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** Aang learns that when fighting with someone else for the same cause, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll fight with the same methods or for the same reasons.
** No single person is good or bad based on the nation they come from. This is noticeably the first episode in which the Fire Nation is not presented in a villainous context, with an old man helping Sokka and the Fire Nation authorities evacuating the village when they are convinced that the people truly are in danger if they don't.
** Sometimes, it helps to listen to your instincts. At the same time, your instincts may be wrong on occasion.
** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from [[BloodKnight unnecessarily ruthless]] to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
** It's a subtler one, but because Aang and Katara initially refused to fight Jet, it gave time for Longshot to get in position and destroy the dam once Jet gave the signal. You can't always rely on avoidance and may need to face your problems head-on, a lesson that comes back when Aang tries to learn earthbending.
** Aang learns that when fighting with someone else for the same cause, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll fight with the same methods or for the same reasons.
** No single person is good or bad based on the nation they come from. This is noticeably the first episode in which the Fire Nation is not presented in a villainous context, with an old man helping Sokka and the Fire Nation authorities evacuating the village when they are convinced that the people truly are in danger if they don't.
** Sometimes, it helps to listen to your instincts. At the same time, your instincts may be wrong on occasion.
** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from [[BloodKnight unnecessarily ruthless]] to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
** It's a subtler one, but because Aang and Katara initially refused to fight Jet, it gave time for Longshot to get in position and destroy the dam once Jet gave the signal. You can't always rely on avoidance and may need to face your problems head-on, a lesson that comes back when Aang tries to learn earthbending.
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* FreudianExcuse: Jet's parents were killed by the Fire Nation when he was only eight. He also tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this with Katara and Sokka, reminding them of their mother's death when they protest his actions. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse It doesn't take]].
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** It's a subtler one, but because Aang and Katara initially refused to fight Jet, it gave time for Longshot to get in position and destroy the dam once Jet gave the signal. You can't always rely on avoidance and may need to face your problems head-on, a lesson that comes back when Aang tries to learn earthbending.
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* WouldHurtAChild: As we see, there are children in the village, which doesn't seem to phase Jet from his plan.
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* NoYou: After Sokka reveals he managed to warn the village and the Fire Nation evacuated everyone in time, Jet calls him a "traitor" for it, but Sokka immediately [[ShutUpHannibal turns it back on Jet]].
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* NoYou: After Sokka reveals he managed to warn the village and the Fire Nation evacuated everyone in time, Jet calls him a "traitor" for it, but Sokka immediately [[ShutUpHannibal turns it back on Jet]].Jet.
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* ForWantOfANail: As mentioned, if Sokka hadn't insisted on walking, they wouldn't have met Jet and an entire village of innocent people would've been killed.
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* ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: The episode takes place in a forest of red-leafed trees, notably despite being set shortly after the Winter Solstice.
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* CassandraTruth: Sokka experiences this while trying to convince Katara and Aang that Jet isn't as good as he seems to be. Unfortunately, Katara refuses to believe him for several reasons, the main one being her infatuation with Jet. Subverted when [[spoiler:he warns the villagers themselves instead.]] They listen, and nobody drowns.
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* CassandraTruth: Sokka experiences this while trying to convince Katara and Aang that Jet isn't as good as he seems to be. Unfortunately, Katara refuses to believe him for several reasons, the main one being her infatuation with Jet. Subverted when [[spoiler:he he warns the villagers themselves instead.]] instead. They listen, and nobody drowns.
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%%* TheBigGuy: Pipsqueak.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Sokka ''has'' kissed a girl— you've just never met her.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Sokka ''has'' kissed a girl— you've just never met her. He might be referring to [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Suki]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sokka. He seems like he can’t lead and can’t forage. However, when Sokka is tied up and being led around the forest by Smellerbee and Pipsqueak, he’s able to lure them into a couple of traps and escape his bonds.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sokka. He seems like he can’t lead and can’t forage. However, when Sokka is tied up and being led around the forest by Smellerbee and Pipsqueak, he’s able to lure them into a couple of traps and escape his bonds. Then he personally foils Jet's plan with his charisma and empathy alone.
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* CassandraTruth: Sokka experiences this while trying to convince Katara and Aang that Jet isn't as good as he seems to be. Unfortunately, Katara refuses to believe him for several reasons, the main one being her infatuation with Jet.
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* CassandraTruth: Sokka experiences this while trying to convince Katara and Aang that Jet isn't as good as he seems to be. Unfortunately, Katara refuses to believe him for several reasons, the main one being her infatuation with Jet. Subverted when [[spoiler:he warns the villagers themselves instead.]] They listen, and nobody drowns.
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** Sokka hates the Fire Nation like a lot of characters in the show. However, he refuses to resort to Jet’s methods of driving the Fire Nation out when innocent civilians are involved. He also realizes early on that Jet isn’t so heroic when he, Smellerbee, and Pipsqueak almost attack an innocent old man.
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** Sokka hates the Fire Nation like a lot of characters in the show. However, he refuses to resort to Jet’s methods of driving the Fire Nation out when innocent civilians are involved. He also realizes early on that Jet isn’t so heroic when he, Smellerbee, and Pipsqueak almost attack an innocent old man.man that just happened to belong to the Fire Nation.
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* WouldNotShootACivilian: This is ultimately what sets The Gaang apart from Jets' Freedom Fighters: they aren't going to tolerate harming a group of innocent Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation civvies, even if it means that they'd be foregoing a chance to deal serious damage to a group of Fire Nation soldiers.
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* TheBigGuy: Pipsqueak.
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* VillainsWantMercy: This is how Jet views the Fire Nation. He sees them only as the bad guys who destroy and murder everything in their way without mercy, and so when he and the Freedom Fighters mug an old Fire Nation man who pleads with them for mercy, it sets Jet off and he yells "Does the Fire Nation let people go? Does the Fire Nation have mercy?" while trying to strike him. However, this is just Jet's own warped view of seeing everyone from the Fire Nation as a villain, since the old man was just an innocent civilian who had nothing to do with the war.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Jet and the Freedom Fighters have the goal to free the local village by driving the Fire Nation out of it. They have mainly been doing raids on Fire Nation camps and taking down soldiers they come across. But then Jet decides to [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope take it a step too far]] and blow up the dam, destroying the village and everyone in it. He claims doing this will kill the Fire Nation soldiers there and free everyone, but ignores the fact that all the innocent people in the village will die too. Sokka even calls him out on this after he manages to save everyone.
-->'''Jet:''' Sokka, you fool! We could've freed this valley!\\
'''Sokka:''' Who would be free? Everyone would be dead.
-->'''Jet:''' Sokka, you fool! We could've freed this valley!\\
'''Sokka:''' Who would be free? Everyone would be dead.
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* NoYou: After Sokka reveals he managed to warn the village and the Fire Nation evacuated everyone in time, Jet calls him a "traitor" for it, but Sokka immediately [[ShutUpHannibal turns it back on Jet]].
-->'''Jet:''' You traitor!\\
'''Sokka:''' No, Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people.
-->'''Jet:''' You traitor!\\
'''Sokka:''' No, Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people.
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''[[caption-width-right:333:Katara learns the truth about Jet.]]''
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* AbsenteeActor: Zuko and Iroh don't appear.
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* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists that he's kissed a girl who Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
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* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists that he's kissed a girl who whom Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Sokka says that sometimes you need to trust your instincts, and they end up leading him to warn the village. Katara pointedly mentions that instincts nearly got them trapped by Fire Nation soldiers. In the end, Sokka acknowledges that instincts aren't ''always'' right.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Sokka says that sometimes you need to trust your instincts, and they instincts (and later, those same instincts end up leading him to warn the village.village). Katara pointedly mentions that instincts nearly got them trapped by Fire Nation soldiers. In the end, Sokka acknowledges that instincts aren't ''always'' right.
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* WouldHarmASenior: The first red flag for Sokka about Jet is his willingness to attack an old man who was just walking through the forest. Even more so was the old man trying to run and begging for mercy when Jet made his intentions clear.
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* WouldHarmASenior: The first red flag for Sokka about Jet is his willingness to attack an old man who was just walking through the forest. Even more so was the old man trying to run and begging for mercy when Jet made his intentions clear. It was because of this action that Sokka was able to evacuate the village before Jet and his people destroyed the dam, Sokka would not have been believed had this old man not vouched for him.
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* BittersweetEnding: The village is saved, and Sokka gets some respect from the Gaang as a leader. Katara finds her heartbroken, however, when Jet is revealed to have used her and Aang to destroy a village.
* BlindObedience: The Freedom Fighters always follow Jet’s orders and never question his judgement. The only one who questioned Jet was The Duke, but he seems to have been pacified when Jet justifies the deaths of the villagers as being a necessary sacrifice to free the valley of the Fire Nation. Pipsqueak even says things always turned out alright when they followed Jet’s orders. Sokka realizes that expecting Aang and Katara to always follow his orders and not question him is bad.
* BlindObedience: The Freedom Fighters always follow Jet’s orders and never question his judgement. The only one who questioned Jet was The Duke, but he seems to have been pacified when Jet justifies the deaths of the villagers as being a necessary sacrifice to free the valley of the Fire Nation. Pipsqueak even says things always turned out alright when they followed Jet’s orders. Sokka realizes that expecting Aang and Katara to always follow his orders and not question him is bad.
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* BittersweetEnding: The village is saved, and Sokka gets some respect from the Gaang as a leader. Katara finds her herself heartbroken, however, when Jet is revealed to have used her and Aang to destroy a village.
* BlindObedience: The Freedom Fighters always follow Jet’s orders and never question his judgement. The only one who questioned Jet was The Duke, but he seems to have been pacified when Jet justifies the deaths of the villagers as being a necessary sacrifice to free the valley of the Fire Nation. Pipsqueak even says that things always turned out alright when they followed Jet’s orders. Sokka realizes that expecting Aang and Katara to always follow his orders and not question him is bad.
* BlindObedience: The Freedom Fighters always follow Jet’s orders and never question his judgement. The only one who questioned Jet was The Duke, but he seems to have been pacified when Jet justifies the deaths of the villagers as being a necessary sacrifice to free the valley of the Fire Nation. Pipsqueak even says that things always turned out alright when they followed Jet’s orders. Sokka realizes that expecting Aang and Katara to always follow his orders and not question him is bad.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Sokka says that sometimes you need to trust your instincts and they end up leading him to warn the village. Katara pointedly mentions that instincts nearly got them trapped by Fire Nation soldiers. In the end, Sokka acknowledges that instincts aren't ''always'' right.
* BrokenPedestal: Jet for Katara. Katara saw him as someone who fought for justice and cared about the people he protected. Only at the end does she realize that he will do whatever he thinks is necessary to keep the valley safe, even if it means killing innocent people in the process.
* BrokenPedestal: Jet for Katara. Katara saw him as someone who fought for justice and cared about the people he protected. Only at the end does she realize that he will do whatever he thinks is necessary to keep the valley safe, even if it means killing innocent people in the process.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Sokka says that sometimes you need to trust your instincts instincts, and they end up leading him to warn the village. Katara pointedly mentions that instincts nearly got them trapped by Fire Nation soldiers. In the end, Sokka acknowledges that instincts aren't ''always'' right.
* BrokenPedestal: Jet for Katara. Katara saw him as someone who fought for justice and cared about the people that he protected. Only at the end does she realize that he will do whatever he thinks is necessary to keep the valley safe, even if it means killing innocent people in the process.
* BrokenPedestal: Jet for Katara. Katara saw him as someone who fought for justice and cared about the people that he protected. Only at the end does she realize that he will do whatever he thinks is necessary to keep the valley safe, even if it means killing innocent people in the process.
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* BullyingADragon: Jet takes on Aang and Katara to ensure they can't stop the dam from exploding. He only beats Aang because the latter refuses to attack, but with Katara it's a CurbStompBattle.
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* BullyingADragon: Jet takes on Aang and Katara to ensure that they can't stop the dam from exploding. He only beats Aang because the latter refuses to attack, but with Katara it's a CurbStompBattle.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Early in the episode, Sokka is convinced that a good leader should have obedient followers. But when he questions the Freedom Fighters' willingness to drown an Earth Kingdom village at Jet's say-so, and they answer that they've ''always'' obeyed Jet without question, Sokka responds that Jet has much to learn if he thinks that's how one should lead.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Early in the episode, Sokka is convinced that a good leader should have obedient followers. But when he questions the Freedom Fighters' willingness to drown an Earth Kingdom village at Jet's say-so, and they answer that they've ''always'' obeyed Jet without question, Sokka responds that Jet has much to learn if he thinks that that's how one should lead.
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* CharacterWitness: The old man Sokka saves from Jet and the other Freedom Fighters. He backs up Sokka when he goes to village to warn them about Jet’s plan to flood the valley.
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* CharacterWitness: The old man that Sokka saves from Jet and the other Freedom Fighters. He backs up Sokka when he goes to the village to warn them about Jet’s plan to flood the valley.
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* CompulsiveLiar: Multiple times in the episode does Jet lie. He first lies about the old man he and two of the fighters attacked by claiming he was a Fire Nation assassin sent to kill Jet. Then he lies to Aang and Katara about the Fire Nation planning to burn down the forest so they would inadvertently aid him in destroying a nearby town. Finally, he lies about Sokka being on a mission with Smellerbee and Pipsqueak when he was being led through the forest to prevent him from interfering with Jet’s plan.
* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists he's kissed a girl who Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists he's kissed a girl who Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
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* CompulsiveLiar: Multiple Jet lies multiple times in the episode does Jet lie. episode. He first lies about the old man that he and two of the fighters attacked by claiming he was a Fire Nation assassin sent to kill Jet. Then he lies to Aang and Katara about the Fire Nation planning to burn down the forest so they would inadvertently aid him in destroying a nearby town. Finally, he lies about Sokka being on a mission with Smellerbee and Pipsqueak Pipsqueak, when he was being led through the forest to prevent him from interfering with Jet’s plan.
* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists that he's kissed a girl who Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
* ContinuityNod: Sokka insists that he's kissed a girl who Katara hasn't met, most likely referring to Suki.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Sokka ''has'' kissed a girl—you've just never met her.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Sokka ''has'' kissed a girl—you've girl— you've just never met her.
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* InopportuneVoiceCracking: When Sokka tries to assert himself as the leader of the gang at the beginning of the episode, Katara laughs and says his voice is still cracking. [[IResembleThatRemark Which it does as he's indignantly denying it.]]
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* InopportuneVoiceCracking: When Sokka tries to assert himself as the leader of the gang at the beginning of the episode, Katara laughs and says that his voice is still cracking. [[IResembleThatRemark Which it does as he's indignantly denying it.]]
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* LittleNo: Katara let's out a horrified, echoing "No" seconds before the flaming arrow ignites the explosives at the base of the dam.
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* LittleNo: Katara let's lets out a horrified, echoing "No" seconds before the flaming arrow ignites the explosives at the base of the dam.
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* NobleBigot: Katara sadly shows signs of it. While she is initially on Sokka's side when he tells her that Jet attacked an old man, she isn't pleased with Sokka leaving out that the old man was from the Fire Nation, acting as though Sokka was leaving out a key detail and instantly believing Jet when he said the old man was assassin.
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* NobleBigot: Katara sadly shows signs of it. While she is initially on Sokka's side when he tells her that Jet attacked an old man, she isn't pleased with Sokka leaving out that the old man was from the Fire Nation, acting as though Sokka was leaving out a key detail and instantly believing Jet when he said that the old man was an assassin.
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* ShadowArchetype: For both Jet ''and'' his Freedom Fighters. While Jet is everything Sokka envies about being a leader (charismatic, respectable, authoritative), he's also embodies his worst qualities magnified (his hatred towards the Fire Nation, his belief that everything he does is for the best). On the other hand, the Freedom Fighters' blind faith in Jet mirrors what Sokka previously wanted (Aang and Katara listening obediently to him).
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* ShadowArchetype: For both Jet ''and'' his Freedom Fighters. While Jet is everything that Sokka envies about being a leader (charismatic, respectable, authoritative), he's he also embodies his worst qualities magnified (his hatred towards the Fire Nation, his belief that everything he does is for the best). On the other hand, the Freedom Fighters' blind faith in Jet mirrors what Sokka previously wanted (Aang and Katara listening obediently to him).
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* SurpriseVehicle: At the end Sokka is riding on Appa into view to deliver the good news about the villagers being saved.
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* SurpriseVehicle: At the end end, Sokka is riding on Appa into view on Appa to deliver the good news about the villagers being saved.
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** Sometimes, it helps to listen to your instincts. At the same time, [[RealityEnsues your instincts may be wrong on occasion]].
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** Sometimes, it helps to listen to your instincts. At the same time, [[RealityEnsues your instincts may be wrong on occasion]].occasion.
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* LittleNo: Katara let's out a horrified, echoing "No" seconds before the flaming arrow ignites the explosives at the base of the dam.
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* ForWantOfANail: As mentioned, if Sokka hadn't insisted on walking, they wouldn't have met Jet and an entire village of innocent people would've been killed.
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from {{Jerkass unnecessarily ruthless}} to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from {{Jerkass [[BloodKnight unnecessarily ruthless}} ruthless]] to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from Jerkass/unnecessarily ruthless to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from Jerkass/unnecessarily ruthless {{Jerkass unnecessarily ruthless}} to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from [[Jerkass/unnecessarily ruthless]] to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
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** In regards to the Freedom Fighters, don't [[JustFollowingOrders just blindly follow your leader's orders.]] A leader being right in the past does not mean they will always be right, and they can start to change for the worse if not kept in check. Blind obedience will only enable the leader's worst traits to come out, and their actions can eventually cross the line from [[Jerkass/unnecessarily ruthless]] Jerkass/unnecessarily ruthless to [[MoralEventHorizon just plain evil.]]
