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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* The ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]: [[Eisenhorn]] Trilogy'' uses this on purpose, to show how an Inquisitor can [[He Who Fights Monsters|go from Puritan to Radical in the course of duty]]. It displays the slide as a series of decisions that gradually get more and more radical as time goes on (ie {{spoiler|summoning a [[Demonic Possession|daemonhost]] to kill a [[Humongous Mecha|Titan]] - but only after exhausting all other options, even the one that resulted in the [[Love Interest]] going into a permanent coma}}) |
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** Eisenhorn isn't really an example of a [[Villain Protagonist]], as all through the series his motive was to protect innocent people (particually those around him) and this didn't change a bit. Eisenhorn didn't change his motives but his perspective on Imperial dogma did change. The {{spoiler|irresponsible}} action that caused his death was {{spoiler|letting Pontinus Glaw live as a prisoner and giving him an approximation of a body rather than just destroying him}}. Hardly an evil action. |
** Eisenhorn isn't really an example of a [[Villain Protagonist]], as all through the series his motive was to protect innocent people (particually those around him) and this didn't change a bit. Eisenhorn didn't change his motives but his perspective on Imperial dogma did change. The {{spoiler|irresponsible}} action that caused his death was {{spoiler|letting Pontinus Glaw live as a prisoner and giving him an approximation of a body rather than just destroying him}}. Hardly an evil action. |
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* In the ''[[Dresden Files]]'' books, {{spoiler|1=Harry's mentor and teacher Ebenezar McCoy turns out to have a license to kill... and in fact to break any rule of magic he damn well wants to. However, he's not shown to abuse this power; the ambiguity comes solely from Harry's realization that the laws of magic aren't as black-and-white as McCoy taught him}}. |
* In the ''[[Dresden Files]]'' books, {{spoiler|1=Harry's mentor and teacher Ebenezar McCoy turns out to have a license to kill... and in fact to break any rule of magic he damn well wants to. However, he's not shown to abuse this power; the ambiguity comes solely from Harry's realization that the laws of magic aren't as black-and-white as McCoy taught him}}. |
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