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And TheDragon isn\'t always tougher than his boss, just tougher than everyone else who works for his boss. They\'re TheBigBad\'s strongest enforcer, and they have to go down before he does, but that doesn\'t mean that they\'re stronger than TheBigBad. Take a look at Vader and Palpatine, the page image. Vader is undoubtedly the Emperor\'s right-hand man, and strongest servant, but as Palpatine proves, he\'s even stronger. Or is that a redundant comment?
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And TheDragon isn\\\'t always tougher than his boss, just tougher than everyone else who works for his boss. They\\\'re TheBigBad\\\'s strongest enforcer, and they have to go down before he does, but that doesn\\\'t mean that they\\\'re stronger than TheBigBad. Take a look at Vader and Palpatine, the page image. Vader is undoubtedly the Emperor\\\'s right-hand man, and strongest servant, but as Palpatine proves, he\\\'s even stronger. Or is that a redundant comment?
EDIT: \\\"A common but by no means universal theme is to have The Dragon pose a physical challenge to the hero, while the Big Bad poses a mental or moral challenge.\\\" It\\\'s already in the title. It would be possible I suppose to leave TheDragon alone then, and create a new trope for the stronger master/weaker servant dynamic, and just put the link in there somewhere. For some reason I don\\\'t like that idea, although I can\\\'t quite put my finger on why. Also, that wouldn\\\'t necessarily cover the heroic examples, as there\\\'s sure to be a few where the character who does the hero\\\'s dirty work isn\\\'t stronger than he/she.
EDIT: \\\"A common but by no means universal theme is to have The Dragon pose a physical challenge to the hero, while the Big Bad poses a mental or moral challenge.\\\" It\\\'s already in the title. It would be possible I suppose to leave TheDragon alone then, and create a new trope for the stronger master/weaker servant dynamic, and just put the link in there somewhere. For some reason I don\\\'t like that idea, although I can\\\'t quite put my finger on why. Also, that wouldn\\\'t necessarily cover the heroic examples, as there\\\'s sure to be a few where the character who does the hero\\\'s dirty work isn\\\'t stronger than he/she.
