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** Alice was BlessedWithSuck by a WickedWitch who enchanted her to be the most beautiful person in all of human history just to attract unwanted attention to her.
** Alice was BlessedWithSuck by a WickedWitch who enchanted her to be the most beautiful person in all of human history just to attract unwanted attention to her.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act out of envy) surrounding her. Hiding her appearance in order to escape her poor treatment only makes Alice even ''more'' miserable, since it's the only way that people will be civil to her.
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** Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act out of envy) surrounding her. Hiding her appearance in order to escape her poor treatment only makes Alice even ''more'' miserable, since it's the only way that people will be civil to her.
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** Alice lives in a culture where the assumption is that she ''wants'' all the attention she gets for her beauty, and assumes it's all positive even when that would require some rather [[InsaneTrollLogic creative thinking]]--making it extremely difficult for her to get anybody to take rather reasonable complaints seriously.
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** Alice's curse means people see her as their ideal standard of beauty, not as she truly is. As a result, she can't have a healthy relationship with anyone and becomes very lonely and depressed.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act out of envy) surrounding her. Hiding her appearance in order to escape her poor treatment only makes Alice even ''more'' miserable, since it's the only way that people will be civil to her.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, can demonstrate that if she manages to successfully downplay her good looks, these behaviors go away--because they're in reaction to her beauty.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, can demonstrate that if she manages to successfully downplay her good looks, these behaviors go away--because they're in reaction to her beauty.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act as such out of simple envy) surrounding her. It's ''not'' her beauty that's the problem; it's the horrible people who treat her so terribly.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act as such out of simple envy) surrounding her. It's ''not'' her beauty that's the problem; it's the horrible people who treat her so terribly.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Over the course of the story, it's made abundantly clear that Alice's misery is ''not'' caused by her beauty; rather, it's caused by the blatant disrespect of the men (who feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her]] because they find her attractive), and the cruelty of the women (who act as such out of simple envy) surrounding her. It's ''not'' her beauty that's the problem; it's the horrible people who treat her so terribly.
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'''Alice:''' Then live a couple of weeks in my shoes by all means. You'll learn what it's like when everyone's got their eyes on you.
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-->'''Bob:'''''You'' having problems? Please. You aren't many downsides to looking the way you do.\\
'''Alice:''' Then live a couple of weeks in my shoes by all means. You'll learn what it's like when everyone's got their eyes on you.
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** Alice's life is made massively better by being made hideous. She is able to infiltrate many areas with ease because everyone tries to ignore her. Plus they don't remember her face beyond "ugly". She becomes a commended heroic agent for her [[ActualPacifism non-violence]]. When her foes catch on to her and bar all hideous women she gets to retire in comfort from the grateful leaders. Her fiance blind Bob is a bishonen and the nicest person she has ever met.
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* '''Subverted''': ???Alice wears tons of makeup, has huge scars from were the surgeon has been. Oh and did we mention her corset with the padded bra?
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** People (who normally wouldn't rape others) consistently try to have their way with Alice because they just have to have her right then and there, whether she's okay with it or not.
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'''Basic Trope''': A characters trouble's stem from his[=/=]her good looks.
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'''Basic Trope''': A characters trouble's character's troubles stem from his[=/=]her good looks.
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Alice is flawlessly gorgeous, which unfortunately means she's the victim of jealousy from other women and sexual harassment from men, and she worries that when she receives positive attention, it's only because of her looks.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is so gorgeous that she starts to wonder if people are only nice to her for her looks.
* '''Straight''': Alice is absolutely gorgeous, and as such, receives an out-sized portion of attention from the opposite sex. Because of this, she is afraid that people are only nice to her because she's attractive.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is mind-blowingly stunning. Men throw themselves at her feet, pay for her coffees, wave her into traffic, listen to her overly intently at work, et cetera. After a while, she starts to worry that she's only getting by on her good looks.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is gorgeous, so she gets a lot of male admirers. However, depending on her mood (and which men are looking), she may enjoy it or feel irritated and objectified.
* '''Justified''': It actually does have some grounding in reality; beautiful people can occasionally have their contributions overlooked because it's assumed they got by on their looks. They can also be subject to a lot of unwanted attention and harassment, or jealousy.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is hideous, but is a model employee and citizen. People still treat her like gutter trash because she's ugly.
* '''Straight''': Alice is absolutely gorgeous, and as such, receives an out-sized portion of attention from the opposite sex. Because of this, she is afraid that people are only nice to her because she's attractive.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is mind-blowingly stunning. Men throw themselves at her feet, pay for her coffees, wave her into traffic, listen to her overly intently at work, et cetera. After a while, she starts to worry that she's only getting by on her good looks.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is gorgeous, so she gets a lot of male admirers. However, depending on her mood (and which men are looking), she may enjoy it or feel irritated and objectified.
* '''Justified''': It actually does have some grounding in reality; beautiful people can occasionally have their contributions overlooked because it's assumed they got by on their looks. They can also be subject to a lot of unwanted attention and harassment, or jealousy.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is hideous, but is a model employee and citizen. People still treat her like gutter trash because she's ugly.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is so gorgeous that she starts to wonder if people are only nice to characters troubles stem from her for her good looks.
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*'''Exaggerated''': Alice is mind-blowingly stunning. Men throw themselves at her feet, pay for her coffees, wave her into traffic, listen to her overly intently at work, et cetera. After a while, she starts to worry that she's only getting by on her good looks.
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** Alice turns out to have several friendships that are not a result of her attractiveness - the people are genuinely into her for her personality.
** Alice doesn't really have any personal hangups about her attractiveness. Unfortunately, her good looks means she ends up having to deal with [[DirtyOldMan dirty old men who leer at her]], [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers who won't take no for an answer]], and [[DrivenByEnvy other women who are jealous of her looks and deliberately set out to sabotage or undermine her]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, those people turn out to be blind, so they really had no standard of attractiveness to begin with.
** Alice doesn't really have any personal hangups about her attractiveness. Unfortunately, her good looks means she ends up having to deal with [[DirtyOldMan dirty old men who leer at her]], [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers who won't take no for an answer]], and [[DrivenByEnvy other women who are jealous of her looks and deliberately set out to sabotage or undermine her]].
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** Alice doesn't really have any personal hangups about her attractiveness. Unfortunately, her good looks means she ends up having to deal with [[DirtyOldMan dirty old men who leer at her]], [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers who won't take no for an answer]], and [[DrivenByEnvy other women who are jealous of her looks and deliberately set out to sabotage or undermine her]].
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** Alice is a movie star who is not much of an actress - clearly only hired because she's attractive. As she counts her piles of money, she laments that people are only into her for her looks.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and {{hypocri|ticalHumor}}sy, because she constantly [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
** A failed spell actually turns Alice (more) beautiful.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and {{hypocri|ticalHumor}}sy, because she constantly [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
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** Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[Series/{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
** Alice's beauty really ''is'' an honest-to-goodness curse (and not in the lethal sense): everyone who sees her face, including AliensAndMonsters, [[TheFaerieQueene immediately attempts to rape her]], regardless of [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer gender]] or [[CureYourGays sexual orientation]] or even ''[[MarsNeedsWomen species]]''. Anyone who isn't trying to rape her is instead trying to steal her beauty for themselves, or failing that, kill her out of jealousy.
* '''Averted''': Alice is quite beautiful, but receives no special recognition from it.
* '''Enforced''': "My [[MarySue totally awesome character]] needs some sort of flaw, but I can't think of any. I'll just have her say that no one takes her seriously because she's beautiful. This is gonna be the best fanfic ever!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, all he saw in me was a gorgeous body and a huge pair of boobs."
* '''Invoked''': Alice doesn't do anything in the way of acquiring skills - she just stands there and looks attractive.
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** Alice's beauty really ''is'' an honest-to-goodness curse (and not in the lethal sense): everyone who sees her face, including AliensAndMonsters, [[TheFaerieQueene immediately attempts to rape her]], regardless of [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer gender]] or [[CureYourGays sexual orientation]] or even ''[[MarsNeedsWomen species]]''. Anyone who isn't trying to rape her is instead trying to steal her beauty for themselves, or failing that, kill her out of jealousy.
* '''Averted''': Alice is quite beautiful, but receives no special recognition from it.
* '''Enforced''': "My [[MarySue totally awesome character]] needs some sort of flaw, but I can't think of any. I'll just have her say that no one takes her seriously because she's beautiful. This is gonna be the best fanfic ever!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, all he saw in me was a gorgeous body and a huge pair of boobs."
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* '''Discussed''': "Wait...really? You really think they're only into you for your looks? Are you insane?
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** It turned out to be true - people only enjoyed Alice for her beauty. When she ages or otherwise loses her looks, the prior attention vanishes, leaving her an emotional wreck.
** Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice isn't even that attractive to begin with - but when Bob, out of pity, buys her coffee, she starts insisting that he was only into her for her looks and that she has nothing to offer society.
** Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice isn't even that attractive to begin with - but when Bob, out of pity, buys her coffee, she starts insisting that he was only into her for her looks and that she has nothing to offer society.
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** Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Played For Laughs''':
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** Alice's bosses are smitten with her and keep promoting her until she gets into a position where she has no idea what she's doing.
** The office gossips insist that the actually competent Alice has not been a victim of the recent round of layoffs due to her good looks.
** Alice starts carrying a HandCannon to deter *ahem* unpleasant types.
** Alice gets no support and has no friends in the workplace because regardless of how hard she works, everyone assumes that because she's so beautiful she had to have screwed her way to the top and are deeply resentful of her for it.
** Genetically Modified Clones are bred to be beautiful. Cue a long chain of assassinations and insane attacks by obsessed clone 413-Alice.
** The office gossips insist that the actually competent Alice has not been a victim of the recent round of layoffs due to her good looks.
** Alice starts carrying a HandCannon to deter *ahem* unpleasant types.
** Alice gets no support and has no friends in the workplace because regardless of how hard she works, everyone assumes that because she's so beautiful she had to have screwed her way to the top and are deeply resentful of her for it.
** Genetically Modified Clones are bred to be beautiful. Cue a long chain of assassinations and insane attacks by obsessed clone 413-Alice.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice is gorgeous, so she gets a lot of male admirers. However, depending on her mood (and which men are looking), she may enjoy it or feel irritated and objectified.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is mindblowingly stunning. Men throw themselves at her feet, pay for her coffees, wave her into traffic, listen to her overly intently at work, et cetera. After a while, she starts to worry that she's only getting by on her good looks.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is mindblowingly mind-blowingly stunning. Men throw themselves at her feet, pay for her coffees, wave her into traffic, listen to her overly intently at work, et cetera. After a while, she starts to worry that she's only getting by on her good looks.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': Alice turns out to have several friendships that are not a result of her attractiveness - the people are genuinely into her for her personality.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice turns out to have several friendships that are not a result of her attractiveness - the people are genuinely into her for her personality.
** Alice turns out to have several friendships that are not a result of her attractiveness - the people are genuinely into her for her personality.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice is a movie star who is not much of an actress - clearly only hired because she's attractive. As she counts her piles of money, she laments that people are only into her for her looks.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]], because she constantly [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]], because she constantly [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice is a movie star who is not much of an actress - clearly only hired because she's attractive. As she counts her piles of money, she laments that people are only into her for her looks.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and[[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]], {{hypocri|ticalHumor}}sy, because she constantly [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
** Alice is a movie star who is not much of an actress - clearly only hired because she's attractive. As she counts her piles of money, she laments that people are only into her for her looks.
** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and
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* '''Deconstructed''': It turned out to be true - people only enjoyed Alice for her beauty. When she ages or otherwise loses her looks, the prior attention vanishes, leaving her an emotional wreck.
** Alternatively, Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[Series/{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
** Alternatively, Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[Series/{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
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** Alternatively, Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
** Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[Series/{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
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* '''Defied''': "Huh, maybe they like me for my personality."
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* '''Defied''': '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** "Huh, maybe they like me for my personality."
* '''Defied''':
** "Huh, maybe they like me for my personality."
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* '''Conversed''': "Well, that fanfic was already pretty terrible, but what really put it over the top was the lead's constant whining about how she was so beautiful, it's a curse."
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* '''Conversed''': "Well, that fanfic fan-fic was already pretty terrible, but what really put it over the top was the lead's constant whining about how she was so beautiful, it's a curse.""
* '''Deconstructed''':
** It turned out to be true - people only enjoyed Alice for her beauty. When she ages or otherwise loses her looks, the prior attention vanishes, leaving her an emotional wreck.
** Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** It turned out to be true - people only enjoyed Alice for her beauty. When she ages or otherwise loses her looks, the prior attention vanishes, leaving her an emotional wreck.
** Alice has never been in a long-term relationship because most suitors consider her out of their league and don't even try talking to her. Or they only want her for her body, to which she either turns them down or has a string of one-night stands.
** It drives people insane, knowing they saw the most beautiful person ever and everyone else (including themselves) looks scarringly ugly in comparison. (Cue Stalker reverse Narcissism)
* '''Reconstructed''': However, that just gives her the chance to legitimately display her skills for real.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's bosses are smitten with her and keep promoting her until she gets into a position where she has no idea what she's doing.
** Alternatively, the office gossips insist that the actually competent Alice has not been a victim of the recent round of layoffs due to her good looks.
** Alternatively, the office gossips insist that the actually competent Alice has not been a victim of the recent round of layoffs due to her good looks.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
** Alice's bosses are smitten with her and keep promoting her until she gets into a position where she has no idea what she's doing.
**Alternatively, the The office gossips insist that the actually competent Alice has not been a victim of the recent round of layoffs due to her good looks.
** Alice's bosses are smitten with her and keep promoting her until she gets into a position where she has no idea what she's doing.
**
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Back to SoBeautifulItsACurse...and stop staring!
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Back to SoBeautifulItsACurse...and And stop staring!
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** Alice doesn't really have any personal hangups about her attractiveness. Unfortunately, her good looks means she ends up having to deal with [[DirtyOldMan dirty old men who leer at her]], [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers who won't take no for an answer]], and [[SalieriSyndrome other women who are jealous of her looks and deliberately set out to sabotage or undermine her]].
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** Alice doesn't really have any personal hangups about her attractiveness. Unfortunately, her good looks means she ends up having to deal with [[DirtyOldMan dirty old men who leer at her]], [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers who won't take no for an answer]], and [[SalieriSyndrome [[DrivenByEnvy other women who are jealous of her looks and deliberately set out to sabotage or undermine her]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is so impossibly beautiful that when someone looks at her, ''[[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy their face melts off]] and [[{{Supernatural}} [[Series/{{Supernatural}} their eyeballs burn out of their head]].'' Alternately, Alice is a GorgeousGorgon, and anyone who gazes upon her awesome beauty [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]], so she must always wear a veil in order to protect others.
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** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]], because she constantly [[{{Ptitle95epjcl2}} exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.
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** Alice is extremely vain, and her complaints about how her beauty is a curse are played to humorously underscore her overall narcissism... and [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]], because she constantly [[{{Ptitle95epjcl2}} [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful exploits her good looks and the way people react to her]] for her own benefit, while still complaining about it.