A fair number of real life nihilists act more like The Anti-Nihilist. Which is noted on that trope's page.
Edited by zarpaulus
I thought it was decided nearly a year ago
that we wouldn't be renaming another one of the classic tropes!
Good riddance. It was a stupid title and a source of both misunderstandings and complaints.
Honestly, I'd really like it if the title could be changed. Straw Nihilist sounds like it's a trope for stereotypes of real-world beliefs, like the various Strawman Political tropes whereas this is a trope for a villain motivation or lack thereof.
Feel free to propose such in the Trope Repair Shop. Be aware that you'll need to make a good case for a rename.
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Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Complaining, started by SpaceWolf on Feb 26th 2013 at 9:16:58 PM
Since the trope is no longer named "Nietzsche Wannabe" might I suggest removing the examples that are simply characters who profess to follow Nietzschean philosophy without fitting the description in the Laconic?
Where does the straw part come in?
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