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Author: Synchronicity

Oct 9th 2017 at 8:28:58 AM

We're going in circles. "Aloof, brooding, prideful Foil" is not this draft as written. This draft as written ''emphasizes the importance of the rivalry both to the Hero and to the story.'' If you would like to create a trope for an aloof, brooding, prideful foil (or use [[AloofAlly the many]] [[RedOniBlueOni tropes]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy we have]] [[TheLancer that are]] related), by all means go ahead, but this trope was written for '''a rival'''. As said before, needlessly broadening by allowing "in spirit" examples defeats the point of having a "stock archetype."

Besides, TheLancer and TheRival are about very different things. TheRival is about someone the hero has to consistently beat to advance, TheLancer is about someone ''on a team'' who contrasts with the leader. Just because there are a few characters who are both does not mean that the two tropes can be conflated so easily. I'm not familiar with Digimon Adventure, but Matt can certainly be both a Rival (even a Stock Shonen Rival) and a Lancer. Doesn't mean the same can be said for characters like Zuko.