History Main / TheIdealist

** AllLovingHero - A hero that is loving and forgiving to all.
** TheCape - A hero that is noble and heroic.
** IdealHero - A hero with attributes that we should all aspire to have.
** KnightInShiningArmor - A hero guided by justice and honor.
** KnightInSourArmor - A hero that has grown cynical but still holds onto their idealism.
* TheIngenue - A very sweet, innocent, and optimistic girl.
* KnightTemplar - [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] the SuperTrope:

* ReluctantRuler

* WideEyedIdealist - An idealist in a CrapsackWorld, often naive and doomed to suffer or worse.

** TheIngenue - A very sweet, innocent, and optimistic girl.

** TheIngenue - A very sweet and, innocent girl.

The way that an idealist can do this even in the face of adversity and [[KillEmAll certain death]] is by focusing primarily on non-material things. Of particular note are the famous/infamous trio of [[ThePowerOfTrust faith]], [[HopeSpringsEternal hope]] and [[ThePowerOfLove love]]. Though having any religious grounds for their worldview can usually explain an idealistic perspective, and can be played both positively and negatively.

** KnightInSourArmor - A hero that has grow cynical but still holds onto their idealism.

* IdealHero
** AllLovingHero
** KnightInShiningArmor
** KnightInSourArmor (When they cling to their idealism even as they grow cynical)
** TheCape
* KnightTemplar -- [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] the SuperTrope:

* TheMcCoy
* PluckyGirl
* ThePollyanna

* TookALevelInIdealism

* WideEyedIdealist - An idealist in a CrapsackWorld, often naive and doomed to a grim end.

* WideEyedIdealist - This trope taken UpToEleven.

* WideEyedIdealist

* AllLovingHero

-->-- '''Pearl S. Buck'''

This character is likely to show up in any work. However, they can exist in a SugarBowl, where they are always right, or in a CrapsackWorld, where [[WideEyedIdealist they exist]] [[BreakTheCutie solely to be proven wrong (and often brutally killed for drama)]].

The way that an idealist can do this even in the face of adversity and [[KillEmAll certain death]] is by focusing primarily on non-material things. Of particular note are the famous/infamous trio of [[ThePowerOfTrust faith]], [[{{Determinator}} hope]] and [[ThePowerOfLove love]]. Though having any religious grounds for their worldview can usually explain an idealistic perspective, and can be played both positively and negatively.

** TheCynic by perceiving a CrapsackWorld; idealistic of [[HolierThanThou own personal ideals]] as if '''''the''''' answer to [[TheMessiah "fix a broke world"]]

If you begin to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] their idea, they will immediately begin to [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstruct it.]] This character will take their (perceived) CrapsackWorld, and [[IdealHero keep]] [[ThePollyanna moving]] [[TheMessiah for]][[MeetTheRobinsons ward]].

If you begin to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] their idea, they will immediately begin to [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstruct it.]] This character will take their (perceived) CrapsackWorld, and [[KnightInShiningArmor keep]] [[ThePollyanna moving]] [[TheMessiah for]][[MeetTheRobinsons ward]].

* KnightTemplar (Who sees the world [[TheCynic cynically]] and holds [[TheMessiah own personal ideals]] as if '''''the''''' solution to said CrapsackWorld)

A character who genuinely believes that their world is AWorldHalfFull; that HumansAreGood, or at least that RousseauWasRight and a person who will tell you that if you think it's wrong to hope that [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica you're wrong every time]]. They will take ideals that others have for the future and [[EarnYourHappyEnding will do everything they can to take them to fruition]], [[{{KnightTemplar}} sometimes going too far.]]

* KnightTemplar

In fiction, (and perhaps as an instance of TruthInFiction) idealists are often seen in the role of the main character- usually TheHero- for their tendency to act from internal motivation. However, they can take other forms if idealism is being [[WideEyedIdealist heavily criticized]] by more cynical writers, or played as [[KnightTemplar the villain]]. A big draw of putting them in a main position being: "No [[{{Revenge}} revenge plot]] necessary!" They motivate themselves.

A character who genuinely believes that their world is AWorldHalfFull; that HumansAreGood, or at least that RousseauWasRight and a person who will tell you that if you think it's wrong to hope that [[{{MadokaMagica}} you're wrong every time]]. They will take ideals that others have for the future and [[EarnYourHappyEnding will do everything they can to take them to fruition]], [[{{KnightTemplar}} sometimes going too far.]]

* {{Wide-Eyed Idealist}}

* WideEyedIdealist

A character who genuinely believes that their world is AWorldHalfFull; that HumansAreGood, or at least that RousseauWasRight and a person who will tell you that if you think it's wrong to hope that [[{{MadokaMagica}} you're wrong every time]]. They will take ideals that others have for the future and will do everything they can to take them to fruition, [[{{KnightTemplar}} sometimes going too far.]]