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If not the babyface, then at least the voice of reason, the adult in the room, the rational agent — doing what needs to be done, even if it ruins the protagonist’s day.
You become an adult when you got them, or you got them after becoming an adult. Either way, they were framed as the heel in some reckless, irresponsible, selfish, or clueless hero’s story.
Let’s set the record straight.