Redemption Arcs Need to Stop Skipping the "Arc"

Redemption Arcs have been experiencing a decade of prominence, where many creative works that have villains are increasingly unwilling to do anything with those villains EXCEPT redeem them. And for as celebrated as they are, they are also the subject of extreme amounts of criticism owing to the increasing trend of villain/victim redemptions/recoveries being extremely quick to jump from "antagonist" to "best buddy" seemingly on the whims of principle or (more commonly) thirst.

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00:00 - Preview
00:10 - Intro
00:46 - Snapshot Redemptions
02:39 - Riku
06:04 - Zuko
07:21 - Peridot
08:25 - Sunset Shimmer
09:10 - Gideon Grey (No Seriously)
11:03 - Andy DeMayo
12:18 - The Diamond Authority
14:14 - Fandom and Fetishes
20:12 - Conclusion

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