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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Burtsev and several other Decembrist officers are shown to be this to Paskevich, each of them within his own sphere. |
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Burtsev and several other Decembrist officers are shown to be this to Paskevich, each of them within his own sphere. |
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* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: Griboyedov's background is close to this, though he himself is rather more successful. |
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: Griboyedov's background is close to this, though he himself is rather more successful. |
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* [[In with the In Crowd]]: Griboyedov in with the Russian political, social and military elite, even more so than he was before the success of his diplomatic career. But [[Lonely |
* [[In with the In Crowd]]: Griboyedov in with the Russian political, social and military elite, even more so than he was before the success of his diplomatic career. But [[Lonely at the Top]] because he can't stand most of them, while driving away many of his old friends simply by being successful. |
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* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Actually, Griboyedov was always pretty jaded, but he himself seems to think that he got even worse after [[My Greatest Failure|some of the things that happened]] during his previous, otherwise successful diplomatic mission. |
* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Actually, Griboyedov was always pretty jaded, but he himself seems to think that he got even worse after [[My Greatest Failure|some of the things that happened]] during his previous, otherwise successful diplomatic mission. |
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Bulgarin would be this if he wasn't always so friendly despite also being a scumbag. Griboyedov is either this trope player straight or an inversion - while contemptuous, he likes to help people, but largely because [[Good Feels Good|it feels good]] to know that you have the power to make or unmake them; in other words, it usually is just a way of reinforcing his own sense of superiority. |
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Bulgarin would be this if he wasn't always so friendly despite also being a scumbag. Griboyedov is either this trope player straight or an inversion - while contemptuous, he likes to help people, but largely because [[Good Feels Good|it feels good]] to know that you have the power to make or unmake them; in other words, it usually is just a way of reinforcing his own sense of superiority. |
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