
That every villain is the hero of his own story.
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The Poet: The Detective Mole ending has Bob Backus, the agent in charge of the FBI task force hunting a serial killer, actually be the serial killer.The Magicians: Jane Chatwin explains to Quentin how the Beast became a supernatural monster: Martin Chatwin gave up his humanity in exchange for power and the opportunity to stay in Fillory because he was the target of a sexual predator on Earth.

Examples include Cards on the Table and At Bertram's Hotel.

Compare Kirk Summation, which is addressed to the actual villain.

Named for the after-action reports filed by military officials following a combat engagement, also used for post-game play-by-play analysis of sporting events not directly related to After-Action Report as a form of fan literature. Note that this is not a Motive Rant the tone of the conversation will be very calm and gentle despite the subject matter, as indicated by many of the examples. An alternative title for this, "explaining the villain explains the conflict," refers to the notion that explaining what happened makes the actions of the villain's enemy or former rival more understandable. This is when either an enemy of a major villain, or maybe a minion who turned against them, explains to others the nature of their conflict, typically when the villain is not around, likely after the villain has either been defeated (that is, during The Summation) or is at least temporarily out of power.
