We asked TV fans and movie fans within the BuzzFeed Community to share character deaths that devastated them to the extent that it ruined the show or film entirely. Here were some of the several hundreds of submissions, starting with television:
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1.Sweets from Bones being attacked in a parking garage.
4.Glenn from The Walking Dead being beaten to death by Negan.
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5.Quentin from The Magicians sacrificing himself to defeat the Monster.
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"Killed off because the writers couldn't see that staying true to the source material at least with main/essential characters being ALIVE is, you know...important for your viewers to feel vindicated in their dedication. It was blatant shock value that added nothing to any other character arcs or the story overall but a gaping, emotionless hole."
"I hated that her storyline took such a turn, and it made Jax into everything he was trying to run from. That scene when he walked in and found Tara on the ground was GUT-WRENCHING and I bawled my eyes out. It was never the same after that."
12.Prudence from Charmed being killed by a demon shooting her into a wall.
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"I gathered my wits and waited four long years to continue watching it. It was so disrespectful how she wasn't acknowledged the rest of the show, especially the ending scene where they show the photos of the sisters in the Halliwell house with no sign of Prue."
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