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** Alice becomes more powerful the more wounded she is. The strike to the shoulder was just the power boost she needed.
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** Bob is using a reach weapon like a spear, leaving the impaled Alice to feebly flail at empty air.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob stabs himself to get at Alice, in a move suspiciously like seppuku



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice decided to do this, as Bob is a fragile speedster and having his blade lodged in her side would take away the "speedster" part.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Opponents often lower their guard at the moment of victory.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???No attacks are deliberately taken.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???Isn't there a way that doesn't involve getting horrifically injured?
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is attempting to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] in a convincing way, and deliberately attacks in a way that injures her but leaves himself open.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is attempting to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] in a convincing way, and deliberately attacks in a way that injures her Alice but leaves himself open.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Bob is attempting to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] in a convincing way, and deliberately attacks in a way that injures her but leaves himself open.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice didn't actually intend to be hit, but she's tough enough to take the pain and quick-witted enough to take advantage of the opening Bob has now left himself.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every hit Bob landed in the fight was calculated by Alice.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Every hit Bob landed in the fight was calculated by Alice.



* '''Deconstructed''': The wound becomes infected, and Alice eventually has to be hospitalised.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The wound becomes infected, and Alice eventually has to be hospitalised.



* '''Reconstructed''': Alice uses some of the money she was paid for taking down Bob to cover her living costs while she's out of action.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Alice uses some of the money she was paid for taking down Bob to cover her living costs while she's out of action.



I've been hit, but it's opened the way to DeliberateInjuryGambit.

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I've been hit, but it's opened the way to DeliberateInjuryGambit.DeliberateInjuryGambit!

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* '''Deconstructed''': The wound becomes infected, and Alice eventually has to be hospitalised.
** Alice's skill in hitting a mobile opponent is reduced to the extent where she has to invoke deliberate injury gambits to win fights.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice uses some of the money she was paid for taking down Bob to cover her living costs while she's out of action.
** Alice trains herself to survive grievous injuries so that she can do so repeatedly.



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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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* '''Defied''': Bob has oiled his sword so he can withdraw it again easily.

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* '''Defied''': Bob has oiled his sword so he can easily withdraw it again easily.it.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"I'm beginning to think that I'm a little bit of a masochist."

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Every hit Bob landed in the fight was calculated by Alice.
** Every single fight that takes place involves a deliberate injury gambit.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Bob's sword was poisoned, because he knew Alice would have to concede an attack to hit him.
* '''Defied''': ???Bob has oiled his sword so he can withdraw it again easily.
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* '''Straight''': [[FragileSpeedster Bob]] lunges at [[MightyGlacier Alice]], who moves to take the attack in the shoulder. Bob's sword becomes stuck, slowinjg him down for Alice to land the finishing move.

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* '''Straight''': [[FragileSpeedster Bob]] lunges at [[MightyGlacier Alice]], who moves to take the attack in the shoulder. Bob's sword becomes stuck, slowinjg slowing him down for Alice to land the finishing move.



* '''Subverted''': Alice tells Bob that she wasn't actually expecting to get hit...

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* '''Subverted''': After restraining Bob, Alice tells Bob that she wasn't actually expecting to get hit...
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* '''Double Subverted''': ..but when she did, she knew she could use it to her advantage.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ..Subverted''': ...but when she did, she knew she could use it to her advantage.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character takes an attack in order to gain an advantage in a fight.
* '''Straight''': [[FragileSpeedster Bob]] lunges at [[MightyGlacier Alice]], who moves to take the attack in the shoulder. Bob's sword becomes stuck, slowinjg him down for Alice to land the finishing move.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Alice tells Bob that she wasn't actually expecting to get hit...
* '''Double Subverted''': ..but when she did, she knew she could use it to her advantage.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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