Would a more downplayed instance count if the character is Incorruptible Pure Pureness* , but as a result, has a hard time connecting with others and is even a little bit unstable? Granted, s/he isn't outright evil, but not exactly an ideal model hero either.
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Would a more, er, physical example count? In Parks And Recreation, Chris Traeger's top physical form is played as a weakness fairly often; his purity of health makes him very susceptible to both contraction and the effects of contagious disease, for example.
{{Planescape}} Hijack
I'm pretty sure this isn't an example, since Scooby is still a good guy. Also, "what you're looking for is the word sapient" is pretty much the embodiment of natter.
- In the live action Scooby Doo film, it is discovered that the Big Bad needs to consume a pure soul before he can become all-powerful. Turns out the pure soul he's after belongs to the cowardly, food-obsessed Scooby. Don't ask me how that works.
- He's a DOG. How the hell can he be tempted by evil? Also, he is loyal, giving and never lets down his friend. Not to mention being basically sentient. I don't see how the last part would help him be pure but it's impressive.
- All dogs (and other animals, at that) are sentient; the word you're looking for is sapient.
- He's a DOG. How the hell can he be tempted by evil? Also, he is loyal, giving and never lets down his friend. Not to mention being basically sentient. I don't see how the last part would help him be pure but it's impressive.
Emperor of Acheron
Would real life examples be counted as well?
Not all dreams are meant to come true, otherwise there would be a lot of dead people.
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Moving this here. Example plus Justifying edit, plus counter-edit, plus counter-counter edit means it needs to be sorted out here,not on the main page.
- The Imperium and Eldar of Warhammer 40000 embody this trope. Of course, impurity is no better in the universe.
- To be fair, even a slight mutation like a funny eye colour is actually evidence of possession by the great old ones, demonic gods.
- It actually isn't. Just a genetic quirk most of the time, and even the more twisted mutations are a result of the Imperial policy on pollution - there isn't one. Real Chaos mutations are a league apart.
- Of course, that won't save you from being condemned to a brutal death as a mutant for evincing even said slight mutation. Assuming you haven't been killed by something else first. [[Blackand Grey Morality It's that kind of universe.]
So, I just read that this page falls under No Real Life Examples Please category. Although I understand the underlying reason, I wonder if we can include somewhere that in Real Life nature, several elements/components can be very dangerous to life when pure.
Maybe the best example is water: Mandatory for life, and yet if overly distilled to its purest state, can rid our body of useful trace minerals by way of osmosis, eventually causing health problems.
Oxygen is a borderline case also; many organism, and practically all multicellular organisms, breathe oxyegn to live, and yet if breathed in in higher than normal concentration can prove fatal.
Besides, Bright Is Not Good has a Real Life section, which has a disclaimer that it should include scientific examples only. I wonder if we can include the same thing here.
What's your thought on this?
EDIT:
- sigh* Where's that Delete button when I need it? Anyway, After some time I realize the folly of this post; This trope is more about moral purity, so whatever babbling I made up there is all invalid. Basically I got my own answer, so thanks for reading :)
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