All The Tropes

No Place for Me There: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

No Place for Me There (view source)

Revision as of 09:01, 9 January 2014

10 bytes removed ,  10 years ago
m
Mass update links
VisualWikitext
prefix>Import Bot
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.NoPlaceForMeThere 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.NoPlaceForMeThere, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)
 
m (Mass update links)
Line 4:
'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[Trope Namer|no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[Necessarily Evil|What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done]].|''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]''}}
 
Every [[Dark Messiah]] and [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] knows that [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]... but a few of them know that their own methods for acquiring such a utopia would make it impossible to sustain. Essentially, this trope occurs when a character building a [[Utopia]] with [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|questionable methodology]] realizes (or is aware from the beginning) that they themselves would be unable to exist in the world that they are trying to create.
 
Depending on the character, this realization/knowledge can lead to an inevitable [[Heroic Sacrifice]] at the end, or to [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] if not a full [[Face Heel Turn]] (the latter two are generally from the realization version). If the character continues to pursue the goal in spite of the fact that they themselves will not benefit from it, they are almost always a hero.
 
Distinct from [[Necessarily Evil]] in that their actions may not be "evil", only contrasting with the ideals that they are attempting to create: they could be perfectly heroic, at least [[Protagonist -Centered Morality|from the perspective of the heroes]]. Oftentimes [[The Hero]] will pursue such a goal even after he becomes aware of this, to improve the world for the next generation/the [[Protectorate]] or [[True Companions]]/other stock hero motive here.
 
This trope is more frequent amongst heroes than villains, but a villain with No Place For Me There is completely possible; expect them to be an [[Anti -Villain]], [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]], [[Dark Messiah]], [[Worthy Opponent]], or any combination of the previous. Compare [[Heel Realization]] and [[Necessarily Evil]], compare/contrast [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]. A [[Hunter of His Own Kind]] who isn't hypocritical may take this option too.
{{examples|Examples:}}
 
== Anime & Manga ==
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/513531"