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. |
69 | ---- |
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: |
73 | %% |
74 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
75 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
76 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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