dvx105
Since: Feb, 2016
Oct 3rd 2023 at 9:58:46 PM
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Agreed. My problems with the trope aside, several examples are weak at best. The Richard III example doesn't fit the trope because it's an evil leader who very obviously doesn't get away with his evil actions.
I've also gone ahead and removed the Satan example because it relied on the misconception that Satan rules Hell.
dvx105
Apprentice Alphabetizer
Since: Feb, 2016
Apprentice Alphabetizer
Oct 3rd 2023 at 9:45:33 PM
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What is the trope here? "An obviously bad leader isn't punished for doing things that are obviously bad"? What is inherently tropeworthy about that?
Edited by dvx105
I'm confused. The trope description says this is about a villain who can do whatever he likes and remain in charge. The Lord Vetinari example quotes him as saying he can't do whatever he likes and remain in charge.
In fact, the most evil thing we've seen or even heard of Vetinari doing is throw mime artists in a scorpion pit ... and most Ankh-Morporkians count that as one of his good points! Beyond that, he's ruthlessly pragmatic, and considers himself to be one of "the bad people", but everything he does is geniunely for the good of the city.
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