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* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \
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* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \\\"good guys\\\" are crossing the MoralEventHorizon, then we\\\'re either dealing with a VillainProtagonist or a [[BlackAndGrayMorality very dark]] [[CrapsackWorld setting]] where the protagonist is no better than the foes he opposes. At this point, their victory would make them a KarmaHoudini by definition.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees [[MoralDissonance nothing wrong with their actions]], and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees [[MoralDissonance nothing wrong with their actions]], and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
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* [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Not My Enemy, Not My Problem]] - The character in question was never an enemy of the heroes. No matter what reprehensible things they might have done
in the past, they have no reason to punish him for those.
* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \
in the past, they have no reason to punish him for those.
* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \
to:
* [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Not My Enemy, Not My Problem]] - The character in question was never an enemy of the heroes. No matter what reprehensible things they might have done in the past, they have no reason to punish him for those.
* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \\\"good guys\\\" are crossing the MoralEventHorizon, then we\\\'re either dealing with a VillainProtagonist or a [[BlackAndGrayMorality very dark]] [[CrapsackWorld setting]] where the protagonist is no better than the foes he opposes. At this point, their victory would make them a KarmaHoudini by definition.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees nothing wrong with their actions, and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \\\"good guys\\\" are crossing the MoralEventHorizon, then we\\\'re either dealing with a VillainProtagonist or a [[BlackAndGrayMorality very dark]] [[CrapsackWorld setting]] where the protagonist is no better than the foes he opposes. At this point, their victory would make them a KarmaHoudini by definition.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees nothing wrong with their actions, and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
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* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \
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* The Dark Hero Wins - If the \\\"good guys\\\" are crossing the MoralEventHorizon, then we\\\'re either dealing with a VillainProtagonist or a [[BlackAndGrayMorality very dark]] [[CrapsackWorld setting]] where the protagonist is no better than the foes he opposes. At this point, their victory would make them a KarmaHoudini by definition.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees nothing wrong with their actions, and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
* [[ValuesDissonance What Did I Do?]] - The protagonist sees nothing wrong with their actions, and neither does the author. Values Dissonance caused by time or an author with a skewed code of ethics have turned a heroic figure of yesteryear into a dark AntiHero today.
* [[OffstageVillainy Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind]] - The character may have done all sorts of horrible things in the past, but he\\\'s not doing them \\\'\\\'now\\\'\\\', is he? If the audience doesn\\\'t see an event happen, it\\\'s all too easy to forget. The RetiredMonster often falls under this.
