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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
1st Dec, 2019 12:28:11 AM
I think there's a TLP draft like this.
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MiinU
Since: Jun, 2011
1st Dec, 2019 12:45:56 AM
The above is Revenge by Proxy.
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
1st Dec, 2019 03:07:18 AM
^ No, what he asks for is "Revenge on behalf of someone else". RBP is when you target someone else related to the character you have a grudge against.
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molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
1st Dec, 2019 02:09:31 PM
^ No, in this case a certain good guy can do the dirty work - just that this good guy is an Anti-Hero.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Alice has good reason to want to kill/beat the crap out of Bob (and the audience would very much like to see this happen). Charlie goes along with her during the confrontation, and slowly manages to convince her not to do so (pointing out that revenge won't undo Bob's actions, that Bob is Not Worth Killing, that it might feel good right right then but not in the long run, that she risks prison charges, etc.).
Alice leaves (taunting by Bob optional), but once she's out of earshot, Charlie delivers a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Bob, usually after some Oh, Crap!-inducing comment like "She can't afford to throw her life away by beating some asshole half to death with a lead pipe. I can.".
There can even be a fourth person giving the beatdown, all characters involved can be of any gender, but the end result is that Alice has chosen the moral high ground, but the audience still gets to witness Bob being deservedly punished.
There was a Deadpool comic where the Girl of the Week convinces Deadpool not to kill her abusive ex-boyfriend. Deadpool and the girl leave... and then Taskmaster shows up, pointing out to the boyfriend he made no such promise. Implied beatdown ensues.