![]() Often seen as a Take That! against the original work (though it may simply be meant as commentary or as a What If? scenario, and is occasionally even made by the same people), and closely related to Satire. It can best be described as the concept of foils applied to works instead of characters. The trope is also popular and commonly applied in case of titles that came out around the same time and share a lot of similarities but accomplish different outcomes, be them Dueling Works or works in different medium altogether, especially in case of those that run for long enough to have divergent evolution. May serve as a Deconstruction, Reconstruction (if the original work was a deconstruction itself) or Stealth Parody of the original work. Often set at the opposite end of Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism. ![]() A polar opposite of the Spiritual Successor, the Spiritual Antithesis is (intentionally or not) referencing or invoking an earlier work by using similar characters and themes, but going in a completely different direction. ![]()
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