SJ Longthorne

I have one to recommend, but it's a spoiler to do so

I have two in my head, but one of them wimps out and reverses the whole thing

Dragon Quest XI? I've not finished it yet, but I've heard it does that in the end

Nope! I was thinking of FF7R (and probably the original) and Endgame (the wimpy one IMO) Twilight (Breaking Dawn) is another like that — it would have been so much better if they had all really died.

I should watch all the Twilight movies one of these days, now I'm not such a jaded teenager I know we've spoken about Sanderson before, but Mistborn is a pretty good representation of it, now I think about it

I guess? It’s what makes the premise alluring for sure, but we live out the aftermath rather than witnessing that terrible moment of change (although if I recall in MB it was gradual?). I’m a sucker for disasters that kick me right in the existential dread...

Whether it’s 2021, the first ep of Netflix’s Witcher or the pilot of AOT. The latter two especially... I can watch those over and over and it will always trigger an emotional response.

Ooh, I'm not sure I've heard of 2021, I might be a dummy though. Have you tried Japan Sinks: 2020? A colleague suggested it and I've not been in the right headspace, but it sounds like it'd do what you're looking for. Not sure you were asking for recommendations, though!