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Author: Folamh3

Nov 4th 2012 at 2:25:01 PM

I may do some trimming down of the descriptions, they are a touch overlong. I'm not entirely sure what else you're objecting to. This trope is nothing to do with whether an individual ''agrees'' with the author or not (or with the message of the work), or whether they think the work was "fair" or not. It's simply cataloguing instances in which an action is treated as moral/immoral in spite of the fact that it largely depended on chance. Some people might well believe that's a perfectly legitimate way to assess the morality of actions, and they're perfectly entitled to. I'm not interested in whether people agree with the underlying principles behind this trope, or how logical it is: I'm simply creating a list of examples where it occurs.

Additionally, lots of other existing tropes are based primarily around critiquing the perceived lapses in how the ethics of certain events are presented in fiction: ProtagonistCenteredMorality, DesignatedHero, DesignatedVillain, MoralDissonance etc. This trope is no different.