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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice accepts who she is, a member of an [[AliensAreBastards some evil aliens]] [[YouCannotFightFate who will never see the light.]] Her Friend, Bob tries to pull her out of this saying that she is really anything but a monster, he remembers that back when Alice isn't aware of her race's legacy that she would go ahead and her many others around her, alien or not, however Alice is convinced that she cannot fight fate.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice, the BigBad eventually realizes that GoodFeelsGood and she wants to redeem herself. However the town she terrorized [[HeelFaceDoorSlam won't have any of it.]] So Alice accepts who she is, the BigBad [[IHaveComeTooFar who will never see the light]]. So afterwards she goes back to business as usual, except more sad than she was before.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice accepts who she is, a member of an [[AliensAreBastards some evil aliens]] [[YouCannotFightFate who will never see the light.aliens.]] Her Friend, Bob tries to pull her out of this saying that she is really anything but a monster, he remembers that back when Alice isn't aware of her race's legacy that she would go ahead and her help many others around her, alien or not, however Alice is convinced that [[YouCannotFightFate she cannot fight fate.]]



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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice accepts who she is, a member of an [[AliensAreBastards some evil aliens]] [[YouCannotFightFate who will never see the light.]] Her Friend, Bob tries to pull her out of this saying that she is really anything but a monster, he remembers that back when Alice isn't aware of her race's legacy that she would go ahead and her many others around her, alien or not, however Alice is convinced that she cannot fight fate.



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* '''Double Subverted''': In the {{Sequel}}, Alice finds out that her powers were corrupted, and with a little[[labelnote:*]](seven books or eight movies)[[/labelnote]] work, they can be used for good once more.

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* '''Double Subverted''': In the {{Sequel}}, Alice finds out that her powers were corrupted, and with a little[[labelnote:*]](seven little[[note]](seven books or eight movies)[[/labelnote]] movies)[[/note]] work, they can be used for good once more.
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* '''Justified''': ???CharacterDevelopment gives Alice a boost in self-esteem that allows her to embrace her identity.



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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice accepts the fact that she's a talking shark inside a human-shaped suit.



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* '''Double Subverted''': In the {{Sequel}}, Alice finds out that her powers were corrupted by the BiggerBad, and with a little[[labelnote:*]](seven books or eight movies)[[/labelnote]] work, they can be used for good once more.

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* '''Double Subverted''': In the {{Sequel}}, Alice finds out that her powers were corrupted by the BiggerBad, corrupted, and with a little[[labelnote:*]](seven books or eight movies)[[/labelnote]] work, they can be used for good once more.
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* '''Averted''': ???InternalizedCategorism



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* '''Defied''': ???Alice, somehow, finds a way to [[BecomingtheMask change or remove the trait she was ashamed of]].
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Alice is a DefectorFromDecadence - she's come to realize that her society ''approves'' of genuine evil.
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Alice and the readers ''think'' she has DarkIsNotEvil themed powers; she [[TheReveal realizes]] at the last second that her powers have some [[PoweredByAForsakenChild terrible]] [[EvilMakesYouUgly side]]-[[TheCorruption effects]], and uses them sparingly ever after.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???In the {{Sequel}}, Alice finds out that her powers were corrupted by the BiggerBad, and with a little[[labelnote:*]](seven books or eight movies)[[/labelnote]] work, they can be used for good once more.

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(template incoming)'''Basic Trope''': A character accepts that a trait they are ashamed of or persecuted for is an integral part of them.
* '''Straight''': Alice, having an identity crisis, comes to terms with who her real self is.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, a clone of a person of demonic descent and looked after by criminal foster parents, has an entire encyclopedia's worth of identity issues and comes to terms with all of them.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice, a member of an oppressed minority, stops feeling sorry for other people's treatment of her. She didn't have any problems with her own character specifically.
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* '''Enforced''': Alice's character arc revolves around who she believes she is. A realisation to this effect is the only satisfying way to resolve the arc.
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