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** Bob is an assassin and wants to make sure nobody hears Alice's body hitting the ground.

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** Bob is an assassin and wants to make sure nobody hears Alice's body hitting the ground. And after that, he wants to make sure nobody sees Alice lying on the floor and has to dispose of her corpse.
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* '''Implied''': Bob sits, cradling Alice, his WeaponOfChoice nearby covered in blood.

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* '''Implied''': Bob sits, cradling Alice, his WeaponOfChoice weapon nearby covered in blood.

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* '''Downplayed''': After knocking Alice unconscious, Bob cradles her.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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After knocking Alice unconscious, Bob cradles her. her.
** Bob doesn't necessarily cradle Alice, but does gently lift her up as she dies.


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** Bob had to kill Alice as a MercyKill and feels terrible about it.
** [[PleaseWakeUp Bob doesn't realize he killed Alice and is trying to get her to wake up]].
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob just lets Alice's body fall and leaves.
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** [[KickTheMoralityPet Bob lashed out at Alice in anger]] and is just now realizing what he's done.

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** [[KickTheMoralityPet Bob lashed out at Alice in anger]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is just now realizing what he's done.done]].



** Bob loved Alice (platonically or romantically) and killed her by accident.

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** Bob loved Alice (platonically or romantically) and [[AccidentalMurder killed her by accident.accident]].



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'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.

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'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he they killed.
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** Bob loved Alice (platonically or romantically) and killed her by accident.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': DiedInYourArmsTonight

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* '''Zig Zagged''': DiedInYourArmsTonightBob performs a fake IntimateHealing
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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

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* '''Inverted''': Alice cardles Bob before her death.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice cardles cradles Bob before her death.



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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice cardles Bob before her death.
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** Bob had come to sympathize with Alice from all the time he had spent tracking her down and learning her story. Though she still had to die, he decides that she shouldn't be alone in her last moments.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???After killing Alice seven different ways, Bob cradles her body for hours.

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** Bob lashed out at Alice in anger and is just now realizing what he's done.

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** [[KickTheMoralityPet Bob lashed out at Alice in anger anger]] and is just now realizing what he's done.



* '''Implied''': Bob sits, cradling Alice, his WeaponOfChoice nearby covered in blood.



%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
It looks like Bob killed Alice and is now cradling her body, but she's only FakingTheDead.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...But then Bob stabs her while he's holding her and continues to hold her as she dies.

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'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.
* '''PlayedStraight''': After stabbing Alice, Bob cradles her body.

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'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.
killed.
* '''PlayedStraight''': '''Straight''': After stabbing Alice, Bob cradles her body.



* '''Inverted''': ???



* '''Justified''':

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':



* '''Inverted''': ???



* '''ZigZagged''': ???

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



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

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* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
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->'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.

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->'''Basic '''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.
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->'''Basic Trope''': Someone cradles the the person he killed.
* '''PlayedStraight''': After stabbing Alice, Bob cradles her body.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': After knocking Alice unconscious, Bob cradles her.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is an assassin and wants to make sure nobody hears Alice's body hitting the ground.
** Bob lashed out at Alice in anger and is just now realizing what he's done.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''ZigZagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't kill or cradle anybody.
* '''Enforced''': The executives want a good TearJerker and think this will work.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, it's odd for you to be hugging her when you were the one who killed her."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alice pretends to be dead so she can stab Bob as he holds her.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Do you think you'd want to hug someone if you killed them, Bob?"
* '''Conversed''': ???

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