Category:Misguided

Misguided heroes are heroes who accidentally do the wrong thing which is mainly because they don't know any better in that particular circumstance. This often appears in fables where some wide-eyed youth is set to be taught a lesson over the course of the story. This might as well be done for competent characters who are entirely grown and simply don't see a certain scope of the world they must be concerned about.

They probably will still take a staring role in the their works, but the works themselves exist under the concept that characters start off being unsure in a way that's worse. Their are other times where these heroes might be misguided/manipulated by an outside source, instead of themselves alone, and some of these cases might qualify as pawns of the villain, which depends on the story or context.

The bad counterparts of these heroes are delusional villains.

Misguided heroes could actually be pure-hearted since they probably haven't ever wanted to cause despair or do things that aren't at all in the first place while lacking all corrupting qualities.