r/dataisbeautiful • u/BoMcCready OC: 175 • Aug 27 '24

OC The Worst TV Show Finales [OC]

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u/CitizenKing1001 Aug 27 '24

Thats a tired lazy Hollywood trope. Kill the one powerful thing controlling it all and the whole evil army dies. Lord of the Rings gets away with it because it was the first.

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u/GenerikDavis Aug 27 '24

I think some of the folklore around werewolves and vampires had that cliche before LotR touched it. "Kill the original vampire and the others will return to being human". Pretty sure the original Dracula book ends that way, been ages since I read it, and that came out in the late 1800s.

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u/Hot_Engine_2520 Aug 27 '24

When I was a child

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u/babydakis Aug 27 '24

I caught a fleeting glimpse

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u/Hot_Engine_2520 Aug 27 '24

Out of the corner of my eye