiler|lets go and is sucked through the door}} near the conclusion of ''[[Neverwhere]]'' is a prime villainous example. |
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* ''[[Watchmen]]'' has at least two examples. When {{spoiler|the artist realizes there's a bomb on his ship}} and there's nothing he can do, he hugs his girlfriend and awaits the end. Likewise, {{spoiler|the newspaper seller instinctively moves to shield the comic-reading kid}} as a massive explosion engulfs them both. In a book that features quite a bit of [[Humans Are Bastards]], the second example above doubles as something of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. |
* ''[[Watchmen]]'' has at least two examples. When {{spoiler|the artist realizes there's a bomb on his ship}} and there's nothing he can do, he hugs his girlfriend and awaits the end. Likewise, {{spoiler|the newspaper seller instinctively moves to shield the comic-reading kid}} as a massive explosion engulfs them both. In a book that features quite a bit of [[Humans Are Bastards]], the second example above doubles as something of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. |
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* In [[Star Trek Destiny]], both T'Lana (of the [[Star Trek |
* In [[Star Trek Destiny]], both T'Lana (of the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation Relaunch]]) and Charivretha zh'Thane (from the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine relaunch]]) die like this, peacefully accepting their fate when they're caught in the bombardment of Vulcan and Andor, respectively. |
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* [[Terry Brooks]] does this in ''[[The Sword of Shannara Trilogy|The Wishsong of Shannara]]'' between Allanon and Brin, whose last act in this world is to ensure Brin can carry on without him and to pass on a blood inheritance to ensure one of her descendents can resurrect the druid power he's [[Last of His Kind|taking out of the world by dying]]. |
* [[Terry Brooks]] does this in ''[[The Sword of Shannara Trilogy|The Wishsong of Shannara]]'' between Allanon and Brin, whose last act in this world is to ensure Brin can carry on without him and to pass on a blood inheritance to ensure one of her descendents can resurrect the druid power he's [[Last of His Kind|taking out of the world by dying]]. |
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