Xanatos Gambit - TV Tropes

A Xanatos Gambit is a plan for which all foreseeable outcomes benefit the creator — including ones that superficially appear to be failure. The creator predicts potential attempts to thwart the plan, and arranges the situation such that the …

Dangerously competent villains/enemies in fiction

Infographic: A Periodic Table Of Storytelling Tropes – Michael Sandberg's Data Visualization Blog

Infographic: A Periodic Table Of Storytelling Tropes – Michael Sandberg's Data Visualization Blog

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Xanatos Gambit / Video Examples - TV Tropes

The Writer's Xanatos Gambit - Steven R. Southard (Poseidon's Scribe)

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Disney's Gargoyles and the wild Xanatos Gambit trope, explained - Polygon

Xanatos Gambit MtG by Shadic-X-Hedgehog on DeviantArt

David Xanatos - GargWiki

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