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* In the novel ''A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend'', neither the main character nor the titular best friend have ever seen the ocean, so they have plans to go together. Then the best friend, well, dies, and the main character decides she's going to take her friend's ashes and go see the sea anyway. I don't remember whether there was awe, but the longing part was a major plot point. |
* In the novel ''A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend'', neither the main character nor the titular best friend have ever seen the ocean, so they have plans to go together. Then the best friend, well, dies, and the main character decides she's going to take her friend's ashes and go see the sea anyway. I don't remember whether there was awe, but the longing part was a major plot point. |
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* True for [[Expy|Kenshin]] in ''[[Half Prince]]'', even though Kenshin, being an NPC, hasn't even heard of the concept of the ocean, and the ocean he stares longingly at once he finally gets there isn't real. |
* True for [[Expy|Kenshin]] in ''[[Half Prince]]'', even though Kenshin, being an NPC, hasn't even heard of the concept of the ocean, and the ocean he stares longingly at once he finally gets there isn't real. |
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* A major point in the book ''Kira Kira''. (No, not [[ |
* A major point in the book ''Kira Kira''. (No, not [[Kirakira|that one]]) |
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* Tolkien was clearly fond of having a character who'd never seen the sea be impressed by it on first sight. The same happens to Tuor in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. |
* Tolkien was clearly fond of having a character who'd never seen the sea be impressed by it on first sight. The same happens to Tuor in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. |
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* Most of [[David Eddings]]' works feature a moment of this. He also put something of a twist on it in ''[[The Malloreon]]'', when the main characters are being chased by [[Our Zombies Are Different|the Raveners]]. When they reach the seaside, the ghoulish creatures immediately retreat, because, supposes Belgarath, "they're afraid of the one thing that's hungrier than they are." |
* Most of [[David Eddings]]' works feature a moment of this. He also put something of a twist on it in ''[[The Malloreon]]'', when the main characters are being chased by [[Our Zombies Are Different|the Raveners]]. When they reach the seaside, the ghoulish creatures immediately retreat, because, supposes Belgarath, "they're afraid of the one thing that's hungrier than they are." |
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