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[Cainhurst Crow]

David7204 wrote...

Darth Brotarian wrote...

Hey david, I'm looking on the site for a trope that matches an older character, mercenary or bounty hunter type turned lawman who tries to act good, but whose checkered past and own buried demons tend to come back to haunt him all the time. Prone to violent outburst and willing to go into a sort of full on "I will kill you, your children, your family, and your dog if you even so much as think of starting trouble here again" type mode to protect the people and things he loves. A good black hearted person who still has some moral compass wedged deep inside him somewherer.

Any suggestions? The sites search function really sucks there.

That would really depend on how successful the character is at actally being good or not.

I'd say a good 80 to 85% of the time he's a decent guy. Wouldn't be above taking bribe money and than double crossing the briber. Or taking over a low time gang to act as his informants on the street. But he isn't like a crocked cop or sith lord or anything like that.

[The Heretic of Time]

David7204 wrote...

No. A Mary Sue is a character with contrived, undeserved perfection. There's all the difference in the world between that a well-written perfect character.

Tell me how "perfection" within a character can possibly not be contrived.

Isn't perfection ALWAYS contrived?


In any case, perfection in a character is highly unrealistic. Nobody is perfect.

Not to mention that on top of being unrealistic, a perfect character would also be super boring.

[The Elder King]

David7204 wrote...



Perhaps I should have narrowed it down a bit. I made a list earlier. Neither Morinth nor Mordin are on it.

Do you believe that those characters that you listed (like Garrus and Liara) were perfect since ME?