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Ares is indeed one of Wonder Woman's most iconic foes, so I can understand how you feel; but as it turns out, your example has already been contested previously
. So unfortunately, I have to maintain that he does not qualify for this trope.
The previously contested entry was a "Wasted a Good Plot" example and was allowed. The entry you are mentioning in the initial post was just made today so it's a new point.
If that is considered an invalid example, I know there are plenty of pages that need that changed as well.
Edit: Was not aware someone else had added it in the past and it was deemed not valid. I'll go ahead and remove it.
Edited by keyblade333 Muramasa got.FWIW, there's an ongoing Wick Check with the intent to take this to TRS, so yeah, the misuse is staggering.
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keyblade333 has added the following example of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character to Wonder Woman (2017):
"Ares is one Wonder Woman's top villains in terms of influence, power, and overall notability. The choice to end the very first solo film with him defeated is seen as a huge waste by many viewers, as Ares easily is strong enough that he could be a good climatic villain at the end of perhaps another movie that builds up to him. He even works well as a potential Big Bad for a Justice League style villain if built up enough. Sadly he is killed after appearing at the end with no real build up."
I don't think this is a valid example because, as stated in the trope's page, "this trope is about ignored characters with good potential who never receive the spotlight (or do so just once and then get removed or forgotten)". Ares' machinations are the catalyst for everything that goes wrong in the narrative, and I don't understand what they mean by "no real build up", given that killing him is Wonder Woman's entire motivation for most of the film.
The entry also argues that Ares deserved to be the villain of another film, but this violates another of this trope's rules: "(This trope) is not about leading characters who are not used the way you would like; there are infinite alternative ways any given character could have been used."
It should be noted that this is the second time this troper has added such an example to the page, so I cannot do anything about it without edit warring myself. Can I get some opinions?