Bad will and Fear

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Fear and bad will are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fear" instead a noun phrase "Bad will".

Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.

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Bad will and fear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad will" instead a noun "Fear".

Bread and Circuses or Villain with Good Publicity may also invoke this trope if removing the Big Bad will cause public backlash, or the heroes may fear an Evil Power Vacuum.

Source: Better the Devil You Know
Yakuza 5/Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Fulfiller of Dreams includes examples of: Adult Fear: At the climax of the game when the Big Bad shows himself, he reveals that the target of his plan is Haruka, and taunts Kiryu by telling him that something bad will happen during her concert in Tokyo.

Source: Video Game / Yakuza 5
Adult Fear: Several times Shinji tells he is very scared that something bad will happen to his daughter Teri, or that she will grow up unhappy or lonely because he has not done his job as a father well.

Source: Fanfic / The Child of Love

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