History PlayingWith / Bookworm

** Bob [[HatesToRead despises reading]].

** Bob despises reading.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

** Bob is illiterate.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has an obsession with books that interferes with his daily life to the point that he ForgetsToEat for days.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob only reads books that he enjoys.
** Bob only reads every-once in a while.

* '''Inverted''': Bob despises reading.
* '''Subverted''': Bob has knowledge of many books, but actually just reads summaries of them.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob seems to read a lot, but he says he actually re-reads only one book. When Alice speaks about something peculiar, Bob says he's read about it in a book. His friends start to believe him a great reader again, he says it's from that one book. They swallowed the bait, but when Bob proves himself knowledgeable on other things later, nobody ever questions his being a well-read man.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't particularly like or enjoy reading.
* '''Enforced''': ???

** Alice says to Bob that she will only date a boy who is well-read and who loves books. Bob likes her and start reading a lot in order to impress her.

Looks up from book. Back to {{Bookworm}}.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob only reads books that he enjoys.

* '''Double Subverted''': Bob has a big library at home, with walls covered with books in all rooms. However, he claims the books are only decorative and fake. When Alice takes one in her hands, she finds out that it's a real book and that there are notes written by Bob who actually reads a lot and loves his books dearly.

* '''Invoked''': Bob wants to appear educated and intelligent, and starts carrying books about himself. He starts to read them as well, and surprisingly he enjoys it.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': Bob has a big library at home, with walls covered with books in all rooms. However, he claims the books are only decorative and fake. When Alice takes one in her hands, she finds out that it's a real book and that there are notes written by Bob who actually reads a lot and love his real books dearly.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob only reads books that enjoy him.

* '''Inverted''': Bob despises reading.

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob always has his nose in a book."
* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

Looksup from book. Back to {{Bookworm}}.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has an obsession with books that interferes with his daily life.

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