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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing the [[PragmaticVillainy unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources. And it can be coerced to promote us!-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing the [[PragmaticVillainy unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources. And it can be coerced to promote us!-]me!-]
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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing the [[PragmaticVillainy unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources.-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing the [[PragmaticVillainy unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources.-] And it can be coerced to promote us!-]
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Trimming, though I'm working on conciseness.


A villain won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]] but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives.

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A villain {{villain|s}} won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]] but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or just for their motives.benefit.



-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources.-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing the [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources.-]
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A villain won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]] but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives or useful.

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A villain won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]] but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives or useful.motives.
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A villain won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]], but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives, or useful.

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A villain won't do something evil or does something good not out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or a [[HeelRealization realization]], realization]] but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives, motives or useful.
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A villain won't do something evil or does good things not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives, or useful.

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A villain won't do something evil or does something good things not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn out of [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]] or at least having a HeelRealization, [[HeelRealization realization]], but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives, or useful.
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A villain won't do something evil, not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives.

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A villain won't do something evil, evil or does good things not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's detrimental to themselves and/or their motives.motives, or useful.
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A villain won't do something evil, not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's either detrimental to themselves and/or their motives or they just consider the evil action in question as a waste of their time.

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A villain won't do something evil, not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's either detrimental to themselves and/or their motives or they just consider the evil action in question as a waste of their time.motives.
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A villain won't do something evil because it's against their best interest.

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A villain won't do something evil evil, not because they're willing to pull a HeelFaceTurn or at least having a HeelRealization, but because it's against either detrimental to themselves and/or their best interest.motives or they just consider the evil action in question as a waste of their time.



-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of resources.-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time and resources.-]
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When a villain won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless (as is; it's not beneficial for their plans).

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When a A villain won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless (as is; it's not beneficial for their plans).best interest.
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When a villain won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless.

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When a villain won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless.useless (as is; it's not beneficial for their plans).
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When a character won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless.

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When a character villain won't do something evil because it's either against their interest or simply useless.
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When a character won't do something evil either because it's against their interest or because there's nothing to gain from it.

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When a character won't do something evil either because it's either against their interest or because there's nothing to gain from it.simply useless.
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In some case, a character who is on side of good refuse to kill bad guy or do other cruel things towards bad guy may not out of mercy, only afraid of damage of hero's reputation. So I prefer to stretch this trope to any characters.


When a villain won't do something evil either because it's against their interest or because there's nothing to gain from it.

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When a villain character won't do something evil either because it's against their interest or because there's nothing to gain from it.
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When a villain won't do something evil because it's against their interest or doesn't help them at all.

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When a villain won't do something evil either because it's against their interest or doesn't help them at all.because there's nothing to gain from it.
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When a villain won't do something evil because its against their interest or doesn't help them at all.

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When a villain won't do something evil because its it's against their interest or doesn't help them at all.
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A bad guy keeping standards not for any moral reason, but because it's in their best interest.

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A bad guy keeping standards not for any moral reason, but When a villain won't do something evil because it's in its against their best interest.interest or doesn't help them at all.
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A bad guy keeping standards because it's in their best interest.

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A bad guy keeping standards not for any moral reason, but because it's in their best interest.
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Keeping standards for practical reasons.

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Keeping A bad guy keeping standards for practical reasons.because it's in their best interest.
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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time.-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing [[PragmaticVillainy the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time.resources.-]
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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing you, and it's only a waste of time for both of us so click [[PragmaticVillainy HERE]]-]

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-->[-There's nothing to gain in killing you, and it's only a waste of time for both of us so click [[PragmaticVillainy HERE]]-]the unabridged version]]; it'd only be a waste of time.-]
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Villain with standards for pragmatic reasons.

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Villain with Keeping standards for pragmatic practical reasons.

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EvenEvilHasStandards... Practical standards, that is.

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EvenEvilHasStandards... Practical standards, that is.Villain with standards for pragmatic reasons.



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