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A close cousin to [[My God, What Have I Done?]], this version tends to happen mostly to [[Villain Protagonist]]s, [[Anti-Villain|Anti Villains]], [[Fallen Hero]]es and sometimes [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]]. Whereas [[My God, What Have I Done?]] tends to make a difference in a character's behavior and personality, the '''Ignored Epiphany''' has a moment where the Villain or gray character has a moment of [[Heel Realization|clarity or revelation about themselves and their actions,]] seeing it in perspective for perhaps the first time and realizing exactly how useless and off base their various self-delusions and justifications were. It's often a low moment for these characters, and may provoke sympathy from the audience. The character may acknowledge it various ways, with a sigh, a bitter laugh, muttering "[[What Have I Become?]]" or possibly saying to someone or themselves "I've really messed this one up". A common variant is a character starting to so say "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]'', stopping halfway through, then blaming the whole thing on some other person or outside force. |
A close cousin to [[My God, What Have I Done?]], this version tends to happen mostly to [[Villain Protagonist]]s, [[Anti-Villain|Anti Villains]], [[Fallen Hero]]es and sometimes [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]]. Whereas [[My God, What Have I Done?]] tends to make a difference in a character's behavior and personality, the '''Ignored Epiphany''' has a moment where the Villain or gray character has a moment of [[Heel Realization|clarity or revelation about themselves and their actions,]] seeing it in perspective for perhaps the first time and realizing exactly how useless and off base their various self-delusions and justifications were. It's often a low moment for these characters, and may provoke sympathy from the audience. The character may acknowledge it various ways, with a sigh, a bitter laugh, muttering "[[What Have I Become?]]" or possibly saying to someone or themselves "I've really messed this one up". A common variant is a character starting to so say "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]'', stopping halfway through, then blaming the whole thing on some other person or outside force. |
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