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We all know the spiel: We have an insufferable jerk who is a jerk/annoyance for 95% of his "screen time". In the remaining 5%, he sacrifices himself to save everyone else. The fans dance around a...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:16:05Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Mephistopheles
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2019-12-08T09:16:05Z (over 4 years ago)
We all know the spiel: 1. We have an insufferable jerk who is a jerk/annoyance for 95% of his "screen time". 2. In the remaining 5%, he sacrifices himself to save everyone else. 3. The fans dance around a campfire and sing ["Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIdRJlzERo) from The Wizard of O- WAIT, WHA? I mean, sure, you can tweak his death and how the other characters react to it, later on, but it's still inefficient since 95% of him was all about how bad he was. **It's logical to assume so, that we somehow have to keep him a jerk, for undisclosed reasons (DRAMA), but make the reader (and the other characters) not give up on him, in a subtle way. How should I do that?**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-06-29T20:40:24Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 8