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Passion Is Evil There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no
ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is
serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no
death, there is the Force. The Jedi Code, Star Wars  Peace is a
lie. There is only passion. Through passion I gain strength,
Through strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken. The Force shall set me
free. The Sith Code, Star Wars  In Speculative Fiction, whenever
there are two innate forces at work (usually Good Versus Evil or
Order Versus Chaos), the "Light" side (that is, the heroic side)
will be transcendent, calm and rational; the "Dark" side (the
antagonistic side) will be passionate, impulsive and chaotic.
Rarely are the two inversed, with the good side being the
emotional one and the evil side being the indifferent.  Related
to Villains Act, Heroes React, although that particular trope is
more about how the even