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Roaring Rampage of Revenge

Laconic Playing With Quotes All Subpages Create New "When I woke up, I went on what the movie advertisements referred to as a " roaring rampage of revenge ". I roared. I rampaged. And I got bloody satisfaction." — The Bride , Kill Bill , Vol. 2 She's making her list, she's checking it twice, and she's checking off your name after she's killed you , probably for making it personal . And in the above example she's even quoting her own movie poster blurb . But it's okay, you deserve it, because you're evil, kidnapped her child and you probably kicked her dog ( if not worse ) as well. Either you're a minion or you're the Big Bad behind it all, but it doesn't matter in the end because either way, you're going down... and Joe or Jane Hero is going to be the one to do it, even if it means going down with you. The Roaring Rampage of Revenge differs from the standard Revenge plot in that our hero dispenses with the Machiavellian plotting that would define a classic revenge tale and goes straight to spilling bad blood, either in a single, violent Unstoppable Rage or Tranquil Fury -fueled rampage on the bad guy's home base, or a more methodical "working one's way up the food chain" from lesser foes to the bigger fish. If the hero has a specific hit-list, this usually ends up as a Gotta Kill Them All situation as the hero hunts down and kills each bad guy on the list before moving on to the next. In most cases, the second to last bad guy on the hit-list is the Dragon for whichever Big Bad that the hero has saved for last, and is usually someone the hero has an especially personal beef with and/or is the most psychotic or otherwise hateworthy foe on the list aside from the Big Bad . Alternately the reasoning is that the hero just has a single lead, and each lead gives him/her one more name or clue before they die . Many such avengers may keep a Tragic Keepsake to remind them of their lost loved one or other reason that they're on this vendetta to begin with, although they may fa

escalation

relationship change

status change

setup

tragic

intimate

triumphant

adaptable

Anti-Hero

Big Bad

Dead Little Sister

Determinator

Evil Gloating

Eye Scream

Fallen Hero

He Who Fights Monsters

Kick the Dog

Last Stand

Leaning on the Fourth Wall

Magnificent Bastard

Mama Bear

Moral Event Horizon

Psycho for Hire

Revenge

Sorting Algorithm of Evil

Super-Powered Evil Side

The Atoner

The Dragon

The Hero

Tranquil Fury

Unstoppable Rage

Walking the Earth

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Actor: Which established person or faction could express this pattern?

Knowledge: What does that actor know or credibly believe at decision time?

Motive: Which established goal, fear, grievance, loyalty, or obligation supports it?

Trigger: What changed now, or what established pressure became intolerable?

Opportunity: When and where can the actor act despite player precautions?

Capacity: What authority, allies, access, health, time, and means are available?

Straight: express the pattern through the least unsupported effective action.

Inverted: reverse the expected beneficiary, direction, or apparent power relationship.

Subverted: establish the expectation, then let existing facts or precautions prevent its expected payoff.

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