The line that, once crossed, destroys any last remaining sense of hope. It could be for a cause, a person, a situation, or simple survival. I Wanna Be the Guy · Quotes · What You Are in the Dark · Trainspotting

Basic Trope: A tragic event that leads a character to lose hope. Straight: Bob kills Alan, which causes his sister Claire to lose all hope. Exaggerated:.

In the Dark Souls series, losing their sense of purpose in life and crossing the Despair Event Horizon is the moment an Undead will fully turn into a mindless ...

A page for describing DespairEventHorizon: Real Life. The Roman Empire pulled their troops from Britain in AD 407, effectively abandoning it.

Griffith of Berserk, broken in body and mind after a year's worth of torture, loses all hope of becoming captain of the Band of the Hawks again.

Archer crossed the Despair Event Horizon after being betrayed by everyone he ever knew and finally, his own ideals. This leads him to try to kill Shirou, his ...

"All my days were happy, fun and cheerful. I liked that world and peace in that we had. In that world, there was only thieves who stole wallets and we ...

One could say that the Despair Event Horizon is the fighting style of the Anti-Spiral. His goal in battle is to eliminate the opponent's Spiral Power, which is ...

In Adventure Time, Billy, an aged hero, reaches this after years of fighting evil proved futile, as the bad guys just kept coming back.

Near the end of The Blair Witch Project, Heather is alone in the woods, her friends are missing, and she blames herself for what had happened.