I hate this trope in fiction: (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Where the evil villain will go on a rant about how society is cruel and needs to change and that they're going to change it. The hero opposes this for like zero reasons and somehow we're supposed to be on the hero's side.

Are we really supposed to believe that our society doesn't need to change? Are we supposed to cheer for the status quo even when it's shown to be terrible?

I also hate the sympathetic villain trope where it's shown that the villain is the product of abuse and yet their want for revenge is still treated as unjustified.

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[-] DragonNest_Aidit@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Where the evil villain will go on a rant about how society is cruel and needs to change and that they’re going to change it. The hero opposes this for like zero reasons and somehow we’re supposed to be on the hero’s side.

The people are content with their lot but the villain just have to poison their mind with rabble-rousing.
Better thing is impossible, the villain's goal is only achievable by doing something bad.
The villain is lying and only use the rhetorics to gain personal power.
The villain was good but "went too far" and just fell down the slippery slope.
What they're going after is just not their right. It rightfully belongs to the hero or whoever they supported, as they're the only people in the society deserving of the benefits or responsibility of whatever they're fighting over by some infallible mandate.