I give to you 15 of the most heartbreaking, shocking and unfair deaths in fiction — I'm still not over these and I probably will never be. Careful: this article contains spoilers for "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal," the "Divergent" series and a handful of other books, movies and TV shows that made me cry like a small child. You’ve been warned.
Leslie Burke, "Bridge to Terabithia"
The OG of horrible, awful, unfair deaths. The only thing worse is having to watch baby Josh Hutcherson cry when he finds out.
George O’Malley, "Grey’s Anatomy"
Dammit, Shonda Rhimes. Why?!
Uncle Keith, "One Tree Hill"
Nothing could have prepared me for this.
Bubba Blue, "Forrest Gump"
So unfair.
Augustus Waters, "The Fault in Our Stars"
The true fault in our stars is that John Green feeds off of the tears of adolescents and wants nothing more than to see us all weep.
Mark Sloan, "Grey’s Anatomy"
Seriously, Shonda? Seriously. He survived the plane crash! He made it home! You let us believe he was going to pull through and then what?! You snatched him away to join the rest of your death brigade!
The Mom, "How I Met Your Mother"
Haaaaaaaave you met Ted's wife who is super cool and funny and amazing and absolutely perfect for him? No? That's because she's dead.
Tris Prior, "Divergent Series"
Someone actually told me about this before I finished reading the third book and I got so upset I never finished reading it. But it still counts, right?
James Novak, "Scandal"
Further confirmation that Shonda Rhimes is the reason we don't have nice things. I'm #OverIt, Shonda.*
*No I'm not, I promise. #TGIT 'til I die.
Chubbs, "Happy Gilmore"
The first time I saw this movie, I was like 8 years old and watching Chubbs fall backwards out of that window was absolutely horrifying. I'm still not over it.
John’s Dad, "Dear John"
"Wanna know the last thing I thought of before I blacked out? You."This gets me every. single. time. John crying and reading the letter he wrote to his dad as his dad slowly dies? I can't. Nicholas Sparks movies are where happiness goes to die.
Ellie, "Up"
Homegirl had like three minutes of screen time and still managed to rip my heart out and stomp all over it.
Marley, "Marley & Me"
This movie messed. me. up. Also, I need to FaceTime my dogs and tell them I love them ASAP.
Dobby, "Harry Potter"
At least he died a free elf, right? Right?!
Derek Shepherd, "Grey’s Anatomy"
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nooooooope. The most heartbreaking and unfair of them all. Am I over it? No. Will I ever be? No.
In conclusion, @Shonda:
Shame on you, Shonda. Shame on you.