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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
Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
20th Apr, 2019 06:53:16 PM
Often the case with Neighborhood-Friendly Gangsters.
When lesser evil protects innocents people from greater evil, sometimes out of pragmatic reason, other times, because they are still humans who need some money and not heartless monsters.