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-> ''But the true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.''
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-> ''But the true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. [...] The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.''
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-> ''But the true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.''
-->--''Literature/TheLastUnicorn''
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-> ''Great criminals bear about them a kind of predestination which makes them surmount all obstacles, which makes them escape all dangers, up to the moment which a wearied Providence has marked as the rock of their impious fortunes.
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-> ''Great criminals bear about them a kind of predestination which makes them surmount all obstacles, which makes them escape all dangers, up to the moment which a wearied Providence has marked as the rock of their impious fortunes.''
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-> ''Great criminals bear about them a kind of predestination which makes them surmount all obstacles, which makes them escape all dangers, up to the moment which a wearied Providence has marked as the rock of their impious fortunes.
-->---''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', Chapter 61
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-> ''[[EvilLaugh Ahahahaha!]] '''[[YouFool FOOOOLS!]]''' ''While you were sucking up everything like a fat boy at a Golden Corral, I gathered all the Star Power in the universe and became '''''[[AGodAmI G O D !]]'''''
-->--- '''Marx''', ''WebAnimation/SomethingAbout,'' ''Something About Kirby Super Star''
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'''[[GenreSavvy Aoede]]''': First step always works, so always have a first step going.\\
-->-- ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
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'''[[GenreSavvy Aoede]]''': First step always works, so always have a first step going.\\
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-->--''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil,'' [[https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/villainous-interlude-stormfront/ Villainous Interlude: Stormfront]]
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->'''[[TheBard Aoede]]''': So your grand plan, it’s not really a plan, it’s a juggler’s philosophy.\\
'''[[TheEmperor Kairos]]''': I’ve no idea what you could possibly mean.\\
'''[[GenreSavvy Aoede]]''': First step always works, so always have a first step going.\\
-->-- ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
'''[[TheEmperor Kairos]]''': I’ve no idea what you could possibly mean.\\
'''[[GenreSavvy Aoede]]''': First step always works, so always have a first step going.\\
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'''Tarquin:''' [[TheBadGuyWins Arguable]]. No, the one thing they all have in common is this : The wicked empire '''exists'''. It has existed for some time, and it will continue to exist if no hero intervenes.\\
'''Tarquin:''' Don't you see Elan? The [[RuleOfDrama rules of drama]] to which you [[GenreSavvy subscribe as a bard]] tell us that such tyrannies can exist -- indeed, MUST exist -- and persist long enough that [[CrushingThePopulace no one realistically thinks that they can be defeated]]. Else, where is the drama in a hero opposing them?
'''Tarquin:''' Don't you see Elan? The [[RuleOfDrama rules of drama]] to which you [[GenreSavvy subscribe as a bard]] tell us that such tyrannies can exist -- indeed, MUST exist -- and persist long enough that [[CrushingThePopulace no one realistically thinks that they can be defeated]]. Else, where is the drama in a hero opposing them?
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'''Tarquin:''' [[TheBadGuyWins Arguable]]. No, the one thing they all have in common is this : The wicked empire '''exists'''. It has existed for some time, and it will continue to exist if no hero intervenes.\\
'''Tarquin:''' Don't you see Elan? The [[RuleOfDrama rules of drama]] to which you [[GenreSavvy subscribe as a bard]] tell us that such tyrannies can exist -- indeed, MUST exist -- and persist long enough that [[CrushingThePopulace no one realistically thinks that they can be defeated]]. Else, where is the drama in a hero opposing them?
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-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' #763, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html "Plotting Something"]]
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''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''
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->'''Tarquin:''' You're [[TheBard a bard]] right? How many stories have you heard in which a single hero vanquishes a [[TheEmpire wicked empire]]?\\
'''Elan:''' I dunno... dozens, I guess.\\
'''Tarquin:''' What is the one thing they all have in common? The one fact that they all share?\\
'''Elan:''' [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin The hero always wins]]!\\
'''Tarquin:''' [[TheBadGuyWins Arguable]]. No, the one thing they all have in common is this : The wicked empire '''exists'''. It has existed for some time, and it will continue to exist if no hero intervenes.\\
'''Tarquin:''' Don't you see Elan? The [[RuleOfDrama rules of drama]] to which you [[GenreSavvy subscribe as a bard]] tell us that such tyrannies can exist -- indeed, MUST exist -- and persist long enough that [[CrushingThePopulace no one realistically thinks that they can be defeated]]. Else, where is the drama in a hero opposing them?
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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-->-- '''ViewtifulJoe''', '''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''', explaining why the villains are in good shape ''now''.
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-->-- '''ViewtifulJoe''', explaining why the villains are in good shape ''now''.
->''No figuring out the plot and killing the actual villain five minutes into the adventure.''
-->-- {{Things Mr Welch Is No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG}} [[http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html #182]]
->'''Cucumber:''' If the bad guys need these stones to resurrect the Nightmare Knight, then wouldn't it make a lot more sense to get rid of them, and prevent any of this from happening at all?\\
'''Cabbage:''' What? No! ''What?'' That's IMPOSSIBLE!\\
'''Cucumber:''' ...But they're right here.\\
'''Cabbage:''' It's boring, then! You don't want to go down as the most boring legendary hero in history, do you?
-->-- ''CucumberQuest''
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