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* '''Averted''': John kills Jack.

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* '''Averted''': John kills Jack.Jack and doesn’t try to pay anyone off.

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* '''Defied''': John carries nothing of value on his person so that he isn't tempted to pay off his victims.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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John carries nothing of value on his person so that he isn't tempted to pay off his victims.victims.
** John kills Jack and ties to pay Jill off. Jill shoots him instead.

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* '''Exaggerated''': John budgets money for widows and orphans and throws fits when any of them repulse it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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John budgets money for widows and orphans and throws fits when any of them repulse it.it.
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* '''Justified''': Poor people will have a serious difficulty doing anything to people as powerful as John, and he can delude himself about the value of the money.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Poor people will have a serious difficulty doing anything to people as powerful as John, and he can delude himself about the value of the money.money.
** Paying ''wergild'' is standard practice in the setting, or at least in John's culture such that he '''thinks''' it's OK.

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* '''Inverted''': John robs the widow and children, figuring he's already evil.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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John robs the widow and children, figuring he's already evil.evil.
** Jack's widow demands that John pay for his crime... preferably in small, unmarked bills.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???John beats Jack up and pays his medical bill.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such a shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.
** John is a broken and tragic individual who genuinely can only see value in terms of money, and absoulely nothing else.
* '''Reconstructed''': John offers them such an impressive bribe that it derails their revenge.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ??? ???



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such a shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.
** John is a broken and tragic individual who genuinely can only see value in terms of money, and absoulely nothing else.
* '''Reconstructed''': John offers them such an impressive bribe that it derails their revenge.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such a shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such a shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.
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** John is a broken and tragic individual who genuinely can only see value in terms of money, and absoulely nothing else.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such as shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such as a shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.
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Back to BuyThemOff

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Back Sorry I killed your father. Here, take this link back to BuyThemOffBuyThemOff, and forget about this, alright?
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
John robs a bank and then pays off the cops that show up with the money he just stole from it.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
The widow and children are further insulted by his attempts to pay them off with such as shallow gesture and seek to exact revenge for the crime and his dismissal of their grief.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???John offers them such an impressive bribe that it derails their revenge.



* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
John kills Jack.
* '''Enforced''': ??????



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???John carries nothing of value on his person so that he isn't tempted to pay off his victims.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
John budgets money for widows and orphans and throws fits when any of them repulse it.
* '''Justified''': ???Poor people will have a serious difficulty doing anything to people as powerful as John, and he can delude himself about the value of the money.



* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???It was self-defense, but only because he had driven Jack out of his head with previous cruelties.

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