Easily Forgiven: Difference between revisions

** In "Greed," Kelli essentially tricks an old man into making her his heiress by preventing him from hearing from his relatives, then not giving him medication until he dies. After she converts and dies of cancer, some of the relatives are set on not forgiving her ([[Double Subversion|although one changes her mind after hearing she will get her share of the estate after all]]), ''and this is played as a bad thing'', with it suggested that they will not be forgiven for their sins.

** In "Baby Talk" Eric dumps his girlfriend when he learns that she is pregnant, but then accepts Christianity and, after preventing her from being forcibly taken to get an abortion, promises to help her raise the baby and gets back together with her. At no point is she shown to be angry with him.

** Played with. A lot of the time in recent comics, they don't ''actually'' trust him, he's just a [[Manipulative Bastard]] who really is ''that good'' at what he does. For the moment, thanks to causing the destruction of Asgard (not what he was going for, either: he wanted them to ''win'' but underestimed The Void), only Thor has forgiven Loki and most find his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in trying to save Asgard to be worthless. The fact that the trope has been Averted ''now'' means that he's in trouble, since he's stuck as his child self and therefore pretty defenseless unless Thor protects him.

* Subverted when Rogue has a [[Heel Face Turn]] and wants to join the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]. They threaten to disband if she is allowed on the team and she has to work to earn their trust.

* Bombshell from ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' is allowed membership on the team, after she betrayed them prior, had tried to kill them, and tried to frame two other (innocent) members of the group as the real traitor. Sure, Ravager was also allowed on the team, but she was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] when she was their enemy... Bombshell has no such excuse.

* [[Superman]] has gotten shafted plenty of times by his tendency to extend this too freely. In fact, in a 1960s imaginary story, Luthor dupes Supes into becoming his best friend after publicly renouncing evil, then [[Tear Jerker|promptly slaughters him with Kryptonite]] [[Moral Event Horizon|while laughing derisively at Superman's dying expressions of heartbreak and betrayal.]]

== Fan Fiction ==

* The "easily" part is averted in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4004316/1/Windows_of_the_Soul Windows of the Soul], in which Natsuki acknowledges the severity of {{spoiler|Shizuru's}} misdeeds and her flaws as a person, but nevertheless forgives her. Much of the fic involves {{spoiler|Shizuru's}} inability to forgive {{spoiler|herself}} for what {{spoiler|she}} has done.