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The TRS threads are perpetually clogged with threads, so I can\'t even start another one now. For the time being, here are a few reasons why this distinction between \
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The TRS threads are perpetually clogged with threads, so I can\\\'t even start another one now. For the time being, here are a few reasons why this distinction between \\\"hitmen\\\" and \\\"assassins\\\" does not belong here:
1. The terms cause confusion. A character might be called a \\\"hitman\\\" in the work, but fall more in line with what the topic arbitrarily calls an \\\"assassin.\\\" This has caused a lot of mix-ups. For example, the current trope description claims that \\\"hitmen\\\" are sometimes a \\\"HitmanWithAHeart.\\\" The definition of \\\"hitman\\\" that the trope presents doesn\\\'t fit into \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" any more or less than its definition of \\\"assassin.\\\" The only reason it\\\'s listed in the \\\"hitman\\\" section is because \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" has the word \\\"hitman\\\" in it. That trope only uses the term \\\"hitman\\\" because it\\\'s alliterative with \\\"heart,\\\" not because it fits this trope\\\'s description of a \\\"hitman.\\\"
2. It\\\'s reductive. There aren\\\'t two kinds of professinal killers with a pre-set list of characteristics. There\\\'s an unlimited number of characterizations. According to the trope description, better-dressed and erudite professional killers are the most potent, but what about all the times when that\\\'s not correct? What about all the mooks in suits? What about all the slovenly badasses? Trying to jam each character into one of two pre-packaged definitions is basically an intra-trope version of SquarePegRoundTrope.
3. It\\\'s just other tropes bolted into this one. According to this trope\\\'s definition, \\\"hitmen\\\" are lowly grunts who aren\\\'t much of a threat and die quickly. That\\\'s a {{mook}}. There\\\'s no reason to build the concept of a mook into this trope, because that trope already exists. Furthermore, the trope description asserts that erudite \\\"assassins\\\" are sleek and cool and badass. That\\\'s BadassInANiceSuit, CulturedBadass, SilkHidingSteel and other tropes. The idea that high-class folks are tough belongs in other tropes, not this one.
1. The terms cause confusion. A character might be called a \\\"hitman\\\" in the work, but fall more in line with what the topic arbitrarily calls an \\\"assassin.\\\" This has caused a lot of mix-ups. For example, the current trope description claims that \\\"hitmen\\\" are sometimes a \\\"HitmanWithAHeart.\\\" The definition of \\\"hitman\\\" that the trope presents doesn\\\'t fit into \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" any more or less than its definition of \\\"assassin.\\\" The only reason it\\\'s listed in the \\\"hitman\\\" section is because \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" has the word \\\"hitman\\\" in it. That trope only uses the term \\\"hitman\\\" because it\\\'s alliterative with \\\"heart,\\\" not because it fits this trope\\\'s description of a \\\"hitman.\\\"
2. It\\\'s reductive. There aren\\\'t two kinds of professinal killers with a pre-set list of characteristics. There\\\'s an unlimited number of characterizations. According to the trope description, better-dressed and erudite professional killers are the most potent, but what about all the times when that\\\'s not correct? What about all the mooks in suits? What about all the slovenly badasses? Trying to jam each character into one of two pre-packaged definitions is basically an intra-trope version of SquarePegRoundTrope.
3. It\\\'s just other tropes bolted into this one. According to this trope\\\'s definition, \\\"hitmen\\\" are lowly grunts who aren\\\'t much of a threat and die quickly. That\\\'s a {{mook}}. There\\\'s no reason to build the concept of a mook into this trope, because that trope already exists. Furthermore, the trope description asserts that erudite \\\"assassins\\\" are sleek and cool and badass. That\\\'s BadassInANiceSuit, CulturedBadass, SilkHidingSteel and other tropes. The idea that high-class folks are tough belongs in other tropes, not this one.
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The TRS threads are perpetually clogged with threads, so I can\\\'t even start another one now. For the time being, here are a few reasons why this distinction between \\\"hitmen\\\" and \\\"assassins\\\" does not belong here:
1. The terms cause confusion. A character might be called a \\\"hitman\\\" in the work, but fall more in line with what the topic arbitrarily calls an \\\"assassin.\\\" This has caused a lot of mix-ups. For example, the current trope description claims that \\\"hitmen\\\" are sometimes a \\\"HitmanWithAHeart.\\\" The definition of \\\"hitman\\\" that the trope presents doesn\\\'t fit into \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" any more or less than its definition of \\\"assassin.\\\" The only reason it\\\'s listed in the \\\"hitman\\\" section is because \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" has the word \\\"hitman\\\" in it. That trope only uses the term \\\"hitman\\\" because it\\\'s alliterative with \\\"heart,\\\" not because it fits this trope\\\'s description of a \\\"hitman.\\\"
2. It\\\'s reductive. There aren\\\'t two kinds of professinal killers with a pre-set list of characteristics. There are an unlimited number of characterizations. According to the trope description, better-dressed and erudite professional killers are the most potent, but what about all the times when that\\\'s not correct? What about all the mooks in suits? What about all the slovenly badasses? Trying to jam each character into one of two pre-packaged definitions is basically an intra-trope version of SquarePegRoundTrope.
3. It\\\'s just other tropes bolted into this one. According to this trope\\\'s definition, \\\"hitmen\\\" are lowly grunts who aren\\\'t much of a threat and die quickly. That\\\'s a {{mook}}. There\\\'s no reason to build the concept of a mook into this trope, because that trope already exists. Furthermore, the trope description asserts that erudite \\\"assassins\\\" are sleek and cool and badass. That\\\'s BadassInANiceSuit, CulturedBadass, SilkHidingSteel and other tropes. The idea that high-class folks are tough belongs in other tropes, not this one.
1. The terms cause confusion. A character might be called a \\\"hitman\\\" in the work, but fall more in line with what the topic arbitrarily calls an \\\"assassin.\\\" This has caused a lot of mix-ups. For example, the current trope description claims that \\\"hitmen\\\" are sometimes a \\\"HitmanWithAHeart.\\\" The definition of \\\"hitman\\\" that the trope presents doesn\\\'t fit into \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" any more or less than its definition of \\\"assassin.\\\" The only reason it\\\'s listed in the \\\"hitman\\\" section is because \\\"HitmanWithAHeart\\\" has the word \\\"hitman\\\" in it. That trope only uses the term \\\"hitman\\\" because it\\\'s alliterative with \\\"heart,\\\" not because it fits this trope\\\'s description of a \\\"hitman.\\\"
2. It\\\'s reductive. There aren\\\'t two kinds of professinal killers with a pre-set list of characteristics. There are an unlimited number of characterizations. According to the trope description, better-dressed and erudite professional killers are the most potent, but what about all the times when that\\\'s not correct? What about all the mooks in suits? What about all the slovenly badasses? Trying to jam each character into one of two pre-packaged definitions is basically an intra-trope version of SquarePegRoundTrope.
3. It\\\'s just other tropes bolted into this one. According to this trope\\\'s definition, \\\"hitmen\\\" are lowly grunts who aren\\\'t much of a threat and die quickly. That\\\'s a {{mook}}. There\\\'s no reason to build the concept of a mook into this trope, because that trope already exists. Furthermore, the trope description asserts that erudite \\\"assassins\\\" are sleek and cool and badass. That\\\'s BadassInANiceSuit, CulturedBadass, SilkHidingSteel and other tropes. The idea that high-class folks are tough belongs in other tropes, not this one.
