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KD
Since: May, 2009
22nd Feb, 2021 12:59:31 PM
So puppeteering or marionettes as a metaphor, then? I found that in the article for Puppetmaster, it says:
- The trope about people who control other people like metaphorical puppets, which is The Chessmaster.
Chess motifs are common, but not required. Only that they manipulate people and events in a subtle and detached way.
Also related is Batman Gambit, which is less about controlling others and more about counting on others to behave exactly as expected.
Edited by KD
Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
23rd Feb, 2021 09:08:09 AM
Worth adding to Stock Visual Metaphors
Manipulation represented through characters puppeteering others.