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My impression is Strawman is is for straw characters or villains who sole function is to be Hate Sinks representing the wrongness of X. Informed Wrongness is for when it’s done by actual, nuanced, sympathetic characters (eg. protagonists) who the narrative may redeemed of such.
But the lack of a concrete distinction, I looked for one, should be addressed.
This conversation would probably be better suited to Trope Talk.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
I made a thread about it before here
, but discussion never really addressed the main issue, which was the lack of notable distinction between the two.
It feels redundant to Strawman Has a Point, which this is pretty much The Same, but More Specific to that. It really only adds more unessesary complaining and tropers mixing up the two reactions.