![]() ![]() Alternatively, La Résistance may represent the last remnants of the reactionary or counter-revolutionary cronies of the old regime fighting against the Revolutionary Progressive Forces. In real life, most revolutions are brutal affairs and the new government is often worse than the old. Hollywood in general portrays resistance fighters sympathetically because America's revolutionary history has created romantic notions about rebels. ![]() People rarely like having it pointed out that these groups are terrorists from the point of view of anyone who disagrees with them and Innocent Bystanders who may get caught up in the crossfire of said conflicts. In an interesting twist, if the resistance is as unscrupulous as The Empire, then the hero will end up doing a bit of Conspiracy Redemption or forming a third faction. ![]() Sometimes their inner dissensions render them nearly unable to get anything done. Alternatively, La Résistance will be utterly incompetent and little more than an annoyance until the hero gets in there and shows them how it's done. Inevitably, the hero will join La Résistance while the battle is already underway, and will grow to become a great champion in the fight against The Empire. Always underdogs, they fight using guerrilla warfare and by raising the rabble of the people by revealing unpleasant truths about The Empire they've been trying to hide, causing the oppressed peoples to shake off the yokes of their tyrant rulers. Wherever The Empire is, you'll always find La Résistance: A Ragtag Bunch of Misfits using the The Power of Friendship to fight against a tyrannical rule, often to help put the Government in Exile back into power. ![]()
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