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* While not explicitly stated, this trope is one of the fundamental concepts of existence in the mythos of ''TabletopGame/TheDelversGuideToBeastWorld'' - a world can only remain living and functional as long as the gods remain interested in it ''and'' the lynchpins binding reality remain intact.
** The Broken World is the result of the latter happening, and humanity saw this firsthand in the backstory; escaping it and violently claiming new territory resulted in the Invader War, which only ended when humans started to see beasts as something more noble than mere animals and monsters. A Broken World is what happens when [[RealityBreakingParadox the laws that govern a world break down on every fundamental level]].
** The Ancestral Homeland, the former home of the dragons, was eventually tailored to the dragons' every need and whim, each habitat serving a different family of dragon such that conflict no longer existed. With the concepts of the world "solved", the gods became bored and left, and a magical infertility plague followed; no new life could be born despite every effort the dragons made, and they eventually had to leave lest they die out.
** The Broken World is the result of the latter happening, and humanity saw this firsthand in the backstory; escaping it and violently claiming new territory resulted in the Invader War, which only ended when humans started to see beasts as something more noble than mere animals and monsters. A Broken World is what happens when [[RealityBreakingParadox the laws that govern a world break down on every fundamental level]].
** The Ancestral Homeland, the former home of the dragons, was eventually tailored to the dragons' every need and whim, each habitat serving a different family of dragon such that conflict no longer existed. With the concepts of the world "solved", the gods became bored and left, and a magical infertility plague followed; no new life could be born despite every effort the dragons made, and they eventually had to leave lest they die out.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Dishonored}}'''s chaos system emphasizes this. The BigBad is obsessed with order and establishing a police state that represses the poor; the Rat Plague and the Weepers, on the other hand, represent chaos. If the player kills too many enemies and finishes the game on High Chaos, [[spoiler: the entire state infrastructure of the state appears to completely collapse.]] To get the GoldenEnding, one must leave a majority of guards alive, and thus in Low Chaos [[spoiler: the RightfulQueenReturns, the police state is dismantled, and a cure for the rat plague is invented.]]
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates... not yet/{{Natural End of Time}} anyways.
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates... not yet/{{Natural End of Time}} [[{{NaturalEndOfTime}} yet]] anyways.
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates... not yet anyways.
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates... not yet yet/{{Natural End of Time}} anyways.
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates.
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* The whole Universe basically works on this principle - the two profound forces of Gravity (Order) and Entropy (Chaos) are both disastrous when either gets the upper hand. When gravity (order) gets to dominate, the result will be a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]]: when entropy (chaos) gets to dominate, the result will be the Heat Death. The universe as we know it is possible only because neither dominates.dominates... not yet anyways.
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* ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'': The secular Heaven and Hell are basically Absolute Order and Absolute Chaos, rather than good or evil respectively, and angels and demons are both dangerous in their own ways. Wong even says that while demons are a hassle to deal with, in some ways angels are ''worse'', since they ''never'' compromise.
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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' mostly focuses on ChaosIsEvil, but occasionally plays with the idea that order is equally as bad. Nabu for example requires enslaved hosts and doesn't much care for anything unless it involves chaos, while the trial in which they speak through Phantom Stranger reveals them to be apathetic to the chaos Child is causing on earth. Vandal Savage himself is flat out compared to a Lord of Order by Child, which wouldn't mean much coming from her if he wasn't in competition with Darkseid (who himself also represents Order as tyranny) for control of the universe.
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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' mostly focuses on ChaosIsEvil, but occasionally plays with Exemplified in the idea second half of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' by the last two primary antagonists. [[EnlightenedAntagonist Zaheer]] is an anarchist whose powers are tied to spiritual freedom. He wanted to free the people from (what he considered to be) tyrants, believing that order is equally as bad. Nabu for example requires enslaved hosts and doesn't much care for anything unless it involves chaos, while the trial in which they speak through Phantom Stranger reveals them to be apathetic to the chaos Child is causing on earth. Vandal Savage himself is flat out compared to a Lord of Order by Child, which wouldn't mean much coming from her if he wasn't in competition with Darkseid (who himself also represents Order as tyranny) for control was the natural state of the universe.world. [[ControlFreak Kuvira]] is a dictator who's hellbent on bringing a continent under her heel. She wanted to protect people who were suffering in the absence of a strong government, believing that any disruption to uniformity had to be crushed. Ironically, [[spoiler:Kuvira helped Korra bring down Zaheer in Book 3 and Zaheer helped Korra bring down Kuvira in Book 4]]. The title of the final book, as well as a major theme of the series overall, is "Balance", indicating going to either extreme is wrong.
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* Exemplified in the second half of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' by the last two primary antagonists. [[EnlightenedAntagonist Zaheer]] is an anarchist whose powers are tied to spiritual freedom. He wanted to free the people from (what he considered to be) tyrants, believing that chaos was the natural state of the world. [[ControlFreak Kuvira]] is a dictator who's hellbent on bringing a continent under her heel. She wanted to protect people who were suffering in the absence of a strong government, believing that any disruption to uniformity had to be crushed. Ironically, [[spoiler:Kuvira helped Korra bring down Zaheer in Book 3 and Zaheer helped Korra bring down Kuvira in Book 4]]. The title of the final book, as well as a major theme of the series overall, is "Balance", indicating going to either extreme is wrong.
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* Exemplified in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' mostly focuses on ChaosIsEvil, but occasionally plays with the second half of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' by the last two primary antagonists. [[EnlightenedAntagonist Zaheer]] is an anarchist whose powers are tied to spiritual freedom. He wanted to free the people from (what he considered to be) tyrants, believing idea that order is equally as bad. Nabu for example requires enslaved hosts and doesn't much care for anything unless it involves chaos, while the trial in which they speak through Phantom Stranger reveals them to be apathetic to the chaos was the natural state Child is causing on earth. Vandal Savage himself is flat out compared to a Lord of Order by Child, which wouldn't mean much coming from her if he wasn't in competition with Darkseid (who himself also represents Order as tyranny) for control of the world. [[ControlFreak Kuvira]] is a dictator who's hellbent on bringing a continent under her heel. She wanted to protect people who were suffering in the absence of a strong government, believing that any disruption to uniformity had to be crushed. Ironically, [[spoiler:Kuvira helped Korra bring down Zaheer in Book 3 and Zaheer helped Korra bring down Kuvira in Book 4]]. The title of the final book, as well as a major theme of the series overall, is "Balance", indicating going to either extreme is wrong.universe.
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* In ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', the Tenth Doctor is given the choice of either siding with the White Guardian in establishing complete order or with the Black Guardian in establishing complete chaos. As both choices would lead to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the Universe as we know it]], he, with a little help from [[TheNthDoctor his previous self]], advocates [[TakeAThirdOption a balance between order and chaos]].
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* In ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', the Tenth Doctor is given the choice of either siding with the White Guardian in establishing complete order or with the Black Guardian in establishing complete chaos. As both choices would lead to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the Universe as we know it]], he, with a little help from [[TheNthDoctor his previous self]], advocates [[TakeAThirdOption a balance between order and chaos]]. The Guardians even lampshade this trope, pointing out that during his travels the Doctor brings both chaos to places where too much order has become oppression, and stabilizes chaotic places to reduce suffering.
