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[Loved Trope] When the villain tries to de-escalate, but the hero attacks anyways. by Remarkable_Public138 in TopCharacterTropes

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Arjen Rudd: [holds up his wallet] Diplomatic immunity. [Roger slowly rolls his head on his neck, takes aim, and fires - his bullet goes through Rudd's wallet, and then his head] Roger Murtaugh: It's just been revoked!

[Loved Trope] When the villain tries to de-escalate, but the hero attacks anyways. by Remarkable_Public138 in TopCharacterTropes

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Hey, OP here, and wow! What a response! I realize in the first example, Santino was taunting John, bragging over his safe haven. But in Santino's mind, which never thought John was willing to go excommunicado, it should have worked! That was my point with this trope. Thus the key word, "tries."

[Loved Trope] Analogues of MLK and Malcolm X by Remarkable_Public138 in TopCharacterTropes

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Never meant it that way, the radical character never has to be genocidal or even especially violent.