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* A very controversial example from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister, one of the King's bodyguards, learns that the King is planning to burn down his own capital in order to spite his enemies, thereby killing hundreds of thousands of people, including the King's own grandchildren. Jaime decides to [[TheOathbreaker violate his oath]] to protect the King and kills him as soon as he gives the order. (As well as anyone around who might either know about the order or actually carry it out.)]] In this case, the character in question clearly believes he's invoking this trope, but the other characters (and the readers) are far more divided. InUniverse, opinions generally range from considering it a case of BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork at best, to, (more likely) a case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder at work.

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* A very controversial example from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister, [[spoiler: [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], one of the King's bodyguards, learns that the King is planning to burn down his own capital in order to spite his enemies, thereby killing hundreds of thousands of people, including the King's own grandchildren. Jaime decides to [[TheOathbreaker violate his oath]] to protect the King and kills him as soon as he gives the order. (As well as anyone around who might either know about the order or actually carry it out.)]] In this case, the character in question clearly believes he's invoking this trope, but the other characters (and the readers) are far more divided. InUniverse, opinions generally range from considering it a case of BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork at best, to, (more likely) a case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder at work.

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