Compare Dissonant Laughter, The Slow Walk, Major Injury Underreaction, Unfazed Everyman, Conditioned to Accept Horror, But for Me, It Was Tuesday, Obviously Not Fine, and Ominous Adversarial Amusement. If the character is drowning at the time, it's Symbolic Serene Submersion.
Expect this character to be Strolling Through the Chaos while speaking in a Danger Deadpan. Tranquil Fury seems similar on paper but is very different in practice. The Comically Serious is this trope Played for Laughs. Also likely to overlap with While Rome Burns. Mysterious and frail-looking characters of whom one wouldn't expect such prowess often make it look like the easiest thing in the world to vanquish the enemy.Īnother deceivingly harmless state of mind, although uncomprehending: Psychopathic Manchild, who often has a Lack of Empathy. Villains and heroes can be dissonantly serene in battle mode, but it's rarely the main character who does that. Whereas many see this as a day of horrible bloodshed, this one is seemingly about as used to it as to a day of grocery shopping, and even if the chaos around them does genuinely bother them at all, chances are they will react with all the shock and terror of accidentally spilling coffee on their brand-new pants.
They are the eye of the storm, the calm center of destruction, and their serenity is so off that it's more terrifying than any fury. seeming almost enlightened as they slit throats left and right. It's terrifying, but it is to be expected.īut what about when you see peace in the middle of horror? One is smiling - not viciously, not insanely, not stoically - but calm, gentle. Screaming and cursing, the clattering of swords, gunfire.
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