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Due to the nature of the trope, I'd say that "justified" examples are most likely misuse.
I have personally always been suspect of post-hoc justifications for tropes. It seems to me that sometimes fans are very defensive of their favorite works and as such will try to claim that "no, this is justified because x and y theories" even when the trope is being played entirely straight. Bear in mind that Playing with a Trope doesn't mean that the example is not this trope.
I would personally remove the line.
The thing is, Bond Villain Stupidity is about a villain acting irrationally. If there's a justification for their actions, then they aren't being irrational.
^ I think, being irrational is secondary. The trope's purpose is to get the hero a chance to escape by (more or less justifiable) negligence on the villain's part.
Okay, what if I edited the part to say instead:
^^ I don't have an opinion on this, but I always assume that several days worth of crickets on a question like this one you just asked implies assent. Go ahead and make the change.
I just saw this after answering you over on Is This An Example
. If you want to change the trope description, go over to the Trope Description Improvement Drive thread.
Also, posting in multiple places gives the impression that you are Forum Shopping in the hopes of finding a place that gives you a proper answer. Please don't do that, and don't take silence to equal consent.
The main page says
But then proceeds to list practically all the bullet points under Justified in the Playing With page. This seems contradictory. Either reasons given for the villain not immediately killing the heroes are BVS, Justified, or they’re not this trope at all. Which is it?