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KD
Since: May, 2009
31st May, 2021 08:28:48 PM
I'm not familiar with any of these examples, but when you say "Badass and a naive child", there is Badass and Child Duo.
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
1st Jun, 2021 11:41:06 AM
Yes, that is the one I was looking for, although there's no Sweet Tooth example. Thanks!
The Sweet Tooth intro describes the relationship between Jepperd and Gus as that of an older Bad Ass and a naive child he has to protect both from the world, and from his own pessimism. It goes on to mention other examples of that dynamic, like the Hound and Arya from A Song of Ice and Fire, Roland and Jake from The Dark Tower, Lone Wolf and Cub, Logan and X-23 from Logan, Moses and Addie from Paper Moon (I've never seen it so I can't tell if it's accurate).
Is there a trope for that particular relationship?