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* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', when Freckles looks for work at the camp, the [[Camp Cook]] tells him the boss won't take him. |
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', when Freckles looks for work at the camp, the [[Camp Cook]] tells him the boss won't take him. |
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* Don Quixote deconstructs this trope: Where can you find a [[Threshold Guardian]] in [[Real Life]]? Why, in that [[Pitying Perversion|condescend MoralGuardian]] that warns you against the evils of [[Escapism]], [[SEX]], and [[The New Rock and Roll]]! After the first sally of Don Quixote he is discouraged because he didn’t find any [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|dragon]], [[Robe and Wizard Hat|enchanter]] nor any [[Damsel in Distress]]. His family asks [[Those Two Guys|the curate and the barber]] help as [[Moral Guardian|MoralGuardians]] to destroy Don Quixote delusions, but their [[Pitying Perversion]] makes them pull a [[Revealing Coverup]] that involves [[A Wizard Did It]], enforcing the delusions they were intenting to destroy, making them Threshold Guardians. |
* Don Quixote deconstructs this trope: Where can you find a [[Threshold Guardian]] in [[Real Life]]? Why, in that [[Pitying Perversion|condescend MoralGuardian]] that warns you against the evils of [[Escapism]], [[SEX]], and [[The New Rock and Roll]]! After the first sally of Don Quixote he is discouraged because he didn’t find any [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|dragon]], [[Robe and Wizard Hat|enchanter]] nor any [[Damsel in Distress]]. His family asks [[Those Two Guys|the curate and the barber]] help as [[Moral Guardian|MoralGuardians]] to destroy Don Quixote delusions, but their [[Pitying Perversion]] makes them pull a [[Revealing Coverup]] that involves [[A Wizard Did It]], enforcing the delusions they were intenting to destroy, making them Threshold Guardians. |
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* In [[George R. R. Martin]]'s "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr," the heroine travels between universes by magical [[Cool Gate]]s, and she's been doing it long enough to know there's '''always''' a guardian who'll try to stop her from leaving. {{Spoiler|This time it's Laren Dorr ... who's come to truly love her, and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|pushes her through the gate]]}}. |
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