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Black Humor: Nobody mentioned Light because Light is not a Nietzsche Wannabe. He's a Well Intentioned Extremist, which doesn't usually go well with nihilism.
Mark Lungo: Well, I believe he's a little of both. Alternative Character Interpretation, anyone?
Doctor Antipasta: Woah, who the hell is Tyler Briggs from Fight Club? Ununnilium: By the last Dalek, do you mean in Dalek or Bad Wolf? Looney Toons: I'm still catching up. I only watched "Dalek" last night. Ununnilium: Ah. ...*wipes your memory of this conversation helpfully* fleb: I don't understand the Daleks example. They're self-worshipping Space Nazis, aren't they? I don't remember them ever caring about the philosophical implications of a material universe. Just "We rock; you all suck; die n00bs." Troper: I've removed the Daleks. They actually have a pretty upbeat view of the universe- "We're great, but we'll be a whole lot better once everyone else is dead." Do Orson Welles' speeches on the Ferris wheel in The Third Man — "dots", and then the "cuckoo clock" speech — count as Nietzsche Wannabe? Gus: Well, yeah. Sorta. I think you could go more quickly to Sartre for the inspiration of that bit, but hey .. it is all about the angst. Jordan: Another humorous Nietzsche Wannabe is the character Otto from A Fish Called Wanda. A question- does Sweeny Todd from the eponymous musical fit this trope or the Darwinist one better? DomaDoma: We are talking the fellow with the song devoted to the worthlessness of the human race and how we all deserve to die? From which point on he cuts a bloody swath in accordance with those precepts? Accompanied by dramatic chorus about moralizers and hypocrites? Put him in, no question. P.S.: Tim Burton has to stop being a tease and put out a trailer already. Meta4: Does this only apply to villains? I think Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment fits this trope perfectly (he believes that some people are naturally above the laws of morality and society, that they're entitled to any power that they can take; he then murders a pawnbroker to see if he's one of that privileged class), but he's the protagonist of the novel. Meta4: Silly me, that makes him an Ubermensch, not a Nietzsche Wannabe. Kizor: Er, removed a conversation on the main page about the horrific cruelty of life, oblivion, the inherent evil of men, the inefficiency of killing everyone, the price of wisdom, fluffy illusions of a religion, the utter futility and vileness of it all, and having to strive futilely because those who do not tend to suicide rather than breed. MAN WHAT Sorry, but I'm reasonably certain that you're on the wrong website. Rissa: Cut this, more of the same.
Cambdoranononononono: How does this one trope cover people who think everything is totally meaningless, people who think everyone is suffering and needs to die to be relieved, people who think everyone is evil and needs to suffer, and people who want everyone else to share their unhappiness? Am I misunderstanding what a nihilist is? fleb: I'd guess it's not actually about nihilists; that's just what those types all get labeled as in The Theme Park Version of English vocabulary. Haven: Excised some particularly egregrious natter from under House.
Matthew The Raven: Who is the current illustration? How does he add anything to the article other than being generic White Haired Pretty Boy #349? And if we have to add a picture, why isn't it Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and his epic moustache? Count Dorku: Because it's already been pointed out that Nietzsche couldn't have been a Nietzsche Wannabe - he's the real deal. |
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