Tropescilloscope: Deliberate Values Dissonance

Morals that modern people don't agree with presented in-universe. Not because the author believes in them, but because the culture being represented in-universe does. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Stylistic Suck Those Two Bad Guys Badass Longcoat I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Lost Lenore The Load Fanservice Extra Toplessness from the Back The Remake Blood from the Mouth Karma Houdini Mind Screw Cool Guns Naked People Are Funny Intrepid Reporter Anyone Can Die She Cleans Up Nicely Our Vampires Are Different Hero of Another Story La Résistance Anachronic Order Batman Gambit Up to Eleven The Stinger Male Frontal Nudity Storming the Castle Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Bavarian Fire Drill Bloodier and Gorier Fainting Spared by the Adaptation Berserk Button It's Personal Retired Badass Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Nothing Is Scarier Spanner in the Works Retirony Jerk Jock Mystery and Detective Films Real Life Maybe Ever After Cool Old Guy Pay Evil unto Evil Handicapped Badass Affably Evil Funny Foreigner Dark Action Girl Italian Films Big Brother Instinct Heel–Face Turn Amusing Injuries Enemy Mine Did Not Get the Girl Eyepatch of Power Mundane Made Awesome Shipper on Deck A God Am I As You Know Fan Disservice Cat Scare Call-Forward Back from the Dead Dramatic Gun Cock Light Is Not Good Small Name, Big Ego Madness Mantra Hooker with a Heart of Gold Red Herring Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Vitriolic Best Buds Pragmatic Villainy It's All About Me Depraved Bisexual Kubrick Stare Ascended Extra Actor Allusion Outrun the Fireball Gender Flip The Power of Love Combat Pragmatist Pragmatic Adaptation Real Life Writes the Plot The Stoner Wham Shot Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Meaningful Background Event Evil Is Hammy Music Stories The Alleged Car Foregone Conclusion Cool Shades Catapult Nightmare Worthy Opponent Daddy's Girl Developing Doomed Characters Brainless Beauty Danny Peary Cult Movies List Oh, Crap! 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