r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Hour-Necessary2781 • 11d ago
Characters (Interesting trope) The monster itself isn’t evil but the reason it was made is.
Obsession: Wish Niki herself isn’t actually evil but because Bear’s wish is so messed up it makes her act out and become more unhinged. This is also combined with the fact that she was basically given the impossible task of keeping a guy with no real personality or love for her interested, so it’s no wonder she acts so drastically.
Leviticus: Although the entity is trying to kill Ryan and Naim, the entity itself isn’t evil. It isn’t a demon with its own desires but instead something that’s representative their internalized homophobia or just the homophobia of the religious cult in general. Being afraid of it is basically being afraid of yourself which is what’s gets you killed. That’s why when Naim embraces entity Ryan instead of fearing it when it’s about to kill him, entity Ryan hesitates. It doesn’t know how to handle love.
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u/TotalBlissey 11d ago
The Case 53s, from WORM.
Hundreds of monstrous superheroes and villains. Half these guys have kill counts in the dozens, but none of it is really their fault. After being created they were basically just tossed out into the world with no memories and unpredictable powers they had no idea how to control, and naturally ended up becoming criminals just to scrape by. Sveta in particular has killed and eaten hundreds of people, but only because for years she had almost zero control over her own, ridiculously strong and cannibalistic body.
The real horror is that they exist in the first place. They're innocent people who, at best, made a deal with a devil without knowing all the facts first, and at worst were just straight up fucking kidnapped and forcibly changed. Most of them are still just as conscious, levelheaded, and intelligent as regular humans, but trapped in bodies that hate them. Which is why they work so well as trans allegories (with Sveta specifically being a trans woman herself).