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You can list both, since both tropes applied to this character at some point in the series. Opposite tropes/tropes at odds are common, IMO, since a lot of series feature Character Development.
What about Jerkass and Jerk with a Heart of Gold? I'm cleaning up the pages for House of Anubis, and pretty much every character labeled under Jerkass is also under Jerk with a Heart of Gold- but for the most part, it wasn't character development that revealed their good sides, they were just very bad at showing those good sides. It should just be Jerk with a Heart of Gold, right?
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallJerkass shouldn't be listed if a more specific trope exists... which I don't get since it's a trope and not an index.
Edited by JRads47

When the series started, the naive girl is kidnapped by a human trafficking network and sold to a brothel for forced prostitution. She barely understand anything of it (she does not even speak the language, as she's taken from a distant country), and completely depends on the hero to save her. Meaning, a Damsel in Distress.
Did I say that she did not understand anything? Only in the begining. During the series she learns the way everything works, how to outsmart the bosses and look for herself, without needing the hero. By the ending of the series, she makes the big plans herself, and the hero is more of a drawback than a good help. Meaning, a Damsel out of Distress.
Would it be correct to list both in the character page, explaining the context, or the final characterization is the one that prevails?