Talk:Hiram Burrows/@comment-92.5.11.77-20130304190042/@comment-5607198-20130305153518

No, it can't.

More to the point though, the traitorous advisor (and even spymaster specifically) IS a cliche. Any time you have a ruler with a close advisor (particularly if they are mentioned to have access to spies), you EXPECT the advisor to secretly be evil, or at least to try and steal power.

Hence my question, can a cliche be ironic? After all, you'd EXPECT someone in such an important postion to not be evil, as a cliche, you EXPECT them to be.

It's a paradox