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I'm not sure if they should, they could be used for complaining but so can other tropes, judging if that is what was intended can also be hard for them since there isn't really a good way to tell if it's not intentional since it refers to the characters actions (in Disproportionate Retributions case) and the personality of a character (with Evil Is Petty), tropes do happen without the author intending it.
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Yeah, there is nothing inherently complainy about these tropes.
Disproportionate Retribution does get thrown around to complain about characters going "too far," but I'd say that if it isn't obvious the work intended it to be a disproportionate response, then it's probably not an example anyway.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
I remember a example of Disproportionate Retribution where the retribution was not from a character, but Meyer herself.
Question about Disproportionate Retribution and Evil Is Petty.
Do they have to be intentionally portrayed as such? I've seen the latter used as complaints against characters.
I'm working on the Moral Event Horizon cleanup and this would help with that.
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