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MiinU Since: Jun, 2011
19th Apr, 2019 09:31:23 PM

It's hard to tell from your example. It could be any of the following:

I wouldn't mind failure so much, if I didn't fail so much.
phalanx Since: Jun, 2012
20th Apr, 2019 06:26:41 PM

Also potentially Pragmatic Villainy, if they're only helping because they get something out of it, or Evil Versus Oblivion, if their motivation can be summed up as "I want to protect the world because I want to rule it."

Edited by phalanx
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