Tales of the Parodyverse - You did miss one!

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http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-bad-guys-die-by-ia-watson.html

I'm talking about Sympathetic Failure. The hero fails to defeat the villain, and the consequences are disasterous, but we see the heartbreaking effects of that failure on the hero and it makes him/her appear more sympathetic and human.

Yes, technically the villain doesn't die physically in this one, but he or she does disappear as far as the plot for that particular movie is concerned (though maybe not the entire franchise).

The ending of Terminator 3 is an example of that.

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The New Adventures of Richard Knight. · A drive-by posting from the H... well this one's from I.A. Watson, I guess · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 03:50:28 am EST
- Excellent! This sounds awesome. And I reckon I'll be a long time trying and failing to find a mastervillain demise trope that you haven't covered... (no text) · WGMY 104.1 · Wed Feb 15, 2012 at 12:45:44 pm EST
  - Proceed. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:29:16 am EST
- Well done you! One day I will own signed copies of all your books! (no text) · Al b. Harper · Wed Feb 15, 2012 at 06:27:27 am EST
  - You'd better hurry up. I'm pulling away fast. · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:29:52 am EST
- And a link to an article I wrote: How Bad Guys Die · HH · Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 07:36:41 am EST
  - Nice article. Have you ever read "soon I will be invincible" by austin grossman? I recommend it for a fun parodyverse romp through the psyche of a super villain. (no text) · Al b harper · Wed Feb 15, 2012 at 06:34:07 am EST
    - Nope. I'll keep an eye out for it. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:30:14 am EST
  - You did miss one! · Anime Jason · Sat Feb 04, 2012 at 10:09:53 am EST
    - Nice one, but probably an entirely new article. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:30:49 am EST
  - Re: And a link to an article I wrote: How Bad Guys Die · Visionary · Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 12:59:52 pm EST
    - Good catch. Trust you to have an extensive exeprience of villainous glating speeches. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:31:37 am EST
- Surely that's a fly-by posting? (no text) · Manga Shoggoth (Good to see more published...) · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 05:46:38 pm EST
  - But you know how sensitive people ger about spoilers. (no text) · HH · Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 07:34:41 am EST
    - Only if you put them on cars. (no text) · Manga Shoggoth · Thu Feb 02, 2012 at 02:49:20 pm EST
- A flying millionaire playboy detective investigating weird plots against America involving lost valleys? Why isn't this a real career choice? (no text) · Visionary Thinks this sounds like fun, but is still waiting on Amazon to get his copy of the last Robin Hood. · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 02:28:01 pm EST
  - Maybe you need to be really two-fisted and square-jawed? · HH · Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 07:34:02 am EST
    - Re: Maybe you need to be really two-fisted and square-jawed? · Visionary · Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 12:42:23 pm EST
      - Done (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 11:31:56 am EST
- And weirdly... · HH · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 04:07:16 am EST
  - Doesn't that mean... · Anime Jason · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 07:52:15 am EST
    - If it worked perfectly it wouldn't have detected me. · HH · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 09:31:53 am EST
      - Oh I see... · Anime Jason · Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 11:01:33 am EST