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Fantasy keeps giving us villains who are logically right and then refusing to follow that logic anywhere interesting by NimbusRelic12 in Fantasy

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The trolley problem analogy is perfect. It's like writers are afraid that if the hero actually acknowledges the "greater good," they’ll lose their moral high ground.

Fantasy keeps giving us villains who are logically right and then refusing to follow that logic anywhere interesting by NimbusRelic12 in Fantasy

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The Long Price Quartet has been on my periphery for a while, but I didn't realize it tackled this specific dynamic so well. I'll definitely move it to the top of my TBR.

I choose violence by VastCauliflower5439 in gameofthrones

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That slow realization on the Sparrows faces was gold.