History PlayingWith / DelicateAndSickly

* '''Subverted''': Alice isn't actually sick, and is [[PlayingSick faking it]] for her own reasons, playing off the sterotype of the "cute sick girl".
* '''Double Subverted''': Just when it seems to have cleared up, the SoapOperaDisease comes back with a vengeance, and this time, medicine cannot cure Alice. Cue ADeathInTheLimelight.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.
** Alice and Bob, two elders in a hospital discuss [[LittlestCancerPatient Charlie]] a young adult cancer patient who is getting better [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything with every reference to getting healthier described like it is about decline and dying instead]] and react to news about him going home like he died.

* '''Averted''': Alice is perfectly healthy.

* '''Reconstructed''': The doctors have enough information to know how serious her condition is despite her apperance.

* '''Straight''': Alice has a SoapOperaDisease. It may or may not actually be fatal.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's SoapOperaDisease includes an IncurableCoughOfDeath and BloodFromTheMouth. (It may or may not actually be tuberculosis, though.) She spends a lot of time [[ContemplateOurNavels reflecting on the meaning of her short life.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Alice has some unnamed disease and gets tired easily, however she still does her best to be an active part of her group, despite not being able to do as much.

* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is physically healthy, but [[TheOphelia mentally ill]].
** Alternatively: [[ThePlague Everyone else is sick]].
** Alternatively: Bob, an elderly man, gets sick.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice is sick, but seems to be on the mend.
** Alternatively, Alice's illness is mostly a mental one, but has a physical component that really takes a toll on her.
** Alice's illness isn't all that serious.
** Alice isn't actually sick, and is [[PlayingSick faking it]] for her own reasons.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes, Alice has "good days" where she feels relatively better, can get out of bed, etc. Other days are "bad days" where Alice feels lousy and lacks energy.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice's sickness causes her to [[ContemplateOurNavels reflect on the meaning of life]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret doing (or not doing) something before she got sick]].
** Alice isn't like the typical melancholy portrayals and full of negatives aside from her physical health and [[JerkassWoobie is not a very pleasant person to be around.]]. She is angry and resentful of her status, frequently lashes out and those who care for her, [[{{Delinquents}} refuses to respect rules,]] [[TroublingUnchildhoodBehavior or refrain from adult vices]] as she [[EveryoneHasStandards horrifies even very shady characters]]. Every gritty detail of her disease is shown unflinchingly to make the point that terminal illness is not romantic at all.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's reflection helps her come to terms with her illness (and her mortality). She might even befriend someone who helps make her last days meaningful.

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

** Alice isn't actually sick, and is faking it for her own reasons.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sickness causes her to [[ContemplateOurNavels reflect on the meaning of life]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret doing (or not doing) something before she got sick]].

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** Alice isn't like the typical melancholy portrayals and full of negatives aside from her physical health. She is angry and resentful of her status, frequently lashes out and those who care for her, [[{{Delinquents}} refuses to respect rules,]] [[DisturbingUnchildhoodBehavior or refrain from vices beyond what her body allows.]] [[JerkassWoobie She is not a very pleasant person to be around.]] Every gritty detail is shown in unflinchingly to make the point that terminal illness is not romantic at all.

* '''Parodied''': Alice is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.

** Alice makes a big fuss out of a common cold.

** Alice is very sick, maybe even terminally so, but she refuses to stay in bed contemplating the last leaf on the tree outside. Instead, she goes out and makes the most of the time she has.

** Alice is physically healthy, but [[MadnessTropes mentally ill.]]

* '''Parodied''': Alice [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.]]

** Alice is very sick, but it doesn't stop her from being a BadAss ActionGirl. Or really anything else.

* '''Enforced''': A ShoutOut to romantic literature (such as that by EdgarAllanPoe), or the writer wants to explore themes of sickness, death, and dying.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sickness causes her to [[ContemplateOurNavels reflect on the meaning of life]]and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret doing (or not doing) something before she got sick]].

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': A character (usually, though not always, female) who is very sick. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
* '''Played Straight''': Alice has a SoapOperaDisease. It may or may not actually be fatal.

** Alternatively, Alice's illness is mostly a mental one, but has a physical component that really takes a toll on her.
** Alice's illness isn't all that serious.
* '''Double Subverted''': Just when it seems to have cleared up, the SoapOperaDisease comes back with a vengeance, and this time, medicine cannot cure Alice. Cue ADeathInTheLimelight.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sickness causes her to [[ContemplateOurNavels reflect on the meaning of life]]and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret doing (or not doing) something before she got sick]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's reflection helps her come to terms with her illness (and her mortality). She might even befriend someone who helps make her last days meaningful.

** Alice is very sick, but it doesn't stop her from being a BadAss ActionGirl. Or really anything else.

* '''Played For Drama''': The whole premise of this trope, when played straight.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is physically healthy, but [[MadnessTropes mentally ill.]]

* '''Subverted''': Alice is sick, but seems to be on the mend.

*** Alice's illness isn't all that serious.

* '''Defied''': Alice is very sick, maybe even terminally so, but she refuses to stay in bed contemplating the last leaf on the tree outside. Instead, she goes out and makes the most of the time she has.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice fakes being seriously ill to get out of doing something she doesn't want to do.

* '''Discussed''': Alice doesn't have much longer...
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Alice [[FerrisBuellersDayOff is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.]]

* '''Parodied''': Alice is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.

** '''Played Straight''': Alice has a SoapOperaDisease. It may or may not actually be fatal.
** '''Exaggerated''': Alice's SoapOperaDisease includes an IncurableCoughOfDeath and BloodFromTheMouth. (It may or may not actually be tuberculosis, though.) She spends a lot of time [[ContemplateOurNavels reflecting on the meaning of her short life.]]
** '''Justified''': People get sick. And sometimes, especially in times or places where there isn't modern medicine (or where there is, but no cure is as yet available), people's lives can be cut short by the disease.
** '''Inverted''': Alice is physically healthy, but [[MadnessTropes mentally ill.]]
*** Alternatively: [[ThePlague Everyone else is sick]].
** '''Subverted''': Alice is sick, but seems to be on the mend.
*** Alternatively, Alice's illness is mostly a mental one, but has a physical component that really takes a toll on her.
**** Alice's illness isn't all that serious.
** '''Double Subverted''': Just when it seems to have cleared up, the SoapOperaDisease comes back with a vengeance, and this time, medicine cannot cure Alice. Cue ADeathInTheLimelight.
** '''Parodied''': Alice is faking sick to get out of school or work, and everyone thinks she's dying.
** '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sickness causes her to [[ContemplateOurNavels reflect on the meaning of life]]and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret doing (or not doing) something before she got sick]].
** '''Reconstructed''': Alice's reflection helps her come to terms with her illness (and her mortality). She might even befriend someone who helps make her last days meaningful.
** '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes, Alice has "good days" where she feels relatively better, can get out of bed, etc. Other days are "bad days" where Alice feels lousy and lacks energy.
** '''Averted''': Alice is perfectly healthy.
** '''Enforced''': A ShoutOut to romantic literature (such as that by EdgarAllanPoe), or the writer wants to explore themes of sickness, death, and dying.
** '''Lampshaded''': "How are you feeling today, Alice?"
** '''Invoked''': Alice is faking it to [[AttentionWhore get attention]].
** '''Defied''': Alice is very sick, maybe even terminally so, but she refuses to stay in bed contemplating the last leaf on the tree outside. Instead, she goes out and makes the most of the time she has.
*** Alice is very sick, but it doesn't stop her from being a BadAss ActionGirl. Or really anything else.
** '''Discussed''': Alice doesn't have much longer...
** '''Conversed''': ???
** '''Played For Laughs''': Alice fakes being seriously ill to get out of doing something she doesn't want to do.
*** Alice makes a big fuss out of a common cold.
** '''Played For Drama''': The whole premise of this trope, when played straight.

** '''Played For Drama''': The whole premise of this trope, when played straight.

**'''Inverted''': Alice is physically healthy, but mentally ill.