Beyond Redemption

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Usually seen in media aimed at young adults and older, or on the cynical end of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism.

Kitana believes that her mother has fallen into Shao Kahn's brainwashing as an explanation for her actions. Not helping matters was that Grand didn’t try to comfort him after his wife Daisy had died, which led Doom to try and build a weapon of mass destruction that he insisted could have been used to protect Equestria. Even after Aizawa offers Shinji one last chance to think about what he did, Shinji chooses to brag about being a bully and remains unrepentant. Cassette Man: The darkest pit of Hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the Devil waiting, old friend. We are driven by desire masquerading as need … Understand a person’s needs and you can bend them to anything.

But Janus reveals that he not only survived an explosion in which Janus was thought to have died, but is also the true villain, seeing to drain the Bank of England to start a global recession for England's betrayal of the Lienz Cossacks (most of whom were executed by Stalin, not the Brits). After several Kick the Dog moments make it clear that the whole species has a complete Lack of Empathy, Cosmos, who has dedicated his existence to preserving life whenever possible, slices the ship in half in a Tranquil Fury, completely exterminating the race. GoldenEye: James Bond once considered the Russian operative known as "Janus" his best friend and comrade-in-arms, and even mourned his death. However, once Jonathan finds out that Dio wasn't actually killed by him, the trope gets subverted, as Jonathan makes one final effort to reform Dio by embracing his disembodied head as he's about to die. Dyztopia: Post-Human RPG: When Barbados throws away Akira's mercy and destroys Pon Pon Village, the latter decides they can no longer spare the former and kills him.

This not only comes as a shock to Lelouch, but also makes him realize that there can be no negotiating with Charles, and the Voltron Coalition begins to move against Britannia. Note it's still possible for the villain to pull a Heel–Face Turn for some other reason after a hero decides they're Beyond Redemption. When Shinji learns that Shiori is being bullied, his daughter blames him for his advice that it’s the victim's fault for being bullied, and she moves in with her maternal grandparents.

I read Fletcher’s other standalone Cyberpunk book, Ghosts of Tomorrow, before reading Beyond Redemption and I must say, his prose here was even more dramatic, engaging, and more suited for my taste. In the Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown SP Mission ‘Ten Million Relief Plan’, when Matias Torres gets backed into a corner he fakes a surrender so that he could line up a shot towards the Osean capital of Oured to try to end the war. It's gotten to the point where her own family, including her once doting father, consider her a lost cause especially when she makes it clear, time and again, that she's incapable of learning a lesson, feeling remorse, or even giving a basic apology when being forced to face responsibility for her crimes. However, in the season 6 episode " Waltz", Sisko and Dukat get trapped on a desolated planet while en route to Dukat’s trial, and when Dukat goes completely insane from the hallucinations that he had been seeing throughout the episode, it causes Sisko to realize that there really are people like Dukat who are completely evil.