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* There was a [[Superman]] storyarc called ''Panic in the Sky'' which was written specifically to avert [[Villains Act, Heroes React]]. Superman and a team of heroes purposefully go after a villain instead of waiting around for the bad guy to act first.
* ''[[Exalted]]'' gives us the Ebon Dragon, a [[Our Demons Are Different|Yozi]] who often acts as one of the principal antagonists of the setting. As he represents the cosmic principles of betrayal, villainy, and spite, it's very, ''very'' hard for him to act proactively. In fact, most of his powers rely around crushing or spiting others instead of pursuing his own direct goals, and the main reason he created [[Big Good|the Unconquered Sun]] was because that way, he could actually ''do something''.
* ''[[The Heritage of Shannara]]'' has a dark take on this. Our heroes are on a quest to gain he various talismans that they will need to stop [[Big Bad|Rimmer Dall]] and his [[The Heartless|Shadowen]]. [[Manipulative Bastard|Rimmer Dall]] for his part seeks only to delay them, because if his final plan succeeds it won't matter what they do. In the individual books this is also true, with Walker Boh seeking to gain the Black Elfstone, but [[Taken for Granite|Uhl Belk]], [[Sand Worm|The Maw Grint]], and [[Psycho for Hire|Pe Ell]] hindering him, and Wren trying to get the Elves home, but [[Super
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