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There\'s a contradiction between the trope\'s decription on the main page and its summary on Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope.
StartOfDarkness\' description:
->Because almost [[RousseauWasRight every character began their life as someone good]], the moment where that changes is a powerful beat in the story. Typically \'\'this moment happens early on\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]], to establish why there\'s a conflict in the first place, but it can also be established via OriginsEpisode or \'\'{{Flashback}} later in the story\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. This is the moment when a character who could have been on the side of Good (or at least not taken any actions) decides that the only way that they can get what they want is to become a villain.
SquarePegRoundTrope.QToZ:
->StartOfDarkness refers to \'\'{{prequel}}s\'\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\'t shown in the original work. \'\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \
StartOfDarkness\' description:
->Because almost [[RousseauWasRight every character began their life as someone good]], the moment where that changes is a powerful beat in the story. Typically \'\'this moment happens early on\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]], to establish why there\'s a conflict in the first place, but it can also be established via OriginsEpisode or \'\'{{Flashback}} later in the story\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. This is the moment when a character who could have been on the side of Good (or at least not taken any actions) decides that the only way that they can get what they want is to become a villain.
SquarePegRoundTrope.QToZ:
->StartOfDarkness refers to \'\'{{prequel}}s\'\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\'t shown in the original work. \'\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \
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\\\"Start of Darkness\\\' contradictory descriptions\\\", [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16717930280A52096000&page=1 moved to the forum]], more logical to discuss it there
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->StartOfDarkness\' description:
->Because almost [[RousseauWasRight every character began their life as someone good]], the moment where that changes is a powerful beat in the story. Typically \'\'this moment happens early on\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]], to establish why there\'s a conflict in the first place, but it can also be established via OriginsEpisode or \'\'{{Flashback}} later in the story\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. This is the moment when a character who could have been on the side of Good (or at least not taken any actions) decides that the only way that they can get what they want is to become a villain.
->Because almost [[RousseauWasRight every character began their life as someone good]], the moment where that changes is a powerful beat in the story. Typically \'\'this moment happens early on\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]], to establish why there\'s a conflict in the first place, but it can also be established via OriginsEpisode or \'\'{{Flashback}} later in the story\'\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. This is the moment when a character who could have been on the side of Good (or at least not taken any actions) decides that the only way that they can get what they want is to become a villain.
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StartOfDarkness\\\' description:
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->SquarePegRoundTrope.QToZ:
->StartOfDarkness refers to \'\'{{prequel}}s\'\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\'t shown in the original work. \'\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \
->StartOfDarkness refers to \'\'{{prequel}}s\'\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\'t shown in the original work. \'\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \
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->Because almost [[RousseauWasRight every character began their life as someone good]], the moment where that changes is a powerful beat in the story. Typically \\\'\\\'this moment happens early on\\\'\\\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]], to establish why there\\\'s a conflict in the first place, but it can also be established via OriginsEpisode or \\\'\\\'{{Flashback}} later in the story\\\'\\\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. This is the moment when a character who could have been on the side of Good (or at least not taken any actions) decides that the only way that they can get what they want is to become a villain.
SquarePegRoundTrope.QToZ:
->StartOfDarkness refers to \\\'\\\'{{prequel}}s\\\'\\\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\\\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\\\'t shown in the original work. \\\'\\\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \\\"any villain backstory\\\", even if the backstory is shown within the same work that introduced the villain\\\'\\\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. Other times, it\\\'s shoehorned for the first evil thing a FallenHero or otherwise soon-to-be-villain does to cement that status; you\\\'re looking for FaceHeelTurn or JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope there. Stories wherein good or neutral characters gradually become villains but aren\\\'t necessarily set up as prequels fall under ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
What\\\'s supposed to be the \\\"canonical\\\" use? I usually use SquarePegRoundTrope as a reference, but I want to be sure it is reliable as one.
SquarePegRoundTrope.QToZ:
->StartOfDarkness refers to \\\'\\\'{{prequel}}s\\\'\\\'[[note]]The emphasis comes from the original quote[[/note]] revealing a villain\\\'s backstory when that backstory wasn\\\'t shown in the original work. \\\'\\\'Most tropers seem to just use it to mean \\\"any villain backstory\\\", even if the backstory is shown within the same work that introduced the villain\\\'\\\'[[note]]Emphasis personnally added[[/note]]. Other times, it\\\'s shoehorned for the first evil thing a FallenHero or otherwise soon-to-be-villain does to cement that status; you\\\'re looking for FaceHeelTurn or JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope there. Stories wherein good or neutral characters gradually become villains but aren\\\'t necessarily set up as prequels fall under ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
What\\\'s supposed to be the \\\"canonical\\\" use? I usually use SquarePegRoundTrope as a reference, but I want to be sure it is reliable as one.
