History PlayingWith / ReformedButRejected

** Their apathetic reaction to Dracone's assistance, letting him get heavily injured in their fight, and bailing on him when he was lying helpless on the ground and crying for help was witnessed by a number of civilians and recorded on camera. Not only does this convince the horrified public that the former villain has (or is at least making a genuine effort to be) reformed and lands him sympathy points, but that the heroes aren't as nice as they seemed to be if they outright left him for dead. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome After Dracone is carried to the emergency room]] [[KarmicJackpot by the people he managed to save]], [[RayOfHopeEnding he sees on TV that their reputation has plummeted]].

** Their apathetic reaction to Dracone's assistance, letting him get heavily injured in their fight, and bailing on him when he was lying helpless on the ground and crying for help was witnessed by a number of civilians and recorded on camera. Not only does this convince the horrified public that the former villain has (or is at least making a genuine effort to be) reformed and lands him sympathy points, but that the heroes aren't as nice as they seemed to be if they outright left him for dead. After Dracone is carried to the emergency room [[KarmicJackpot by the people he managed to save]], [[RayOfHopeEnding he sees on TV that their reputation has plummeted]].

** Dracone has had a change of heart and decides to begin his RedemptionQuest by helping the heroes, who were disgusted when they heard about this: the more Dracone always tries to help them, the more vehement they become and decided to [[HeelFaceDoorSlam mercilessly kill him]]. Unfortunately for them, this doesn't go unnoticed, and now the entire superhero community is giving them similar treatment for violating the golden rule and having the blood of an atoning villain on their hands; ThouShallNotKill.

** Their apathetic reaction to Dracone's assistance, letting him get heavily injured in their fight, and bailing on him when he was lying helpless on the ground and crying for help was witnessed by a number of civilians and recorded on camera. Not only does this convince the horrified public that the former villain has (or is at least making a genuine effort to be) reformed and lands him sympathy points, but that the heroes aren't as nice as they seemed to be if they outright left him for dead. After Dracone is carried to the emergency room [[KarmicJackpot by the people he managed to save]], he sees on TV that their reputation has plummeted.

* '''Defied''': "I know you've done wrong in the past, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt."

** The heroes acknowledges that Dracone has turn over a new leaf.

** While they're adamant on wanting him gone from the team, Dracone has to remind them that, due to their corperate sponsors ''requiring'' them to have an atoning villain like him on their team, either as a form of community service, because they need a DarkerAndEdgier member to round out their team, or both, they really have no choice but to suck it up and tolerate his "unbearable" presence while he works to improve his reputation.

** ReformedButNotTamed

** [[HeelFaceMole Dracone was faking his conversion to the side of good,]] [[FalselyReformedVillain and the heroes, the general public, or both don't question it even though they should be more suspicious.]]

** But in time, he relents and realizes that they ''had'' to act like that to stay safe, and rejoins them - this time for good. This eventually serves as a reminder of why he [[BeingEvilSucks wanted to change his ways in the first place]], and surrenders the heroes expressing his feelings about it, which finally convinces them to give him another chance.

** One of the heroes who was a MoralityPet to Dracone [[NoSympathyForGrudgeholders chew them out for]] [[WhatTheHellHero holding a grudge towards him]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The heroes felt remorseful]], and they all went to apologize Dracone; surprisingly to them, Dracone [[EasilyForgiven forgives them quickly]]. This is to prove that Dracone is a better hero than the heroes were, and thus, the heroes accepted him as the new member of the forces of good.

** Driving an atoning villain to suicide and feeling "vindicated" in doing so made the heroes [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer pariahs]] to all of the citizens, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the criminals]]; now, they [[LaserGuidedKarma know what it's like to never be forgiven for their mistakes]].

** Before leaving to parts unknown, Dracone leaves all his knowledge on his former organization on one extensive data chip, along with a heartfelt goodbye and an apology that things didn't work out between them. Hiro and the other heroes have a collective MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and wished they had the chance to thank him before he left.

** While they're adamant on wanting him gone from the team, Dracone has to remind them that, due to their corperate sponsors ''requiring'' them to have an atoning villain like him on their team, either as a form of community service, because they need a DarkerAndEdgier member to round out their team or both, they really have no choice but to suck it up and tolerate his "unbearable" presence while he works to improve his reputation.

** Dracone has had a change of heart and decides to begin his RedemptionQuest by helping the heroes, who were disgusted when they heard about this: the more Dracone always tries to help them, the more vehement they become and decided to [[HeelFaceDoorSlam mercilessly kill him]]. Unfortunately for them, this doesn't go unnoticed.

** While they're adamant on wanting him gone from the team, Dracone has to remind them that, due to their corperate sponsors ''requiring'' them to have an atoning villain like him on their team, they really have no choice but to suck it up and tolerate his "unbearable" presence while he works to improve his reputation.
** Hiro and the others refuse to give Dracone any sort of credit and repeatedly make it clear that they could care less about whether his reformation attempts are genuine or not, they just want him to go away. The general public on the other hand, feels the opposite due to just how diligent his acts of heroism are. [[WhatTheHellHero Both Dracone and the public never miss a chance to point this out to them]], much to their frustration.

** Dracone flat-out quits fighting alongside Hiro and the others after much mistreatment, but instead of rejoining the bad guys side like they expected, he simply bails for parts unknown in the hopes of a quiet life. Hiro and the others could care less since they still got him out of their sight... only to have an OhCrap moment when they realize that they just drove away their one source of vital intel into the organization that he used to work for.
** After being flat-out rejected, Dracone, still wanting to do good to atone for his past misdeeds, ends up joining a more "pragmatic" team of government-run superheroes that could care less about his background as long as he pulls his weight. Using his powers and valuable supervillain knowledge, they end up simultaneously stopping crime and discrediting Hiro and his team in the process. Dracone outright spells it out to an infuriated Hiro once the latter confronts him that he wouldn't have wound up where he was if they had just given him a chance.
** Dracone ends up not having any trust for his teammates when they still don't trust him after a disproportionate amount of time.

** When the rest of the team is falsely incriminated as a part of a dangerous crime, Dracone makes sure to hold it over their heads as they're all being interrogated by outside forces.

** Hiro and the others refuse to give Dracone any sort of credit and repeatedly make it clear that they could care less about whether his reformation attempts are genuine or not, they just want him to go away. The general public on the other hand, feels the opposite due to just how frequent, thorough, and diligent his acts of heroism are. [[WhatTheHellHero Both Dracone and the public never miss a chance to point this out to them]], much to their frustration.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone is turned down because the maximum number of heroes has been reached at the moment, and has to stick to his current job as a PunchClockVillain.

** Dracone has had a change of heart and decides to begin his RedemptionQuest by helping the heroes, who were disgusted when they heard about this: the more Dracone always tries to help them, the more vehement they become and decided to [[HeelFaceDoorSlam mercilessly kill him]].

** Their apathetic reaction to Dracone's assistance, letting him get heavily injured in their fight, and bailing on him when he was lying helpless on the ground was recorded on camera. Not only does this convince the horrified public that the former villain has (or is at least making a genuine effort to be) reformed and lands him sympathy points, but that the heroes aren't as nice as they seemed to be if they outright left him for dead. After Dracone is carried to the emergency room [[KarmicJackpot by the people he managed to save]], he sees on TV that their reputation has plummeted.

** But then this made the heroes [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer pariahs]] to all of the citizens, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the criminals]]; now, they [[LaserGuidedKarma know what it's like to never be forgiven for their mistakes]].

** Their apathetic reaction to Dracone's assistance, letting him get heavily injured in their fight, and bailing on him when he was lying helpless on the ground was recorded on camera. Not only does this convince the horrified public that the former villain has (or is at least making a genuine effort to be) reformed and lands him sympathy points, but that the heroes aren't as nice as they seemed to be if they outright left him for dead. After Dracone is carried to the emergency room by the people he managed to save, he sees on TV that their reputation has plummeted.

** Dracone has crossed the MoralEventHorizon and everyone considers him to be irredeemably evil.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???