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Does the hero actually have to succeed, for the trope to apply?
The description implies three elements are needed for the tropes. 1) hero tries to do something they think will make things better 2) they succeed 3) an unexpected secondary effect makes things worse
eg hero tries to free a princess, successfully frees her, and then find out there was a good reason she was locked up in the first place
What if we leave out part 2? eg Hero tries to save princess, and gets her killed in the process. There seem to be examples like that. So are the examples wrong, or the description?
The description implies three elements are needed for the tropes. 1) hero tries to do something they think will make things better 2) they succeed 3) an unexpected secondary effect makes things worse
eg hero tries to free a princess, successfully frees her, and then find out there was a good reason she was locked up in the first place
What if we leave out part 2? eg Hero tries to save princess, and gets her killed in the process. There seem to be examples like that. So are the examples wrong, or the description?
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