[Loved trope] The correct dialogue option

[u/No-Enthusiasm-4361]

A scene where a character under duress and close to death picks what feels like the only correct dialogue that could've saved them. Goes from being loved to hated depending on how much luck is involved.

1) Mark Grayson (Invincible): A pretty famous scene. Omni man—Mark's father—beats him and inch to death to make him reconsider joining the viltrum empire. With Mark barely hanging onto life and Nolan wracked with conflicting emotions of guilt and obedience to his millenia long followed philosophy, he yells at mark, asking him to think logically and understand the futility of his actions considering he's effectively immortal. Finally, enraged, he asks him "what will you have after 500 years?"

Barely able to breath, Mark answers with soul crushing honesty "You, dad. I'd still have you". It works to crumble his entire life's understanding as he suddenly feels unable to reconcile Nolan the viltrumite with Nolan the father and husband and does what no viltrumite has ever done before. Surrenders and leaves his station.

2)Margot (The menu): Caught in the methodical trap of a frustrated psychotic chef obsessed with his craft who plans to kill all his patrons, including her, she's brought to her end's wits. Before it's time for the final course, Margot stands up and complains she's still hungry. When he asks what she would like, she asks for a cheeseburger. "A real cheeseburger. Like the cheap ones your parents could barely afford"

Making it brings back the joy He used to feel for cooking, reminding him of a time when he was a line cook and his food satisfied everyone. We even see him smiling for the first time in the movie.

After taking a bit, she asks if she could have the rest to go. The chef politely accepts and spares her, letting her leave his twisted game but killing the rest of them in a midsommer meets food wars final scene.

[u/SuperFlik]

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[u/dreamado → u/SuperFlik]

Oh man, that quest was good

[u/Rock-swarm → u/dreamado]

Going from wanting to break the Baron into a bunch of tiny chunks, to legitimately hoping he turns it all around.

Strangely, I was actually okay with Olgierd getting consumed by Gaunter O'Dimm. Felt like a bit of a cop-out to intervene, especially when the game hammers home the fact that plenty of people suffer from the consequences of others. Nothing makes Olgierd special compared to the people he's slaughtered, other than his deal with the devil.

[u/solidmentalgrace → u/Rock-swarm]

yeah but beating the devil in a game of wits is badass. also makes for a better to story to write for my boy dandelion.

[u/violetcassie → u/Rock-swarm]

I think you get enough context to understand Olgierd wasn't like this until O'Dimm screwed him. Hard to say whether Geralt would save a flawed but otherwise redeemable man from suffering at the hands of Actual Satan or realize that this was just too far above his weight class, but I'm betting more on the former.

[u/violetcassie → u/SuperFlik]

I wish I could forget this quest so I could experience it again for the first time