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Tears will be shed
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:29 am
by pop
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:53 am
by Redith
/cry. /cry
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:29 am
by pop
Redith wrote:/cry. /cry
I thought reading the fan fic comic of Doraemon's end was the saddest, I think this one about Scooby hit me right in the childhood as well.
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:23 am
by Wain
Awww

Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:25 pm
by Silivren
Thank you for ruining my childhood ;_;
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:40 pm
by Aleu
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:52 pm
by Sukurachi
I'm not usually cold like this, but I found it manipulative in the worst way.
Didn't make me cry at all.
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:37 pm
by Silivren
I'm not sure why you feel that way, its very sad. Thinking of some of the most iconic characters in history and knowing that now that you're older it was inevitible that Scooby would die eventually..

Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:39 am
by Rhyela
It didn't even register with me that that was the gang from Scooby-Doo. I must be more tired than I thought! Didn't make me cry, though. : /
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:10 am
by Redith
Rhyela wrote:It didn't even register with me that that was the gang from Scooby-Doo. I must be more tired than I thought! Didn't make me cry, though. : /
Scooby doo?..Oh damn. Didn't notice that either
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:20 am
by Redith
Destroying your childhood with another pic

Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:24 am
by Chimera
I didnt even know it was scooby doo to begin with until i read the comments >_>;; Unfortunately, as much as i did love the shows and movies which were part of my daily tv viewing growing up, i dont really feel for this comic cause people keep pumping out new scooby doo shows all the time. There are so many out there, and cause i had a disconnection with the comic cause i didnt know it was about scooby, that i just have no feeling for it.
It would of been better to my eyes and heart if the artist was more clear on where the inspiration and/or characters were from and if it was of something that actually did have tragic scenes throughout the show, or started out happy and cheery and slowly worked its way through turmoil and then to tragedy. Scooby doo is always, always happy and cheery, its a young childrens tv show.
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:44 am
by Wain
Redith wrote:Destroying your childhood with another pic

That's a Threadless t-shirt design

I wouldn't personally wear it but I love it!

Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:21 am
by Miacoda
I got that it was Scooby Doo from the start, just by the outlines of the characters. And although I didn't cry, it did make me pretty sad. This is a comic I can relate to. Losing a canine best friend is one of the worst things. =/
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:17 am
by Sukurachi
I found the death of Seymour in Futurama considerably more touching.
It's not that ScoobyDoo dying isn't sad. I didn't like the style of the cartoon strip. To me, it had a deliberately manipulative style to it. From the very first frame it felt like one of those "feed the poor starving children in Africa" commercials on TV.
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:31 am
by Magli
Aw, man, why'd you have to bring up Jurrasic Bark? *That* was a sad way for a pet to go.
This, on the other hand is pure awesome.

Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:05 am
by Wain
Sukurachi wrote:I found the death of Seymour in Futurama considerably more touching.
That broke my heart. At the time I couldn't believe they did that. It was uncharacteristically sad for the show. Nothing else has ever come close. But of course there was more to it...
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:20 am
by Sukurachi
Wain wrote:Sukurachi wrote:I found the death of Seymour in Futurama considerably more touching.
That broke my heart. At the time I couldn't believe they did that. It was uncharacteristically sad for the show. Nothing else has ever come close. But of course there was more to it...
in the context of that Futurama episode, Seymour's death was a part of the narrative. Of course the end was heart-breaking.
I think I cried for half an hour after seeing that episode.
The ScoobyDoo one could have been done to IMMENSE effect. In my opinion - and it's really nothing more than my opinion - this comic strip didn't achieve that effect. For me, what didn't work, was there was no contextualization. It was an attempt at a "what-a-twist" ending.
Just starting us off with Shaggy mourning sort of takes the directionality of the narrative out. We are given the emotional impact in advance of knowing WHY there should be an emotional impact. In my opinion, that is poor writing.
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:39 am
by Niabi
Aleu wrote:
Ah jeez! That scene definitely gets me all teary-eyed!
This and the scene from Dumbo when his mother cradles him from her prison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7JvL2ap3Cg
In Bambi, when he goes searching for his mother only you already know that she has been shot by the hunters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHr-9_6hCg
In Oliver and Company, when Oliver is the last kitten left in the box because no one wanted him and is left to wander the streets of New York in the pouring rain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MY4v5a-mgE
I kept the ones I referenced animal-specific for the sake of the topic but I know there are plenty of Disney movies that do this same thing to me every single time!
Forgot one more: The scene in Fox and the Hound when the lady takes Todd to the forest so that he can live out his adulthood with his own kind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UIc6o5Z8SU
Re: Tears will be shed
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:04 am
by Rhyela
Sukurachi wrote:I found the death of Seymour in Futurama considerably more touching.
I've never seen that episode, but I just read about it. Just READING it made me all teary-eyed. That's so sad!!! Poor Seymour. He waited all those years for a master that never came home. *sobs*