A popular and old trope to justify Kill the Cutie. If there is a child of extraordinary beauty, goodness, and innocence in the story, they will invariably die in as unsubtle a manner as possible. The child will be certainly Delicate and Sickly, and frequently a Waif Prophet, whose death will be slow and lingering, giving the child a chance to bid farewell to everyone she loved in a drawn-out drama scene. After she's breathed her last, her loss is mourned by all who knew her— in particularly extreme cases even the Big Bad will be shaken and take a moment to reflect on it— and may serve to re-energize tired or disillusioned heroes to fight on for her cause.
Fan Casting
Rue (The Hunger Games)
Leslie Burke
Myrcella Baratheon
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Shireen Baratheon
Hodor
Maria Robotnik
John Coffey
Strelitzia
Sarah Collins
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Spottedleaf (Warrior Cats)
Fantine (Les Miserables)
Marta (American Girl)
Eleanor "Nell" Crain-Vance
Rebecca Jessel
Laura Lee
The Eighth Doctor
Barbara Holland
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