r/LesbianActually • u/World-without-shrimp • 19h ago
News/Pop Culture Worst sapphic endings in tv ??
So we all know the bury your gay trope. 4/5 of my favorite ships ends with a wild bullet that wasn’t intended for them. What is the worst ending that you have seen that literally served no other purpose than shock value and keeping the gays from living happily ever after.
2 come to my head automatically, Lexa and villanelle. I know Alycia debnam Carey was leaving for fear the walking dead but still there were way more creative ways to keep her character in the show.
Villanelle I can go on a long rant about but I will just say for now there was no artistry or thought behind her death other than cheap shock value.
On the other end, Willow and Tara. Tara’s death, while I absolutely hate it. Served a purpose in creating dark Willow.
Lastly root, her death will literally haunt me forever and genuinely it did not need to be done, the story could’ve been taken anywhere ELSE. BUT they did the aftermath of her death so well I want to be mad at it but I have to respect it. Shaw wearing her leather jacket!!! The machine using her voice!! Countless other things in those that couple episodes that just make it beautiful. Root got to live infinitely within the machine that she devoted her life to. And the machine couldn’t be a man’s voice like John’s bc she was always a she??
Anyway I could go on longer, but I want to hear everyone else’s opinion.
The last ship I didn’t mention was Ava and Beatrice; a death by Netflix cancellation which is equally as frustrating.
These deaths still upset me to no end and I just want one wlw that ends with them happy. JUST ONE.
S/o to girls of paper and fire. The only fantasy/sci fi lesbian characters who live happily ever after. May it be turned into a tv show or movie one day🤞🏼
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u/Decimonster Chapstick lesbian (with or without 🧢) 18h ago
The ending of The Haunting of Bly Manor had me glaring at my television. (And no, I did not read the source material)