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What Am I Doing

Story added by connieblackwood on July 25, 2022

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Fan Casting Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse

Role added by germanacola on February 1, 2024

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Description of Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse:

This trope is a standard Deconstruction of the Freudian Excuse. Sometimes, characters that have gone through something horrible believe that they have the moral high ground or that they are in the right for their actions, no matter how evil they are or who the targets are. This trope comes into play when a character (possibly even the character with the excuse themselves, if they're going through Character Development) acknowledges that their actions are wrong; no matter what they have been put through, one bad action won't justify another. In essence, this is the sum of two Stock Aesops: "take responsibility for your actions" and "two wrongs don't make a right".