15 Fictional Characters Who Have Been Through Hell And Back, And The Writers Still Said, "Give Them More"
User u/SpeeDeoxys recently asked the Reddit community, "Which fictional character has suffered more than any other human on Earth," and their examples made me sad all over again.
1.Wile E. Coyote — Looney Tunes
"I mean, even gravity sided with that stupid road runner. He could defy the laws of physics and stand there in the air, while the poor coyote fell to his demise. I wanted Wile E. to enjoy lunch, at least once." —u/AmbitiousDad
2.Kenny McCormick — South Park
"Kenny is definitely a strong contender. Not only does he die frequently in brutal ways, but no one ever remembers it except him." —u/laxnut90
3.Jesse Pinkman — Breaking Bad
"He had it pretty rough. He got his ass kicked like 50 times; he was forced to murder a nice nerd in cold blood and look right in his eyes as he did it; he got his finally clean girlfriend hooked on drugs and she then passed out and died choking on her own vomit; and his parents hate him and don't even let him see his own brother. Unfortunately, the pain doesn't stop there." —u/raccoonsonbicycles
4.Wanda Maximoff — WandaVision
"Her parents explode in front of her at a young age. She gets experimented on. Her twin brother gets killed in front of her. When she finally finds love, she’s forced to kill him just so she can watch him come back to life, and be killed again. Then she brings him back again (in a way), has kids with him, then once again has to kill him, but this time she also has to kill her kids. After she finds her kids again, they hate her and throw things at her. She realizes she has to leave them and ultimately kills herself. The end." —u/miggy372
5.Katniss Everdeen — The Hunger Games trilogy
"She survived the Hunger Games (twice), including a rebellion and a war. Her entire district got blown up. Katniss also lost several of her friends, watched Peeta suffer from his hijacking, and was ultimately forced to watch her sister die." —u/kb_the_and_only
6.Ellie — The Last of Us
"Ellie's story touches me so much, because you can actually feel the internal struggles she battles with. No hero can go through nine circles of hell and just be fine. Her character showed the realities of going through personal obstacles and the mental struggles many of us face after dealing with traumas." —u/Daniil_Dankovskiy
7.Mario — Super Mario Bros. franchise
"I don't think any character in the history of storytelling has died as many times as Mario. Almost 40 years of Mario games, and for any given session he dies multiple times. Billions of deaths, only to be reborn and continue the cycle. And to add insult to injury, the princess is probably in another castle anyway." —u/ElephantsAndSelves
8.Dr. Spencer Reid — Criminal Minds
"Where do we start? His dad walked out on him and his mom has schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. He fell victim to drug addiction because a serial killer injected the drug into him. He was kidnapped and almost died more than twice. His sobriety was taken from him while being framed and jailed for murder. And not to mention, he watched the love of his life die in front of him." —u/EnergyOwn1710
9.Steven Universe — Steven Universe
"He definitely suffers a whole lot of bullshit. Not only did he get kidnapped multiple times, but his dad did too. There's also a lot of pressure on him to help everyone and be strong. He's been beat up physically so much his entire skeleton has healed fractures and he's never went to a doctor until he was 14.
He's constantly reminded of his mom's death and is often made to feel bad whenever he mentions her. His trauma is not only mentally taxing, but it's been physically impactful as well." —u/FlugonNine
10.John Locke — Lost
"He was repeatedly taken advantage of, manipulated, doubted, questioned, abandoned, and almost murdered multiple times. Such a sad life." —u/fakeplant101
11.Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz — Phineas and Ferb
"His parents didn't even show up to his birth! How is that even possible?!" —u/yardenep47
12.Wolverine — X-Men films
"Since his healing factor is so effective, he never acclimated to the pain. The pain isn't a constant, live-it-every-day experience that he can adapt to. Each time it hurts like the first time." —u/failed_novelty
13.Carol Peletier — The Walking Dead
"Every child she's ever loved died. Even when she decided to not get attached to a child (Sam Anderson) she felt bad for, as soon as she warmed up to him, zombies ate him." —u/StandardFront7922
14.Squidward Tentacles — SpongeBob SquarePants
"He clearly has depression/anxiety. On top of that, he failed as an artist/musician, he works a minimum-wage job with a cheapskate boss, and he's constantly being harassed by his annoying ass neighbors who are too dumb to take a hint that he’s NOT IN THE MOOD.
Squidward pretty much has no friends because everyone thinks he’s just a grumpy old scrooge. That man needs a million hugs." —u/Dylan-Schmidt-
15.Meredith Grey — Grey's Anatomy
"She survived bombing, a suicide attempt, a mass shooting, and an airplane crash where she had to watch her own sister die. Her husband died. Her best friend died and she found out because his phone went off while she was treating him (hit by a bus so unrecognizable). She had a miscarriage. She was abused as a child — and that’s not even all of it!" —u/saraamy1
