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{{quote|''"I am what I am,<br /> |
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[[Think Nothing of It|I don't want praise]], [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|I don't want pity]]."''|'''I Am What I Am''', ''[[La Cage aux Folles]]''}} |
''[[Think Nothing of It|I don't want praise]], [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|I don't want pity]]."''|'''I Am What I Am''', ''[[La Cage aux Folles]]''}} |
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Often a character will have an aspect of himself of which he's ashamed (or that society insists he should be). It might have something to do with his heritage, such as being [[Heroic Bastard|illegitimately born]], [[Half-Human Hybrid]]-[[Our Demons Are Different|demon]] or [[In the Blood|some other inheritance considered unfortunate by society]]. It might have something to do with [[Acceptable Lifestyle Targets|his lifestyle]]; e.g., if he's gay or geeky, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|or he collects belly button lint]]. Maybe he was forced into an [[Emergency Transformation]] which he can't undo, and he's [[Stages of Monster Grief|been bemoaning]] "[[What Have I Become?]]" Or maybe it's an obstacle he faces, like being handicapped, dyslexic or [[The McCoy|incapable of thinking rationally]]. Could even be a matter [[Love Tropes|of love]]. Whatever the issue is, expect the character at some point to receive an epiphany that leads to him embracing whatever makes him different. |
Often a character will have an aspect of himself of which he's ashamed (or that society insists he should be). It might have something to do with his heritage, such as being [[Heroic Bastard|illegitimately born]], [[Half-Human Hybrid]]-[[Our Demons Are Different|demon]] or [[In the Blood|some other inheritance considered unfortunate by society]]. It might have something to do with [[Acceptable Lifestyle Targets|his lifestyle]]; e.g., if he's gay or geeky, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|or he collects belly button lint]]. Maybe he was forced into an [[Emergency Transformation]] which he can't undo, and he's [[Stages of Monster Grief|been bemoaning]] "[[What Have I Become?]]" Or maybe it's an obstacle he faces, like being handicapped, dyslexic or [[The McCoy|incapable of thinking rationally]]. Could even be a matter [[Love Tropes|of love]]. Whatever the issue is, expect the character at some point to receive an epiphany that leads to him embracing whatever makes him different. |
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