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3. The subtypes of AntiHero have been moved to the analysis page, and the \\\"types\\\" are now all separate characterization tropes. This falls right in line with what I\\\'m arguing: the types are actually tropes.
ProfessionalKiller is a trope about a profession, not a characterization. There are many possible characterizations of ProfessionalKiller, and many of those characterizations are common tropes. An assassin who is a well-spoken and genteel badass is an example of ProfessionalKiller and CulturedBadass. The lowly thug whose life is short and isn\\\'t a major villain is a ProfessionalKiller and a {{mook}}. A brutal rage-monster of a hitman might be a ProfessionalKiller and TheBrute or TheBerserker. Examples of professional killers who don\\\'t fall neatly into those tropes aren\\\'t an \\\"exception\\\" to any rule. They\\\'re just not examples of those separate tropes.
It is true that many characters who are high-class are also efficient, well-spoken, and successful at their profession, while lower-class losers are often more gruff and unpredictable. Those are tropes independent of the trope of ProfessionalKiller. They show up a lot in ProfessionalKiller, but they show up a lot elsewhere, too. That\\\'s why they\\\'re separate tropes. They don\\\'t need to be built into ProfessionalKiller.
ProfessionalKiller is a trope about a profession, not a characterization. There are many possible characterizations of ProfessionalKiller, and many of those characterizations are common tropes. An assassin who is a well-spoken and genteel badass is an example of ProfessionalKiller and CulturedBadass. The lowly thug whose life is short and isn\\\'t a major villain is a ProfessionalKiller and a {{mook}}. A brutal rage-monster of a hitman might be a ProfessionalKiller and TheBrute or TheBerserker. Examples of professional killers who don\\\'t fall neatly into those tropes aren\\\'t an \\\"exception\\\" to any rule. They\\\'re just not examples of those separate tropes.
It is true that many characters who are high-class are also efficient, well-spoken, and successful at their profession, while lower-class losers are often more gruff and unpredictable. Those are tropes independent of the trope of ProfessionalKiller. They show up a lot in ProfessionalKiller, but they show up a lot elsewhere, too. That\\\'s why they\\\'re separate tropes. They don\\\'t need to be built into ProfessionalKiller.
