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* {{Badass}}

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, wish fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light in reviews. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their '''own''' wishes. If the author takes this too far [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written; but '''be careful''', do it too much, and it stops improving the story and it just becomes indulgent instead. Conclusion being: don't worry too much about using these tropes as long as you mind well that balance.

** HumanityIsAdvanced
** HumansAdvanceSwiftly
** HumansAreSpecial
** HumansAreWarriors

** AntiSue
** BlackHoleSue
** CanonSue
** DreamSue (unlike the others though, this one is unique in that it's only in the ''character'''s head, not the narrative)
** EinsteinSue
** GodModeSue
** MartyStu
** MarySueClassic
** MaryTzu
** PuritySue
** RelationshipSue
** SuetifulAllAlong

** TransformationComic

** MarySuetopia

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, wish fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light, and with good reason. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their own wishes. If the author takes it too far [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written; but these stories use only just enough to improve the story. Too much, and it stops improving the it and becomes indulgent instead. Conclusion being: don't worry too much about using these tropes as long as you mind well that balance.

* {{Tsunndere}}

* TransformationComic

This, in turn, is why people sometimes defend fictional characters [[DaydreamBeliever as if they were real]], because they are not defending the character but idealized versions of themselves and/or embodiments of their values. An attack on the character is seen as an attack on traits they (the real person) ''personally possesses and/or admire''.

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, Wish Fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light and with good reason. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their own wishes. If the author takes it too far [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written; but these stories use only just enough to improve the story. Too much, and it stops improving the it and becomes indulgent instead. Conclusion being: don't worry too much about using these tropes as long as you mind well that balance.

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, Wish Fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light and with good reason. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their own wishes. If the author takes it too far [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written; but these stories use only just enough to improve the story. Too much, and it stops improving the story and becomes indulgent instead. Conclusion being: don't worry too much about using these tropes as long as you mind well that balance.

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, Wish Fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light and with good reason. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their own wishes. If the author takes it too far [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written you just have to know when to tone it down. Give a character one or two '''maybe''' a couple wish fulfillment tropes but never just pile a ton of them up on that character or you risk the character becoming boring with nothing but good things happening to them.

While it's a neutral term and an undeniable part of fiction in general, Wish Fulfillment is rarely mentioned in a positive light and with good reason. Usually, bringing up the term suggests that the author sacrificed quality in plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. in order to facilitate their own wishes. Depending on the author [[MarySue Mary Sues]] and UnfortunateImplications have a way of cropping up. However, it is entirely possible to have Wish Fulfillment stories that are still fluid and well-written.

In simplest terms, Wish Fulfillment is basically just using the control that being a writer affords to create a story that addresses one or more outcomes that the author wishes would come about. [[TropesAreNotBad There is nothing at all wrong with this, in and of itself]]. If RealLife fulfilled every psychological need we human beings have, we probably would not want to write fiction at all. Nor is there anything ''inherently'' unhealthy about using fantasy to compensate for a deficiency in RealLife; as long as one avoids becoming a DaydreamBeliever, {{Escapism}} and fantasy and Wish Fulfillment are healthy ways a human psyche can deal with dissatisfaction.

* IJustWantToBeFree

In simplest terms, Wish Fulfillment is basically just using the control that being a writer affords to create a story that addresses one or more outcomes that the author wishes would come about. [[TropesAreNotBad There is nothing at all wrong with this, in and of itself]]. If RealLife fulfilled every psychological need we human beings have, we probably would not want to write fiction at all. Nor is there anything ''inherently'' unhealthy about using fantasy to compensate for a deficiency in RealLife; as long as one avoids becoming a DaydreamBeliever, {{Escapism}} and fantasy and WishFulfillment are healthy ways a human psyche can deal with dissatisfaction.

Tropes generally accepted to be interrelated (if not a direct cause-effect relation) to Wish Fulfillment:

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks

-> '''Aladdin:''' Wish fulfillment?
-> '''Genie:''' Three wishes to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's it. Three. Uno, dos, tres. No substitutions, exchanges or refunds.
-->--''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''

Wish Fulfillment is one of the driving points of fiction in general, most likely serving as the inspiration for humanity to start writing in the first place. After all, if RealLife matched our fantasies, we would not need to create fiction for {{Escapism}}. In simplest terms, Wish Fulfillment is basically just using the control that being a writer affords to create a story that addresses one or more outcomes that the author wishes would come about.

[[TropesAreNotBad There is nothing at all wrong with this, in and of itself]]. If RealLife fulfilled every psychological need we human beings have, we probably would not want to write fiction at all. Nor is there anything ''inherently'' unhealthy about using fantasy to compensate for a deficiency in RealLife; as long as one avoids becoming a DaydreamBeliever, escapism and fantasy and WishFulfillment are healthy ways a human psyche can deal with dissatisfaction.

-> Aladdin: Wish fulfillment?
-> Genie: Three wishes to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's it. Three. Uno, dos, tres. No substitutions, exchanges or refunds.

--> Aladdin: Wish fulfillment?
--> Genie: Three wishes to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's it. Three. Uno, dos, tres. No substitutions, exchanges or refunds.
** Disney/Aladdin

--> Genie: Three wishes to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's all. Three. Uno, dos, tres. No substitutions, exchanges or refunds.
Disney/Aladdin