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{{quote|''"Nausicaa is the thread that joins us all together. Us, the Doroks, even Kushana and the wormhandlers. Without Nausicaa, we would only quarrel and splinter."''

|'''Asbel''', ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' manga}}

|'''Asbel'''|''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' manga}}

The main character, simply put, [[Love You and Everybody|loves everyone]]. Loves them with a deep, spiritual love that means they will shake heaven and earth, destroy gods and planets, bring nations to their knees, etc. [[The Dulcinea Effect|for the person they just met yesterday]]. They will [[Horrible Judge of Character|believe the best]] of [[The Ingenue|everyone]], and constantly give someone [[Last Second Chance|a second chance]] (though they ''will'' defeat the [[Big Bad]]). They repay [[Turn the Other Cheek|cruelty with kindness and anger with calm]], as long as the attacks are only against them—they're ''not'' forgiving of harm done to others. They are the ones who will suffer for the sins of their loved ones. Most people think they're insane, but somehow they pull it off. Even [[Mary Sue]] and [[Marty Stu]] are impressed.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Discworld]]'':

* Carrot Ironfoundersson ~~from [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' series~~. He gets an idea in his head and is able to drag the rest of the world around to his viewpoint. Even to the point that he's able to arrest a dragon which had previously been terrorizing the city. His love interest Sergeant Angua (an [[Action Girl]]), and Commander Vimes both remark upon this ability of his. {{spoiler|In Carrot's case, it may be because he is the true and lawful heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork.}}

** Carrot Ironfoundersson. He gets an idea in his head and is able to drag the rest of the world around to his viewpoint. Even to the point that he's able to arrest a dragon which had previously been terrorizing the city. His love interest Sergeant Angua (an [[Action Girl]]), and Commander Vimes both remark upon this ability of his. {{spoiler|In Carrot's case, it may be because he is the true and lawful heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork.}}

** Discworld also has [[~~Discworld/~~Small Gods~~|Brutha~~]], the last true believer of the Great God Om. His sheer basic decency extends to everyone from tortoises to the [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|''twice''}} and he brings in a new and more tolerant era for his [[Corrupt Church]].

** Discworld also has Brutha, in ''[[Small Gods]]'', the last true believer of the Great God Om. His sheer basic decency extends to everyone from tortoises to the [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|''twice''}} and he brings in a new and more tolerant era for his [[Corrupt Church]].

* Bobby from the ''Pendragon'' series. He seems to be able to make friends with all of travelers in every world in a matter of minutes of meeting them. And, it was said on more then one occasion he would be the only one to beat Saint Dane. {{spoiler|He does.}}

* Andy Dufresne, the main character of [[Stephen King]]'s story ''Rita Hayworth and [[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' is The Messiah of the story, which is remarkable considering the near hopeless circumstances that he finds himself in (one might even interpret him as [[The Woobie]]). There are several symbolic parallels between him and Jesus Christ which shape the entire message of the book, that "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies".

* The titular character of ''[[Harry Potter]]''.

* Alyosha, the third and youngest of ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'', loves all and is loved by all. Dostoevsky uses an entire chapter to illustrate how it would be impossible to not trust him. Everyone—and we mean '''everyone'''--in the book confides in Alyosha, and at times these discussions seem to resemble a priest taking confession. The story in the Bible of Jesus Christ being tempted in the desert by the devil has its parallels in some of Alyosha's discussions. For bonus points, he starts off as a novice monk in the nearby monastery. This was [[Author Existence Failure|almost]] [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]], however: [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] intended to write a full-length version of ''[[~~Literature/The Gambler|~~The Gambler]]'' with Alyosha (= Alexei) in place of Alexei Ivanovich, followed by a third novel redeeming him.

* Alyosha, the third and youngest of ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'', loves all and is loved by all. Dostoevsky uses an entire chapter to illustrate how it would be impossible to not trust him. Everyone—and we mean '''everyone''' -- in the book confides in Alyosha, and at times these discussions seem to resemble a priest taking confession. The story in the Bible of Jesus Christ being tempted in the desert by the devil has its parallels in some of Alyosha's discussions. For bonus points, he starts off as a novice monk in the nearby monastery. This was [[Author Existence Failure|almost]] [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]], however: [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] intended to write a full-length version of ''[[The Gambler]]'' with Alyosha (= Alexei) in place of Alexei Ivanovich, followed by a third novel redeeming him.

* Also by Dostoevsky: Sofya from ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', anyone?

* Again from Dostoevsky: Prince Lev Nikolaievich Myshkin from ''[[The Idiot]]'' is a much darker interpretation of this character type. Myshkin himself is, of course, kind and full of love for humanity—which leads most everyone he meets to assume he's a fool and try to take advantage of him. {{spoiler|Then Myshkin himself ends up hurting Aglaya when a climactic [[Moral Dilemma]] forces him to choose between his love for Agalya and his pity for the fallen Nastasya.}}

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