this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If mainstream movies use the trope of the bullied villain, does that mean that being bullied is mainstream now?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much every shounen anime. Bad guy does bad stuff, MC converts him, says he is sorry about war crimes, all is forgiven. Joins the the good guys but somehow is much weaker than before

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's a common trope in all media. Alessandro Manzoni did that with The Unnamed in the 1800s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago