Can this trope be played with? Suppose the character makes her entrance and it's made painfully obvious that the first thing she does is be a callous jerkass to someone. However, we later find out she's actually a Jerk with a Heart of Gold (or more specifically, a deconstruction of that trope).
Can this trope be played with? Suppose the character makes her entrance and it's made painfully obvious that the first thing she does is be a callous jerkass to someone. However, we later find out she's actually a Jerk with a Heart of Gold (or more specifically, a deconstruction of that trope).