The Vengeance ARC

The Vengeance ARC is where PROT is radicalized. They start in a “Bad Place” for their STS. Life is miserable, they’re oppressed, they have had almost everything taken from them, and they just need that “final straw that breaks the camel’s back” to happen before they have nothing to lose and start a revolution, join a terrorist cell, or start organizing. The ARC then is a story of oppression to vengeance at an organized level. This is opposed to the Fugitive ARC where PROT starts in a “Good Place” and sees the system for what it is. People who are treated well inside a system rarely become radicalized enough to rebel against it, but people who are oppressed will.

This is a story about the underdog, but as a group working together. You could potentially argue that heist stories sort of fall under this category. The ARC is PROT loses something they love, the last straw, and then slowly becomes more and more radicalized until they break free and defy gravity.

The Vengeance ARC is a NEGATIVE or POSITIVE one depending on which side you’re on. Are they revolutionaries or terrorists? Which one is the Rebel Alliance? What about District 13? What about Dumbledore’s Army? After all, schools are where students get radicalized, right?

The Emotional Arc

alt. CMX: PROT crushed by the System/Man/Empire, but dies a martyr.

The Stakes

The Triangle(s)

Media

Film & TV

Novels & Literature

Short Stories

Comic Runs/Arcs

All ARCs here