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What Am I Doing

Story added by connieblackwood on July 25, 2022

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Fan Casting Hoist by Their Own Petard

Role added by user_53973 on August 17, 2022

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Description of Hoist by Their Own Petard:

The villain's own weapon or malicious plan is the cause of their downfall and/or death. This could be something as big as a Mad Scientist who creates monsters and/or a Weapon of Mass Destruction getting killed by their own creation, or as small as a prankster accidentally setting off their own trap. In media intended for young children, it is often a Death by Irony that releases the hero from the unpleasantness of actually killing their enemy; a more specific type of Self-Disposing Villain. If the hero is not responsible for the death in any way, it can also be a Karmic Death. Would also overlap with Accidental Suicide.