Line #3 PlayingWith/LightIsNotGood


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character with strong associations to light is a bad guy.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** [[MeaningfulName Solaris]] is the priest of a [[GodOfLight Sun God]] and seeks to exterminate all the "lesser races".
4	** Seraphiel, an angel, comes to the mortal world to punish the sinful according to her strict rules--which includes almost everyone on the planet.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** Solaris, [[GodEmperor the Sun Emperor]], wants to [[OmnicidalManiac exterminate everyone]] in order to bring peace to the universe, because [[InsaneTrollLogic only a place devoid of life can truly be peaceful.]]
7	** Seraphiel disintegrates people in bursts of holy glory for white lies and dirty thoughts.
8	** The local GodOfEvil[=/=]SatanicArchetype is [[EnergyBeings made of light]].
9	** GodIsEvil but still a light-being.
10	** The CompleteMonster of the story has a color palette of white and light blue, with [[BrightIsNotGood a mix of bright colors like pink and yellow]]
11	* '''Downplayed''':
12	** Solaris is a [[ChurchMilitant peace enforcer]] of the Sun Order. However, [[GoodIsNotNice his brutal methods and zealousness]] make him a borderline KnightTemplar.
13	** Seraphiel contains herself mostly to punishing the wicked, but sometimes a good person can still do something evil, and she'll kill them all the same.
14	** Solaris is a pretty sympathetic AntiVillain for a ChurchMilitant working with the [[OrderIsNotGood Solar Order]].
15	** Light Is Neutral: [[invoked]][[LawfulNeutral Sephariel]] is the angelic yet [[CelestialBureaucracy bureaucratic]] judge of the afterlife but she can tell a person's morals and sins judges the person whether or not the bad outweighs the good and vice versa.
16	** Heaven has both [[LightIsGood genuinely good angels]] and vicious angels. They had TeethClenchedTeamwork based on their differing approach.
17	* '''Justified''':
18	** "You get that pure, you start seeing the rest of the world as corrupt. The problem is, he was always of a direct turn of mind, so he decided to eliminate the corrupt, rather than, say, converting them or concentrating on providing a good example."
19	** Seraphiel is a villain seeking [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good publicity]], and considers light-based powers a good way to obtain this.
20	** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Solaris and Seraphiel are trying to recreate paradise, but to do so, sin has to be exterminated.]]
21	* '''Inverted''':
22	** LightIsGood - see ColourCodedForYourConvenience.
23	** DarkIsNotEvil and/or DarkIsEvil.
24	* '''Subverted''':
25	** Solaris seeks to exterminate all the "lesser races"... but he changes his mind after discovering that he's only ever dealt with the exiled criminal element of said "lesser races"...
26	** As someone is desperately fighting back against Seraphiel's torture, her [[MalevolentMaskedMen mask]] is knocked off and a hideous demonic face is behind it, suggesting she was knowingly evil and trying to get people to hate the forces of good.
27	** One of the other members of the priesthood, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Faye]], finds out Solaris is being brainwashed by [[GodOfEvil Malsophia]]. She successfully purifies him.
28	* '''Double Subverted''':
29	** [[IgnoredEpiphany But then he changes it back, as he's already sent the troops.]]
30	** ...but Seraphiel isn't a demon; a la many descriptions in Literature/TheBible, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels are just alien and often horrifying monsters by nature]]. Including [[DarkIsNotEvil the good ones]].
31	** Seraphiel is a light-based demon/fallen angel.
32	** Faye seems to successfully purify Solaris, but it turns out he was NotBrainwashed.
33	** Malsophia is the Sun God.
34	* '''Parodied''':
35	** GullibleLemmings insist that [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Solaris and Seraphiel are good]] even as they disintegrate them while cackling madly.
36	** [[WitchHunt Anyone who wears light clothing is seen as evil.]]
37	** Solaris can think of no better use for his light powers than to shine them in people's eyes when he gets bored.
38	** Seraphiel ignites people in blazes of holy fire for littering and being moody.
39	* '''Zig Zagged''':
40	** A photograph of angels of light destroying [[HeartWarmingOrphan an orphanage]] surfaces causing the heroes to turn their back on them. However the angels later revealed those children were demons in disguise. An encounter with more of them reveals that demon [[ChildrenAreInnocent children are still innocent]] and the demonic culture is to blame but at the same time the angels involved were rogue.
41	** Light Magic is the magic of control and discipline, and is not associated with either good and evil. A kindly wise OldMaster is likely a white magic user. So is a megalomaniac ControlFreak planning to deploy a large MindControlDevice to affect the entire world.
42	* '''Averted''':
43	** LightIsGood.
44	** There is no correlation between appearance and alignment.
45	** There's no "good" or "evil", just [[GreyAndGrayMorality shades of grey]].
46	** [[NoAntagonist Everyone is a good guy- there are no villains.]]
47	** Light and darkness do represent alignment, but they represent OrderVersusChaos rather than good versus evil.
48	* '''Enforced''':
49	** "The producer demanded us to look for the exact opposite of our [[DarkIsNotEvil dark, but heroic]] protagonist, so we came up with somebody who is always in light but absolutely monstrous."
50	** "The producer wants to add a touch of irony and destroy the old LightIsGood stereotype. You know what to do."
51	** The producer demanded the writers to further emphasize their KnightTemplar villain because the previous draft was deemed as inadequate, so they make them light-based.
52	* '''Lampshaded''':
53	** "Just once I'd like to meet a priest of the God of Light and Mercy that wasn't secretly plotting the extermination of the so-called lesser races."
54	** "Uh, since when is light associated with evil? I thought evil entities were all [[DarkIsEvil dark and scary]]!"
55	* '''Invoked''':
56	** [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Solaris dresses in bright and cheery colors]], [[EvilOverlordList and so throws his enemies into confusion]].
57	** Solaris, a false prophet, pretends to have received a vision from the Sun God, gathers an army of fanatics and leads them on a "holy war" for his own personal agenda.
58	** Malsophia, a malicious entity, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting makes itself look similar]] to [[CrystalDragonJesus the saints/angels/gods that the locals worship]] to [[GodGuise manipulate them more easily]].
59	* '''Exploited''': A [[DarkIsEvil dark villain]] tricks people into thinking that light and light powered people are evil because of [[VocalMinority Solaris/Seraphiel]] and their powers.
60	* '''Defied''': [[SmugSnake A person with a mean streak]] receives light-based superpowers and [[HeelFaceTurn vows to try to be nicer]] to live up to their new abilities.
61	* '''Discussed''': "You only ever see somebody using that much Light and Purity imagery when they're either trying to convert people, or, as I assume the case is here, when they're trying to convince their self and others that the wicked, terrible things they do are perfectly justified."
62	* '''Conversed''': "So the guy with the sun motif was the BigBad after all. I should have seen that one coming."
63	* '''Deconstructed''':
64	** The association of light with evil results in a world of shadows where food is scarce due to crop die-offs and literacy and electronic media decline from use.
65	** Light Is Not Good, but everyone assumes it is, meaning an evil light-based being can easily become TheMole and/or a VillainWithGoodPublicity.
66	* '''Reconstructed''':
67	** The world of shadows is still a better alternative than the preceding one where radiation powered megalomaniacs nearly brought humanity to extinction.
68	** Solaris and Seraphiel were evil for trying to destroy the balance between light and darkness. After they are defeated, balance is restored and night and day became normal.
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70	Back to LightIsNotGood. And don't trust that guy in white carrying the [[{{BFS}} gigantic]], {{flaming sword}}...
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72	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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74	%%* '''Implied''': ???
75	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
76	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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