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Author: Aielyn

Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:18:14 AM

Sackett, if you honestly though that was what the trope name was meant to be, then something is seriously wrong. Most people should immediately see the phrase "Achilles Heel". Indeed, any normal person will see that ''before'' they see "Heel Face Turn".

This is about a character turning to "Face" due to something hitting their "Achilles Heel". Complaining about it not being about Achilles is like complaining that EnemyMine has nothing to do with mines, or that MoralEventHorizon has nothing to do with an event occurring on the horizon.

lamoxlamae - it's not an ending trope. Indeed, quite often, an AchillesHeelFaceTurn happens quite ''early'' in the story, relatively speaking. Take the TheWheelOfTime example - it happens in book 4 of a 14 book series. It is quite often used as a Twist, which is why spoilers tend to turn up, and in both of the examples I've given, that's precisely what has happened - they're both cases of a Twist.

Most examples will be heavy with spoilers, as I noted... but they're not going to be covered by spoiler tags as a result, as in most cases, you can just spoiler tag the character's identity and the specific Achilles Heel.