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[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] can overlap. The Trope page for Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds explains the difference, I quote, "Think of this person as a [[Jerkass Woobie]], only with the [[Jerkass|jerkassery]] replaced by insanity (though many characters do fulfill both tropes)." |
[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] can overlap. The Trope page for Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds explains the difference, I quote, "Think of this person as a [[Jerkass Woobie]], only with the [[Jerkass|jerkassery]] replaced by insanity (though many characters do fulfill both tropes)." |
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Basically, both characters are people who do inexcusable actions that are usually considered evil or at least unethical, but while nobody views them as justified or benevolent, they do have motives you can relate to. |
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I mean, at risk of politicizing here, if you're a pro-life advocate and hear that a doctor who runs an abortion clinic has been brutally murdered by someone whose sole motive is "abortion is evil, he deserved it", you aren't going to side with the killer and claim he's a hero who should be acquitted, but you can at least see where he was coming from. |
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Of course, to be fair, pretty much ANY murder or terrorist could find at least some way to excuse their actions, no matter how misguided they may be, that's what the whole [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] trope is about. |
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