absentlyabbie:
You know what garbage Heroic Trope I am sick to death of?“To defeat your enemy, who...
You know what garbage Heroic Trope I am sick to death of?
“To defeat your enemy, who gets everything he wants because he’s evil, by being evil, and sees no consequences, you must sacrifice what little bit of happiness you have managed to find in your angst-ridden grimdark brooding hero journey.”
And nine times out of ten, that happy thing that has to be sacrificed is a woman. Especially a romantic relationship with a woman.
What I wouldn’t fucking give to see instead “To defeat your enemy, you need to grow the fuck up and act like an adult, communicate with the people around you, treat your significant other like an adult person capable of making their own choices and deserving of all the information and options actually available to them, and try to actually retain your humanity and hold on happiness/hope because what’s the fucking point otherwise.”
