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| - In the World Of Badass, every character is a Badass... even the girliest girly-girl will be a butt-kicking Action Girl, even the nerdiest of nerds will be a Badass Bookworm, far from dying first the black dude will be the guy you least want to mess with, and you should probably just steer clear of gays altogether. Obviously, this is a dangerous place to be and will often overlap with Crapsack World not only because of said danger but also because the Crapsack World is a fertile breeding ground for the Black and Gray Morality that so often inspires true badassery. This can lead to Anti-Hero, Anti-Villain and Heel Face Revolving Door characters popping up at frequent intervals. Other common character archetypes include the Cowboy Cop, Crazy Survivalist, The Determinator and Blood Knight. Frequently overlaps with Everyone Is Armed. Compare Everyone Is a Super, HAD to Be Sharp. If the main protagonist of a World of Badass has a Love Interest, expect them to become (or, in some cases, start out as) a Battle Couple. If they have kids, it's best to avoid messing with said kids. In fact, the kids may well be able to take care of themselves. The World of Badass will occasionally, due to the comparably high level of HSQ, overlap with the World of Ham and Adventure-Friendly World. However, it's far more likely for this trope to be applied to Crapsack or Dystopian worlds. Curiously, being the World of Badass does not conflict with being the World of Woobie, and in fact often promotes the latter-it's hard to call "Wangst" on the long-suffering inhabitants of the World of Woobie if said inhabitants spend the time not being sad by eviscerating the sources of their misery. Examples of World of Badass include:
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