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* '''Reconstructed''': After nearly dying in the fight with her newfound enemies, Alice manages to come BackFromTheBrink, regrouping with her remaining allies and galvanizing them against the neutrals, convincing them that their treachery proves they were always their enemies. Meanwhile, the neutral parties' actions [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating cost them most of their supporters,]] as many sympathized with Alice and her cause, [[WellIntentionedExtremist but not necessarily her methods.]] The neutral's constant failure to address her concerns, and their apparent belief that Alice was a bigger threat than her enemies cause the relatively moderate populace to become fed up with them. Now radicalized, their supporters turn on them, deposing them and joining Alice's forces, making her even more powerful than before.

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* '''Reconstructed''': After nearly dying in the fight with her newfound enemies, Alice manages to come BackFromTheBrink, regrouping with her remaining allies and galvanizing them against the neutrals, convincing them that their treachery proves they were always their enemies. Meanwhile, the neutral parties' actions [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating cost them most of their supporters,]] as many sympathized with Alice and her cause, [[WellIntentionedExtremist but not necessarily her methods.]] The neutral's neutrals' constant failure to address her concerns, and their apparent belief that Alice was a bigger threat than her enemies in contrast to common opinion, cause the relatively moderate populace to become fed up with them. Now radicalized, their supporters turn on them, deposing them and joining Alice's forces, making her even more powerful than before.



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Alice initially declares Charlie an enemy and [[DisproportionateRetribution prepares to kill him]] for saying he didn't know whether to support her or not. Charly quickly points out that she never actually explained what her cause ''was''. Alice [[MoodWhiplash sheepishly apologizes]] and starts explaining the matter properly.
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%%* '''Implied''': A nation refuses to take sides in the conflict. Later, in TheWarRoom, Alice and her generals are looking over a map, and said nation is shown to have been conquered and occupied.

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%%* * '''Implied''': A nation refuses to take sides in the conflict. Later, in TheWarRoom, Alice and her generals are looking over a map, and said nation is shown to have been conquered and occupied.



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%%* * '''Reconstructed''': ???After nearly dying in the fight with her newfound enemies, Alice manages to come BackFromTheBrink, regrouping with her remaining allies and galvanizing them against the neutrals, convincing them that their treachery proves they were always their enemies. Meanwhile, the neutral parties' actions [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating cost them most of their supporters,]] as many sympathized with Alice and her cause, [[WellIntentionedExtremist but not necessarily her methods.]] The neutral's constant failure to address her concerns, and their apparent belief that Alice was a bigger threat than her enemies cause the relatively moderate populace to become fed up with them. Now radicalized, their supporters turn on them, deposing them and joining Alice's forces, making her even more powerful than before.

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** The conflict is [[BlackAndWhiteMorality relatively uncomplicated, morally speaking.]] It's pretty hard to justify not supporting Allice's position, so neutral parties look [[BystanderSyndrome cowardly at best and apathetic at worse.]]
** The neutral parties are actively looking to preserve the status quo, while Alice and her enemies both seek to change it. Naturally, both will find themselves at odds with the neutrals, and Alice would rather take care tof them now rather than later.



* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are fighting and Charlie remains neutral. Alice accuses Charlie of being her enemy but then thinks better of it.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are fighting fighting, and Charlie remains neutral. Alice accuses Charlie of being her enemy but then thinks better of it.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???A nation refuses to take sides in the conflict. Later, in TheWarRoom, Alice and her generals are looking over a map, and said nation is shown to have been conquered and occupied.
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** Alice and Charlie are friends, and she believes that he should side with her just because they are friends, regardless of who's in the right.
** Alice has a persecution complex.

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** Alice and Charlie are friends, and [[HonorBeforeReason she believes that he should side with her just because they are friends, regardless of who's in the right.
right.]]
** Alice has [[TheParanoiac a persecution complex.]]
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** Alice and Charlie are friends, and she believes that he should side with her just because they are friends.

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** Alice and Charlie are friends, and she believes that he should side with her just because they are friends.friends, regardless of who's in the right.
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** Alice is being bullied by [[TheBully Bob]] at school, and Charlie is their teacher, so he's in a position where he can do something about it. This upsets Alice, who points out that [[BystanderSyndrome by remaining neutral, he's letting Bob keep bullying her.]]

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** Alice is being bullied by [[TheBully Bob]] at school, and Charlie is their teacher, so he's in a position where he can do something about it. He knows about the bullying but chooses to remain neutral. This upsets Alice, who points out that [[BystanderSyndrome by remaining neutral, he's letting Bob keep bullying her.]]

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** Alice is being bullied by [[TheBully Bob]] at school, and Charlie is their teacher, so he's in a position where he can do something about it. [[BystanderSyndrome By remaining neutral, he's letting Bob keep bullying her.]]

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** Alice is being bullied by [[TheBully Bob]] at school, and Charlie is their teacher, so he's in a position where he can do something about it. This upsets Alice, who points out that [[BystanderSyndrome By by remaining neutral, he's letting Bob keep bullying her.]]]]
** Alice and Charlie are friends, and she believes that he should side with her just because they are friends.
** Alice has a persecution complex.
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** Alice is being bullied by [[TheBully Bob]] at school, and Charlie is their teacher, so he's in a position where he can do something about it. [[BystanderSyndrome By remaining neutral, he's letting Bob keep bullying her.]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's idea that you are either on her side or against it results in her gaining a ridiculous number of enemies, and eventually she gets in a fight she can't win.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice's idea that you are either on her side or against it results in her gaining a ridiculous number of enemies, and eventually she gets in a fight she can't win.
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-->'''Alice''': Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy.

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-->'''Alice''': --->'''Alice''': Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy.
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** Alice's hostility toward technically neutral parties causes her to alienate those sympathetic of her cause and thus deny her potential allies or drives any allies she already has to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere go AWOL on her.]]
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* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her, this wasn't his fight to begin with.

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* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her, this wasn't his fight fight, to begin with.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice considers him an enemy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, Alice and Bob will [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and [[NeutralityBacklash kill Charlie]].

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob AliceAndBob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice considers him an enemy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, Alice and Bob will [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and [[NeutralityBacklash kill Charlie]]. Charlie.]]



** Alice believes that if Charlie remains neutral, then he's unintentionally helping Bob to win the battle.
** Alice has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity twisted perspective of what's right and wrong]].

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** Alice believes that if Charlie remains neutral, then he's unintentionally helping Bob to win the battle.
battle, and she may be right or wrong.
** Alice has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity twisted perspective of what's right and wrong]].wrong.]]



* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are fighting and Charlie remains neutral. Alice accusses Charlie of being her enemy but then thinks better of it.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are fighting and Charlie remains neutral. Alice accusses accuses Charlie of being her enemy but then thinks better of it.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''':
** Alice changes her mind about Charlie being as good as an enemy to her at least three times.
** Alice accuses Charlie and Emily of being as good as enemies to her for being neutral, but not Dan or Frieda.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to make Alice feel hostile, even to the people who aren't doing anything"

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* '''Enforced''': "We need to make Alice feel hostile, even to the people who aren't doing anything"anything."



** "[[TakeAThirdOption You both dare declare me an enemy?]] [[OmnicidalNeutral Then both of you die!]]"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob makes sure their fights happen in places with reasonable amounts of neutral fighters around. As none of them help Alice, she now sees all of them as her enemies.
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her, this wasn't his fight to begin with.

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** "[[TakeAThirdOption You [[TakeAThirdOption "You both dare declare me an enemy?]] [[OmnicidalNeutral Then both of you die!]]"
die!"]]
* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice thinks this is the best way to gain support for her cause.
* '''Exploited''': Bob makes sure their fights happen in places with reasonable amounts numbers of neutral fighters around. As none of them help helps Alice, she now sees all of them as her enemies.
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her, this wasn't his fight to begin with.



* '''Conversed''': "Someone has been reading a lot of Creator/AynRand's books."

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* '''Conversed''': "Someone has been reading a lot of Creator/AynRand's books."Creator/AynRand."
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If you're not for the [[WithUsOrAgainstUS main page]], then you're against it.
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If you're not for the [[WithUsOrAgainstUS [[WithUsOrAgainstUs main page]], then you're against it.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain neutral.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain neutral.


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** Alice forces Charlie to not take Bob's side. As long as he turns Bob down, he is a friend to Alice.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain nuetral.
-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."

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* '''Inverted''': Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain nuetral.
neutral.
-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob both ask Charlie whose side he'll take. When Charlie says he'll stay out of the conflict, Alice and Bob both shoot Charlie dead simultaneously and resume fighting.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob are both ask Charlie whose robots. Charlie's declaration of a refusal to pick a side he'll take. When Charlie says he'll stay out of the conflict, is a LogicBomb to Alice and Bob and they both shoot Charlie dead simultaneously and resume fighting.explode.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice and Bob both ask Charlie whose side he'll take. When Charlie says he'll stay out of the conflict, Alice and Bob both shoot Charlie dead simultaneously and resume fighting.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You guys love moral objectivism, don't you?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"You guys love moral objectivism, don't you?"
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** "[[TakeAThirdOption You both dare declare me an enemy?]] [[OmnicidalNeutral Then both of you die!]]"
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* '''Subverted''': "I s'pose that doesn't make you my enemy, since that's technically neutrality."
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': "I s'pose that doesn't make you my enemy, since that's technically neutrality."
Alice and Bob are fighting and Charlie remains neutral. Alice accusses Charlie of being her enemy but then thinks better of it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Alice changes her mind a second time.



* '''Averted''': Choosing neither side doesn't make Charlie an enemy.

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* '''Averted''': Choosing neither side doesn't make Charlie an enemy.enemy to either side.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"We need to make Alice feel hostile, even to the people who aren't doing anything"

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* '''Inverted'''
Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain nuetral.
'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."

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* '''Inverted'''
'''Inverted''': Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain nuetral.
'''Alice''': -->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."

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* '''Inverted''':
-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."

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* '''Inverted''':
-->'''Alice''':
'''Inverted'''
Alice knows that Charlie favors Bob, so she encourages him to remain nuetral.
'''Alice''':
"Charlie, if you're for me, then you're my enemy."
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* '''Discussed''': Do we really need to add everyone neutral to our list of enemies? We have enough as it is!

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* '''Discussed''': Do "Do we really need to add everyone neutral to our list of enemies? We have enough as it is! is!"



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's idea that you are either on her side or against it results in her gaining a ridiculous number of enemies and eventually she gets in a fight she can't win.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's idea that you are either on her side or against it results in her gaining a ridiculous number of enemies enemies, and eventually she gets in a fight she can't win.
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-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're not against me, then you're my enemy."
* '''Subverted''': "I s'pose that doesn't make you my enemy, since that's technically neutrality.
* '''Double Subverted''':

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-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're not against for me, then you're my enemy."
* '''Subverted''': "I s'pose that doesn't make you my enemy, since that's technically neutrality. \n"
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
"I s'pose that doesn't make you my enemy, since that's technically neutrality.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her,
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Bob makes sure their fights happen in places with reasonable amounts of neutral fighters around. As none of them help Alice, she now sees all of them as her enemies.
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her,
her, this wasn't his fight to begin with.
* '''Discussed''': ???Do we really need to add everyone neutral to our list of enemies? We have enough as it is!



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's idea that you are either on her side or against it results in her gaining a ridiculous number of enemies and eventually she gets in a fight she can't win.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Justified''': Alice believes that if Charlie remains neutral, then he's unintentionally helping Bob to win the battle.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice believes that if Charlie remains neutral, then he's unintentionally helping Bob to win the battle.battle.
** Alice has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity twisted perspective of what's right and wrong]].



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice knows that even though Charlie didn't choose to join her,
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She tells Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice sulks about it.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She tells Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice sulks goes around complaining about it.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She tells Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice sulks about it.
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'''Basic Trope''': The philosophy that not choosing a side is the same as being against it.
*'''Straight''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, then Alice considers him an enemy.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob are in the middle of a fight. She forces Charlie to join her, and if he rejects, Alice and Bob will [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and [[NeutralityBacklash kill Charlie]].
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': Alice believes that if Charlie remains neutral, then he's unintentionally helping Bob to win the battle.
*'''Inverted''':
-->'''Alice''': "Charlie, if you're not against me, then you're my enemy."
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Choosing neither side doesn't make Charlie an enemy.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "You guys love moral objectivism, don't you?"
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': "Someone has been reading a lot of Creator/AynRand's books."
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