GRACELAND | 2013 — 2015
S03E08 (“Savior Complex”)
JONATHAN GROFF as DAVID
C.O.G (2013) dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Hey there, Ace! Do you know of any movie/TV scenes where a character is crying so hard they are borderline hyperventilating? X
I WISH I HAD MORE!! It’s one of my favorite fanfic tropes and it so rarely happens in tv. I love a good hard sob. But most crying scenes don’t get to the hyperventilating part. That does happen in panic attack scenes though. Anyways, these are the closest I can think of:
And that’s all I’ve got. There’s a ton of really good crying scenes but they don’t get to the hyperventilating scene. Anyone have examples?
Jamie Tartt crying in Ted Lasso 3x11
it had to have happened like this
prompt: repressed trauma
whumpee: patrick jane
fandom: the mentalist
hello! this is a fic for episode 4x10 fugue in red where jane drowns and then forgets about his family entirely. i thought the entire thing was so fascinating and painful and i wish we could’ve seen his actual reaction so this is that. hope you like!!
There isn’t one moment where he suddenly remembers. She watches his memory overtake him gradually, tracks it by the way his posture changes, like the life is being drained from him.
It is being drained from him, she supposes.
“I got a medal… because I managed to save a few chaps. But Billy wasn’t one of them. He saved me, but I couldn’t save him. The Cross should be his, not mine. I’ve tried to put it out of my head… but then you see something, or you hear something, and… No-one wants it to be over more than me, but if all it takes is some scared horse to wrench me back there, maybe it never will be… in here.”
All Creatures Great and Small 6x06
“No-one wants it to be over more than me, but if all it takes is some scared horse to wrench me back there, maybe it never will be… in here.”
All Creatures Great and Small 6x06
I got a medal… because I managed to save a few chaps. But Billy wasn’t one of them. He saved me, but I couldn’t save him. The Cross should be his, not mine.
Siegfried being a good big brother and comforting Tristan
all creatures great and small - 6.6 “Our Hearts are Full”
Bottom line is, even if you see ‘em comin’, you’re not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does.
↳ Buffy the Vampire Slayer & ANGEL
When character A has a nightmare and wakes up crying, trying and failing to stifle there tears.
Character B wakes up and is confused, and annoyed about having been woken up. But immediately turn soft and caring when they see character A shacking and sobbing. Comforting them back to sleep.
Outlander 3.03 “All Debts Paid”
Take your hand off me or I will kill you.
Thunderbolts* (2025): “You are not alone.”