Discussion Main / NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist

This example was recently removed with the reason: "Spending most of the movie genuinely well-intentioned and only losing it during a villainous breakdown seems like a disqualifier."

• Man of Steel: Zod's mission is to protect Kryptonian civilization at all costs, and his whole reason for attempting to overthrow its corrupt ruling class is to prevent them from recklessly destroying their own homeworld. Later, his attempted genocide on humanity is again motivated not out of any malice against humans but a desperate last plan to revive Krypton over Earth's foundations. However, by the end, he finally loses whatever good intentions he originally had when Superman destroys his World Engines and Zod vows to wipe out humanity out of pure spite.

First, "seems like a disqualifier" is Weasel Words. Second, there's nothing in the description to discount it, given that it specifically mentions Motive Decay and Jumping Off the Slippery Slope, so the reasoning itself is arbitrary.

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This doesnt seem like an actual trope, given how few examples there are and how closely related it is to another. It would probably be best to just call it Playing with WIED in some way as the examples differ-sometimes averted, sometimes subverted, etc.

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