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Author: SeanMurrayI

Dec 7th 2011 at 5:34:25 PM

I originally had this written broadly referring to "criminals", but when all the examples I was getting were for serial killers and similar to that, I wanted to make sure the focus was adjusted to acknowledge this.

I didn't initially propose this to specifically pertain to killers, but that's just what it has become through the examples that everyone else has been providing me with. If a detail ''that'' specific reappears over and over with an incredible degree of frequency within the gathered examples, as is the case here, then there's no point in refusing to acknowledge that in the trope itself. At best, the most general way of describing the typical character consulted in this sort of role would be, "A violent, repeat offender who poses an incredible danger to the lives of others." And out of that particular category, "serial killer" and similar perpetrators would still be the most widely common (and most realistic) characters to be found therein.

If this trope is truly as broad as what I originally had written, before I got more specific in the description, I wouldn't be having examples that are ''only'' about murderers and similar violent activities.