Antagonist: If my ideology is enacted, everything will be better!

Liberal Protagonists: oh fuck how will we deal with this, I have no arguments to defend the status quo

Antagonist: just kidding, all that ideology was a trick, I'm Just Evil™

And then they can kill him without thinking about anything at all. Happens all the time.

Off the top of my head is legend of korra (I know im 2 weeks late for that discourse) the Black Panther movie, and even Pokemon Black/White have the same themes

  • grouchy [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    There's a particularly annoying strain of this in Japanese fiction (not just animanga/games, I consume a lot of detective fiction), where it's like

    Antagonist: I and others have suffered grave injustices under the system

    Protagonist: I'm so sorry. I see you and hear you. I promise to do better as an individual. changes absolutely nothing about the system