History DeconstructedCharacterArchetype / TalesSeries

* Alisha is a deconstruction of the PoliticallyActivePrincess. She actively tries her hardest to help her country, but because all the power seems to lie in the hands of Bartlow and his cohorts she's largely ineffective. However, it's not until later that you find out that the reason why she's ineffective is because Alisha valued being a knight over her duties as a princess and as a direct result of that, she actively neglected her own position as princess in order to live out the stories of knights and heroes that she loved. During the confrontation with [[spoiler:Maltran, she reveals that she deliberately raised Alisha that way to make it easy to manipulate her before forcing Alisha to kill her, all while telling her ThisIsReality; this forcefully shatters Alisha's idolization of knighthood and makes her set aside her knighthood and her belief in honor and chivalry to focus on being as the Princess of Hyland. It is only by doing this that she becomes effective politically.]]

* [[BigBad Lambda]] deconstructs the GenericDoomsdayVillain by both showing how one arrives at that point, and how futile it is. [[spoiler:Lambda was originally made to be a living weapon, but one of the scientists saw him as a son instead and tried to raise him like he was human. However, because his creator was killed by the other scientists and Lambda witnessed it, he grew to resent people and then eventually life itself, which combined with his creation as a weapon, meant that he essentially [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decided to become said weapon]] and destroy all life for how much suffering he had endured. At the end of the game, when Asbel tries to convince Lambda he's wrong, Lambda rants about his desire to end all life. This prompts Asbel to simply ask [[AndThenWhat what Lambda plans to do once humanity is dead]], since everything in the entire world will eventually die without human intervention, including Lambda himself. Lambda suffers a VillainousBreakdown when it becomes clear that [[DidntThinkThisThrough he legitimately didn't think that far ahead]], letting Asbel convince Lambda to [[YouAreACreditToYourRace at least observe humanity and then decide what to do from there]].]]

* Ivar ''also'' deconstructs the SatelliteCharacter. Having served her his whole life, Ivar has absolutely no personality outside his fanatical devotion to Milla. Unfortunately for everyone else, said devotion really ''is'' fanatical, as it causes him to make increasingly questionable and stupid decisions over the course of the game, [[NotHelpingYourCase thereby proving Milla's point that he's better off protecting Nia Khera instead of travelling with her]]. [[spoiler: When Milla (temporarily) dies, Ivar ''snaps'' since it means he now has nothing to live for, and challenges the party to a completely pointless fight, even saying he cares about nothing except proving once and for all that he's superior to Jude. Fortunately, the party manage to talk him down and he goes out to find his own path, and by the time they meet him again in the sequel, he's shown to be much more at peace with himself, having found a new purpose as an agent of Spirius.]]

* Shionne deconstructs the {{Tsundere}}. Shionne will help out anybody who needs healing, yet always has to make some kind of excuse for it, usually that it's beneficial to her mission. This is portrayed as a bad thing; not only does it [[NotHelpingYourCase exacerbate Rinwell's already sour opinion of her]], but Alphen can clearly see that [[BadLiar Shionne's actions don't match her words]]. This reaches its peak when, after hearing Alphen call her his friend in front of Dedyme, Shionne [[ImplausibleDeniability still has the gall to claim that they're only working together because of overlapping interests]]. This prompts Alphen to point out multiple things she's done for him that she ''never'' would have done if she didn't genuinely care for him. Further complicating matters is that with her Curse of Thorns, Shionne has her reasons for keeping people at arm's length, even when it's made increasingly clear over the course of the game that she'd really prefer not to. In short, Shionne is someone who believes she has to be a Tsundere but doesn't have the stomach for it, and the game goes out of its way to show how someone who constantly acts snarky, mean-spirited, and bitter would quickly get on everyone's nerves.

* Eleanor deconstructs the TokenGoodTeammate. Yes, Eleanor is a genuinely kind and heroic person working for a shady organization. However, the game pulls no punches in showing that, even if she is undeniably more virtuous than her superiors, she is nevertheless complicit in their crimes and has sinned as a result. It doesn't help that, pre-HeelRealization, [[{{Hypocrite}} she's essentially everything she claims to hate without even realising it]]. There's some {{Reconstruction}}, when she joins Velvet's group and becomes ''their'' TokenGoodTeammate, but she nevertheless acknowledges that [[TheAtoner she has to make up for turning a blind eye to the truth for so long]].

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}}. Shionne will gladly help out anybody who needs healing, yet always has to make some kind of excuse for it, usually that it's beneficial to her mission. This is portrayed as a bad thing; not only does it [[NotHelpingYourCase exacerbate Rinwell's already sour opinion of her]], but Alphen can clearly see that [[BadLiar Shionne's actions don't match her words]]. This reaches its peak when, after hearing Alphen call her his friend in front of Dedyme, Shionne [[ImplausibleDeniability implausibly claims that they're only working together because of overlapping interests]]. This prompts Alphen to point out multiple things she's done for him that she ''never'' would have done if she didn't genuinely care for him. Further complicating matters is that with her Curse of Thorns, Shionne has her reasons for keeping people at arm's length, even when it's made increasingly clear over the course of the game that she'd really prefer not to. In short, Shionne is someone who believes she has to be a Tsundere but doesn't have the stomach for it, with the game going out of its way to show how someone who constantly acts snarky, mean-spirited, and bitter would quickly get on everyone's nerves.

* Farah deconstructs ChronicHeroSyndrome by examining in detail her motivations for constantly jumping in without thinking to help people, and Rassius only needs to spend a few hours with her to notice that she has deep emotional scars. [[spoiler: As a child, Farah was a bit of a SpoiledBrat with a bad habit of bossing her friends Reid and Keele around. It came to a head one day when Farah stole the key to Regulus Knoll, which everyone but Farah's father, the village elder at the time, was forbidden from entering, just because she wanted the pretty crystals she found within. The crystals were the remains of the seal on [[BigBad Nereid]]. When Farah's father came to retrieve the children, Nereid possessed him, causing the Tragedy Rasheans where Farah's father killed many villagers before Reid's father was able to put him down in a MutualKill. Ever since, Farah has been fixated on helping as many people as she can to escape her overwhelming guilt.]]

* [[BigBad Lambda]] deconstructs the GenericDoomsdayVillain by both showing how one arrives at that point, and how futile it is. [[spoiler:Lambda was originally made to be a living weapon, but one of the scientists saw him as a son instead and tried to raise him like he was human. However, because his creator was killed by the other scientists and Lambda witnessed it, he grew to resent people and then eventually life itself, which combined with his creation as a weapon, meant that he essentially [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decided to become said weapon]] and destroy all life for how much suffering he had endured. At the end of the game, when Asbel the protagonist tries to convince him he's wrong, Lambda rants about his desire to end all life, only for Asbel to call him out on this by pointing out how empty life would become if he succeeded, and that even if he did achieve it, [[AndThenWhat he would have no idea what to do after as he would be all alone]]. With this pointed out, Lambda suffers a VillainousBreakdown, letting Asbel convince him to let him [[ACreditToYourRace redeem humanity]] for him]].

* Luke deconstructs the IdiotHero, AmnesiacHero, and KidHero. He's a seemingly entitled and idiotic noble who is incredibly rude to people, but it's because he was kidnapped as a child and had his memories (by memories we mean basically how to talk, write, etc) wiped, and has been living the past roughly seven years trying to become a functional member of society, making him mentally only seven years old. As a result, once he gets taken out of his manor unexpectedly, he is ignorant to many of the realities of the world such as commerce and combat, and has no idea of the world's current political situation, causing the party to dislike him as he comes across as an annoying liability. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is actually a replica of the real Luke, meaning he is really only seven years old, and he's only an "idiot" because he's mentally a child, and doesn't have the mental growth to properly handle things at first]]. He is also made an ambassador briefly, and the fact he is given such a position of power causes it to go to his head and drive a further wedge between him and the party, and his inability to understand why makes things worse as the story goes on before reaching its zenith when Luke [[spoiler:accidentally helps the BigBad kill many innocent people via a FantasticNuke]], causing them to abandon him for a time. Luke matures and grows after, but remains haunted by what happened.

* TokenHeroicOrc, BenevolentBoss, and TokenGoodTeammate are deconstructed by Dohalim. Dohalim really is a great man (only ''slightly'' less great than the image he presents) who is doing everything he can to make the lives of his subjects better. But he is just one part of a culture that has been built on slavery and exploitation for centuries. [[spoiler:Many of his nobles are exploiting Dahnans behind his back]], and even putting that aside, like any other lord he's going to eventually be replaced, and then they'll be back to the old status quo. The game also points out how Dohalim's general motivations for running his city [[spoiler: are born of guilt for personally killing a friend he was forced to fight to become a lord, rather than any moral compulsions towards Dahnans specifically.]] Essentially, Dohalim is a good person constrained by the values of his system, and can only act as a decent man ''in spite of it'' rather than ''because of it''. Furthermore, his status as the "only good" Renan Lord is undermined by the fact that he will eventually be replaced, and there is no certainty his replacement will be a noble person, thus putting the region back to where it was before. In the end, he goes against the Crown Contest when he realizes all of this, and resolves to make things better for more than just his realm.
* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}}, a character type the series has played straight borderline OncePerEpisode. Shionne will gladly help out anybody who needs healing, even if she's told it's unnecessary, yet she always has to make some kind of excuse for it, usually that it's beneficial to her mission. This is portrayed as a very bad thing; not only does it [[NotHelpingYourCase exacerbate Rinwell's already sour opinion of her]], but Alphen can clearly see that [[BadLiar her actions don't match her words]], and calls her out on it even before they meet any of the others. This reaches its peak when, even after hearing Alphen call her his friend in front of Dedyme, she ''still'' has [[ImplausibleDeniability the gall to claim that they're only working together because of overlapping interests]], prompting Alphen to point out multiple things she's done for him that she ''never'' would have done if she didn't genuinely care for him. Further complicating matters is that with her Curse of Thorns and [[spoiler: belief she's going to die soon]], Shionne has her reasons for keeping people at arm's length, even when it's made increasingly clear over the course of the game that she'd really prefer not to. In short, Shionne is someone who believes she has no choice but to be a Tsundere but ultimately just doesn't have the stomach for it.

* Vicious deconstructs the VillainProtagonist. Vicious is ''not'' a pleasant person. He's [[AloofAlly a complete jerk even to people he's ostensibly helping]], he's known as "[[RedBaron the Great Transgressor]]", and he has a list of sins a mile long. He constantly suggests the most violent options first, and is willing to commit any number of crimes (up to and including murder) if he thinks it will make his life easier. In spite of this, Vicious can be surprisingly insightful when he wants to be, especially about the hypocrisy of the citizens who are so quick to label people as transgressors. [[spoiler:Also, because people have no interest in hearing a transgressor's side of the story, however justified they may be, Vicious has decided that [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he may as well throw any pretense of morality to the winds and just give the people the monster that they want]]. His sin was being born, which just amplifies these feelings. It's only when Kanata keeps trying to help Vicious and be nice to him in spite of all the times that Vicious pushes him away that Vicious warms up to him at all, and even then, Vicious still things most people aren't worth his time.]]

* Rowen deconstructs the HumbleHero. Despite being an accomplished military tactician, even [[TheRedBaron picking up a title as a result]], Rowen has made the incredibly humble decision to serve as a butler to the Sharil family, and so Jude and the others were shocked once they learned who he really is. Unfortunately, this decision, while sympathetic, is nevertheless portrayed as the wrong thing to do, as the years he spent separated from King Nachtigal partially contributed to the latter's fall from grace. Wingul even tells Rowen point-blank that it's his fault Nachtigal became a tyrant (and gives Jude a ShutUpKirk when the latter tries to argue that Nachtigal made his own decisions). It's telling that, at the end of the game, [[spoiler: Rowen has become Gaius' Prime Minister, most likely as a way to prevent history from repeating itself]].

* Ivar ''also'' deconstructs the SatelliteCharacter. Having served her his whole life, Ivar has absolutely no personality outside his fanatical devotion to Milla. Unfortunately for everyone else, said devotion really ''is'' fanatical, as it causes him to make increasingly questionable and stupid decisions over the course of the game, [[NotHelpingYourCase thereby proving Milla's point that he's better off protecting Nia Khera instead of travelling with her]]. [[spoiler: When Milla (temporarily) dies, Ivar ''snaps'' since it means he now has nothing to live for, and challenges the party to a completely pointless fight, even saying he cares about nothing except proving once and for all that he's superior to Jude. Fortunately, the party manage to talk him down and he goes out to find his own path, and by the time they meet him again in the sequel, he's shown to be much more at peace with himself.]]

!!''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''

* Muzét deconstructs SatelliteCharacter. Created for the sole purpose of protecting the Schism, Muzét defines herself by her loyalty to the real Maxwell and her job of protecting it, to the point of deliberately finding the most likely person to help her do so, and practically revolving herself around being as helpful to them as she can they can do as she desires. When Maxwell decides to remove the Schism after practically abandoning her however, Muzét freaks out when her genuine loyalty is repaid with silence, and joins forces with Gaius to avoid losing what little sense of worth she has in her job as protecting the Schism. It takes her and Gaius being defeated, and Gaius changing his mind, for her to be able to be convinced that she can be more than simply what Maxwell created her for, and what others want her to be.

* Artorius is this for the AllLovingHero and TheAtoner. Artorius wants to save the world from the Daemonblight, but he believes that humans are too flawed to be allowed to be as they are, and so desires to force EmotionSuppression on the world to stop it. [[spoiler:Later on it's revealed that this all stems from the fact that he feels guilt for being unable to save his mentor, and later his wife (Velvet's older sister) and unborn child, causing him to develop his extreme goals out of guilt. In the finale, it becomes clear that his love for his family was such that even if his wife had lived and Velvet and Laphicet died instead, he would have become the same man he ended up, because he wanted to protect everyone, and failing to do so was something he couldn't live with. His love for his family, and the guilt for failing them, made him unable to accept the world, leading to his villainous actions out of guilt]].

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}}, a character type the series has played straight borderline OncePerEpisode, in the series' grand tradition of exploring the traumatic origins of her behavior. The Curse of Thorns that makes it impossible for Shionne to touch anyone without causing debilitating pain was present from birth, so her earliest memories are of being isolated in a lab for horrific experiments under the guise of "treatment", where every adult she knew recoiled in terror every time she came near them, and the only thing she could safely interact with was an old doll. Despite caring for others' well-being, she pushes people away because her isolation has left her genuinely unable to comprehend that people ''can'' care about her. When the one person able to truly connect with her in spite of this, Alphen, [[spoiler: regains his sense of pain]], the realization hits Shionne so hard that she almost becomes an EmptyShell. [[spoiler:Worse, Shionne believes, with good reason, that the only way to get rid of the Thorns is for her to die, giving her even more reason to keep people away when she can't see any way for it to not end in heartbreak. As much as she wants friends, the idea of letting people close to her, only to have to die, is so painful that she doesn't want to let herself have that if she can help it. There is evidence that she may have tried to commit suicide, but the Thorns wouldn't let her.]] To quote the woman herself, "is it any wonder I lacked a cheery disposition?"

* Jade is this for TheAce and MadScientist. Jade is well known and respected by the world at large for his magical and scientific research and intelligence, to the point where the main villains consider [[BroughtDownToNormal sealing most of his powers]] away a better use for it than their original target. [[spoiler: Although Jade is smart and the world's leading expert on most scientific research in Fonic Artes, he later reveals he hates himself because while he is skilled and talented, he doesn't feel he deserves all the praise he gets since he admits to being a sociopath who has trouble emotionally connecting to other people. He also points out that his MadScientist elements are not cooky or endearing; when he was younger he genuinely cared little for other people, and only softened when he made a mistake that killed his beloved mentor. He later admits he envies Luke, because despite everything, Luke was able to change as a person, with Jade admitting if he had the power to, he'd kill his past self to avoid all the damage he's brought to the world.]]

* Vicious deconstructs the VillainProtagonist. Vicious is ''not'' a pleasant person. He's [[AloofAlly a complete jerk even to people he's ostensibly helping]], he's known as "[[RedBaron the Great Transgressor]]", and he has a list of sins a mile long. He constantly suggests the most violent options first, and is willing to commit any number of crimes (up to and including murder) if he thinks it will make his life easier. In spite of this, Vicious can be surprisingly insightful when he wants to be, especially about the hypocrisy of the citizens who are so quick to label people as transgressors. However, due to Kanata's influence, Vicious began to soften, and he pledged UndyingLoyalty to Kanata and even came back from near death to save him from Kasque. [[spoiler:Also, because people have no interest in hearing a transgressor's side of the story, however justified they may be, Vicious has decided that [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he may as well throw any pretense of morality to the winds and just give the people the monster that they want]]. His sin was being born, which just amplifies these feelings.]]

* Velvet is this for TheUnfettered. She'll do whatever it takes to get revenge on Artorius for killing her brother and imprisoning her for several years, ranging from taking hostages, to damaging towns, and even killing people who are connected to him but aren't aware of his plans. For most of the game, she stays focused on her goal above all else. The game also shows that Velvet hates that she has become someone who would casually hurt people to get what she wants, but feels she has to because her revenge is motivated by avenging her little brother. [[spoiler:Eventually, Velvet learns that her brother willingly died for her sake, that Artorius never intended for Velvet to be involved, and that her brother is now the vessel for the BigBad. This shatters Velvet's resolve, as she realizes she was justifying her actions on a lie and she believes [[IAmAMonster she has become a monster who is no longer worth saving]]. The party snap her out of this and she resolves to stop Artorius to protect the world, but Velvet believes she has crossed the line, as no matter how hard she may try, her actions were inexcusable. She willingly submits herself to a LotusEaterMachine in the finale to stop the BigBad, believing it the only way she can even attempt to undo the harm she's caused.]]

DeconstructedCharacterArchetype in this series.

* Cheria is this for the PatientChildhoodLoveInterest. She's had feelings for Asbel since they were kids, but Asbel never noticed it. Once the incident in their childhood happened, Asbel left suddenly while leaving Cheria behind, so she decided to remain home for the chance he would come back. When they finally meet again, its only because Asbel's father passed away, and when they do, Asbel doesn't even really seem to notice that Cheria has still been waiting for him, and still has feelings for him. Between being essentially ignored for years by him, and him barely even noticing how deeply she likes him, Cheria eventually calls him out on basically not even bothering to keep in contact, yet act like things are the same as when they were kids. Asbel apologies in the end and explains why he felt the need to do what he did, which makes things easier for Cheria to move on with.

* Yggdrasill deconstructs TheDeterminator simply by asking what would happen if the determinator were wrong. Yggdrasill is the BigBad precisely because he refuses to budge from his goal and his worldview no matter what evidence he is confronted with that his endgame is a horrible idea. [[spoiler: Even being read the riot act by the sister he worked so hard to resurrect isn't enough to get through to him; instead he essentially says IRejectYourReality and refuses to budge on his views or plans, even invoking InsaneTrollLogic to justify why he can't be wrong. By the finale, he's still so determined to continue his plans and views, that he loses all the support he one had, and has to be killed to stop his insanity.]] This is pointedly contrasted by Lloyd, who is TheHero because he is willing to adjust and refine his goals and worldview as he gains more information, while still being strong willed about his core beliefs.

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}}, a character type the series has played straight borderline OncePerEpisode, in the series' grand tradition of exploring the traumatic origins of her behavior. The Curse of Thorns that makes it impossible for Shionne to touch anyone without causing debilitating pain was present from birth, so her earliest memories are of being isolated in a lab for horrific experiments under the guise of "treatment", where every adult she knew recoiled in terror every time she came near them, and the only thing she could safely interact with was an old doll. Despite caring for others' well-being, she pushes people away because her isolation has left her genuinely unable to comprehend that people ''can'' care about her. When the one person able to truly connect with her in spite of this, Alphen, [[spoiler: regains his sense of pain]], the realization hits Shionne so hard that she almost becomes an EmptyShell. [[spoiler:Worse, Shionne believes, with good reason, that the only way to get rid of the Thorns is for her to die, giving her even more reason to keep people away when she can't see any way for it to not end in heartbreak. As much as she wants friends, the idea of letting people close to her, only to have to die, is so painful that she doesn't want to let herself have that if she can help it. There is evidence that she may have tried to commit suicide, but the Thorns wouldn't let her.]] To quote the woman herself, "is it any wonder I lacked a cheery disposition?"

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}}, a character type the series has played straight borderline OncePerEpisode, in the series' grand tradition of exploring the traumatic origins of her behavior. The Curse of Thorns that makes it impossible for Shionne to touch anyone without causing debilitating pain was present from birth, so her earliest memories are of being isolated in a lab for horrific experiments under the guise of "treatment", where every adult she knew recoiled in terror every when she came near them, and the only thing she could safely interact with was an old doll. Despite caring for others' well-being, she pushes people away because her isolation has left her genuinely unable to comprehend that people ''can'' care about her. When the one person able to truly connect with her in spite of this, Alphen, [[spoiler: regains his sense of pain]], the realization hits Shionne so hard that she almost becomes an EmptyShell. [[spoiler:Worse, Shionne believes, with good reason, that the only way to get rid of the Thorns is for her to die, giving her even more reason to keep people away when she can't see any way for it to not end in heartbreak. As much as she wants friends, the idea of letting people close to her, only to have to die, is so painful that she doesn't want to let herself have that if she can help it. There is evidence that she may have tried to commit suicide, but the Thorns wouldn't let her.]] To quote the woman herself, "is it any wonder I lacked a cheery disposition?"

* Luke deconstructs the IdiotHero, AmnesiacHero, and KidHero. He's a seemingly entitled and idiotic noble who is incredibly rude to people, but its because he was kidnapped as a child and had his memories (by memories we mean basically how to talk, write, etc) wiped, and has been living the past roughly seven years trying to become a functional member of society, making him mentally only seven years old. As a result, once he gets taken out of his manor unexpectedly, he is ignorant to many of the realities of the world such as commerce and combat, and has no idea of the world's current political situation, causing the party to dislike him as he comes across as an annoying liability. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is actually a replica of the real Luke, meaning he is really only seven years old, and he's only an "idiot" because he's mentally a child, and doesn't have the mental growth to properly handle things at first]]. He is also made an ambassador briefly, and the fact he is given such a position of power causes it to go to his head and drive a further wedge between him and the party, and his inability to understand why makes things worse as the story goes on before reaching its zenith when Luke [[spoiler:accidentally helps the BigBad kill many innocent people via a FantasticNuke]], causing them to abandon him for a time. Luke matures and grows after, but remains haunted by what happened.

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}} in the series' grand tradition of exploring the traumatic origins of her behavior. The Curse of Thorns that makes it impossible for Shionne to touch anyone without causing debilitating pain was present from birth, so her earliest memories are of being isolated in a lab for horrific experiments under the guise of "treatment", where every adult she knew recoiled in terror every when she came near them, and the only thing she could safely interact with was an old doll. Despite caring for others' well-being, she pushes people away because her isolation has left her genuinely unable to comprehend that people ''can'' care about her. When the one person able to truly connect with her in spite of this, Alphen, [[spoiler: regains his sense of pain]], the realization hits Shionne so hard that she almost becomes an EmptyShell. [[spoiler:Worse, Shionne believes, with good reason, that the only way to get rid of the Thorns is for her to die, giving her even more reason to keep people away when she can't see any way for it to not end in heartbreak. As much as she wants friends, the idea of letting people close to her, only to have to die, is so painful that she doesn't want to let herself have that if she can help it. There is evidence that she may have tried to commit suicide, but the Thorns wouldn't let her.]] To quote the woman herself, "is it any wonder I lacked a cheery disposition?"

* Luke deconstructs the IdiotHero, AmnesiacHero, and KidHero. He's a seemingly entitled and idiotic noble who is incredibly rude to people, but its because he was kidnapped as a child and had his memories (by memories we mean basically how to talk, write, etc) wiped, and has been living the past roughly seven years trying to become a functional member of society, making him mentally only seven years old. As a result, once he gets taken out of his manor unexpectedly, he is ignorant to many of the realities of the world such as commerce and combat, and has no idea of the world's current political situation. This makes him more of a liability and the group grows to dislike him for how frustrating he is. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is actually a replica of the real Luke, meaning he is really only seven years old, and he's only an idiot because he legitimately has no idea what he's doing. He's essentially a child forced to become an adult despite not being mentally prepared enough, and having no idea what the right choice is to make]]. He is also made an ambassador at one point, and the fact he is given such a position of power causes it to go to his head and drive a wedge between him and his friends and his inability to understand why makes things worse as the story goes on before reaching its zenith when Luke [[spoiler:accidentally helps the BigBad kill many innocent people via a FantasticNuke]], causing them to abandon him for a time.
* Jade is this for TheAce and MadScientist. Jade is well known and respected by the world at large for his magical and scientific research and intelligence, to the point where the main villains consider [[BroughtDownToNormal sealing most of his powers]] away a better use for it than their original target. [[spoiler: Although Jade is smart and the world's leading expert on most scientific research in Fonic Artes, he later reveals he hates himself because while he is skilled and talented, he doesn't feel he deserves all the praise he gets since he admits to being a sociopath who has trouble emotionally connecting to other people. He also points out that his MadScientist elements are not cooky or endearing; when he was younger he genuinely had no concern for people, and only softened when he made a mistake that killed his beloved mentor. He later admits he envies Luke because Luke, despite everything, is able to change as a person, with Jade himself admitting if he had the power to, he'd willingly kill his past self because of how much he hates himself.]]

* Marta deconstructs ClingyJealousGirl and ManicPixieDreamGirl. She meets Emil early in the game and helps inspire him to adventure, which from that point on has her swoon over him, getting jealous of other girls when they interact with Emil, and being fairly clingy. which makes Emil uncomfortable. However, it becomes clear that Marta wants Emil to become a KnightInShiningArmor, and so she pushes him to be more "badass" so that he can become the ideal love interest for her, seemingly not thinking that Emil would take issue with this. Later in the game, Emil finally has enough and makes it clear that he finds her advances annoying, but also makes Marta realize she's trying to make him become what she wants over who he truly is, making it clear he doesn't feel a romantic connection due to those reasons. This makes Marta question her approach and how selfish she has been, causing her to seek to improve how she has been behaving. She ends up winning Emil's affection through this in the end, but she only does so after apologizing for how selfish she was.

* Shionne deconstructs the Type A {{Tsundere}} in the series' grand tradition of exploring the traumatic origins of her behavior. The Curse of Thorns that makes it impossible for Shionne to touch anyone without causing debilitating pain was present from birth, so her earliest memories are of being isolated in a lab for horrific experiments under the guise of "treatment", where every adult she knew recoiled in terror every when she came near them, and the only thing she could safely interact with was an old doll. Despite caring for others' well-being, she pushes people away because her isolation has left her genuinely unable to comprehend that people ''can'' care about her. [[spoiler:Worse, Shionne believes, with good reason, that the only way to get rid of the Thorns is for her to die, giving her even more reason to keep people away when she can't see any way for it to not end in heartbreak. There is evidence that she may have tried to commit suicide, but the Thorns wouldn't let her.]] To quote the woman herself, "is it any wonder I lacked a cheery disposition?"

* Yggdrasill deconstructs TheDeterminator simply by asking what would happen if the determinator were wrong. Yggdrasill is the BigBad precisely because he refuses to budge from his goal and his worldview no matter what evidence he is confronted with that his endgame is a horrible idea. [[spoiler: Even being read the riot act by the sister he worked so hard to resurrect isn't enough to get through to him, instead he essentially says IRejectYourReality and refuses to budge on his views or plans, even invoking InsaneTrollLogic to justify why he can't be wrong. By the finale, he's still so determined to continue his plans and views, that he loses all the support he one had, and has to be killed to stop his insanity.]] This is pointedly contrasted by Lloyd who is TheHero because he is willing to adjust and refine his goals and worldview as he gains more information, while still being strong willed about his core beliefs.