I don’t want to see them humbled. I don’t want to see them suffer at the hands of arbitration. I don’t want to see the inventions of law and hypocritical order squash the trickster until they’re left domesticated and leashed.
Because the narrative that these invented hierarchies are infallible is wrong. The trickster is made to keep the world interesting and watching them be destroyed systematically can be tragic, but very rarely do I find it compelling.
I am taking trickster characters away from writers who think its fun to put them on trial and force bureaucracy and shame down their throats.