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'''Basic Trope''': The enemy kills TheChosenOne's loved ones and/or destroys his or her hometown, to make it clear that YouCantFightFate.

'''Basic Trope''': The enemy kills TheChosenOne's loved ones and destroys his or her hometown, to make it clear that YouCantFightFate.

** Upon realizing that she's TheChosenOne and that fate will have her kill Queen Sangria, Ruby decides to [[RageAgainsttheHeavens]] for engineering the whole prophecy as well as Queen Sangria. Once the Queen is overthrown Ruby becomes as bad a tyrant as the Queen trying to stamp out religion or gain the power needed to kill the gods.

** Having lost her entire hometown leaves Ruby a bitter and vengeful person who wants to exact [[MisplacedRetribution]] on Queen Sangria's whole people.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[EvilMentor Erik]] feels that the advantage of having Ruby on the side of LaResistance is more important than the inhabitants of her hometown, so he destroys the village and tells her that the Queen was responsible for it instead. When Ruby finds out later, she leaves the resistance effort.

** Sangria isn't targeting Ruby; [[OmnicidalManiac she's targeting everybody]]. Many towns have shared the same fate as Ruby's, and many more will continue to [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod unless the now-very-motivated Ruby stops her]].

** ''Someone'' defeating Sangria was prophesized, but the prophecy wasn't specific. Sangria reasons that [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure The Only Way To Be Sure]] is to KillEmAll.

** Sangria isn't targeting Ruby; [[OmnicidalManiac she's targeting everybody]]. Many towns have shared the same fate as Ruby's, and many more will continue to [[GenocideBackfire unless Ruby stops her]].

** Sangria isn't targeting Ruby; [[OmnicidalManiac she's targeting everybody]]. Many towns have shared the same fate as Ruby's, and many more will continue to.

* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Ruby diverts the call to Jade, her best friend. While Jade is on a mission, her entire family is slaughtered by a third party not related to Queen Sangria or simply acting against her orders. Jade blames Ruby for the entire incident and decides to ally herself with Queen Sangria in revenge. Ruby must decide whether to bring her dear friend back to her side or DuelToTheDeath.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Ruby diverts the call to Jade, her best friend. While Jade is on a mission, her entire family is slaughtered by a third party not related to Queen Sangria or simply acting against her orders. Jade blames Ruby for the entire incident and decides to ally herself with Queen Sangria in revenge. Ruby must decide whether to bring her dear friend back to her side or DuelToTheDeath.

** [[GenreSavvy Ruby actually accounted for herself]], which is why she JumpedAtTheCall in case this would happen.

** [[GenreSavvy Ruby actually accounted for herself ]] and JumpedAtTheCall either beforehand or immediately.

* '''Downplayed''': When Queen Sangria's forces attack the town, Ruby's parents escape, but their old livelihood is ruined and a few friends have died.

* '''Parodied''': Ruby comes home to find the evil army tickling her family and toliet papering her home. She reacts as if the army has murdered them and destroyed their hometown.

* '''Enforced''': "Ruby needs that really defining element of {{tragedy}} to [[RuleOfEmpathy make the audience care about her]]. Let's kill off her folks!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Did destiny really have to kill my family to get me to go along? Why couldn't she just turn them into gerbils or something?"

* '''Defied''': The [[EnforcedColdWar rules of engagement]] between Ruby and Sangria prevent them from targeting each others' families unless they deliberately join the fight, so Ruby could ScrewDestiny if she wanted to.

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

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%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "Ruby needs that really defining element of tragedy to [[RuleOfEmpathy make the audience care about her]]. Let's kill off her folks!"

* '''Defied''': The [[EnforcedColdWar rules of engagement]] between Ruby and Sangria prevent them from targeting each others' families unless they deliberately join the fight.

* '''Justified''': Queen Sangria learned of the prophecy and was trying to take Ruby out before she could accomplish anything. She missed.

* '''Discussed''': "No, I won't try to fight Queen Sangria. If I were really TheChosenOne, she would have ruined my life long ago."

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'''Basic Trope''': In order to make it clear that TheChosenOne [[YouCantFightFate can't avoid his destiny]], people they care about are horribly killed by the enemy.
* '''Straight''': [[TheChosenOne Ruby's]] destiny pits her against [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sangria]]. Ruby decides [[ScrewDestiny to head out of town to avoid said destiny]], but The Queen attacks Ruby's DoomedHometown and has her parents slaughtered.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Queen attacks Ruby's DoomedHometown and captures her family. Over the next several months, she has them [[TortureAlwaysWorks tortured]], both to gain any information on Ruby that she can and [[ForTheEvulz simply because she can]]. Eventually, they're slaughtered, butchered, and publicly displayed so that everyone can see their corpses -- especially Ruby, [[YankTheDogsChain who was getting closer to tracking down and rescuing them]].
* '''Downplayed''': When Queen Sangria's forces attack the town, Ruby's parents escape, but their old livelihood is ruined.

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Subverted''': Ruby, not wanting to fight the powerful enemy the old crazy guy claimed she would have to, moves herself and her entire family to another country where they live under assumed names. Queen Sangria finds herself unable to track them down.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until Queen Sangria's army razes Ruby's new hometown, killing her family, for [[ButForMeItWasTuesday entirely unrelated reasons]].
* '''Parodied''': "But I can't leave! I have too many responsibilities ''here!!'' *A meteor destroys her DoomedHometown in the background*
* '''Zig Zagged''': Ruby diverts the call to Jade, her best friend. While Jade is on a mission, her entire family is slaughtered by a third party not related to Queen Sangria or simply acting against her orders. Jade blames Ruby for the entire incident and decides to ally herself with Queen Sangria in revenge. Ruby must decide whether to bring her dear friend back to her side or fight her to the death.
* '''Averted''': Nothing bad happens to Ruby's hometown because of her adventures.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Did Destiny ''really'' have to kill my family to get me to go along? Why not turning them into gerbils?"
* '''Invoked''': Erik implies that Sangria will kill her family if she doesn't help him.
* '''Exploited''': ???

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

* '''Played For Laughs''': Ruby comes home to find the evil army tickling her family and toliet papering her home.
* '''Played For Drama''': Ruby's little sister Garnet was the only other survivor of the assault, but was left horribly traumatized by the experience. Ruby also gets blamed for the attack by other people, especially by Jade, who was in love with Ruby's older sister Sapphire.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': When Queen Sangria's forces attack the town, Ruby's parents escape, but their old livlihood is ruined.

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

* '''Played For Drama''': Ruby's little sister Garnet was the only other survivor of the assault, but was left horribly traumatized by the experience. Ruby also gets blamed for the attack by other survivors, especially by Jade, who was in love with her older sister Sapphire.

* '''Played For Drama''': Ruby's little sister Garnet was the only other survivor of the assault, but was left horribly traumatized by the experience. Ruby also gets blamed for the attack by other survivors, especially by Jade, who was in love with her [[DeadLittleSister older sister Sapphire]].

* '''Inverted''': The Queen ignores the ancient prophecy about this destiny, until Ruby infiltrates her castle and kills [[TheDragon her heir to the throne,]] [[MeaningfulName Draco.]]
** Alternatively, Ruby JumpedAtTheCall, and the attack on her hometown is the point where she first realizes how serious things actually are.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[EvilMentor Erik]] feels that the advantage of having Ruby on the side of LaResistance is more important than the inhabitants of her hometown, so he destroys the village and tells her that the Queen was responsible for it instead. When Ruby finds out later, she leaves the resistance effort.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...But when the rest of LaResistance learn of Erik's treachery, they oust him from his position as leader of the force and replace him with Ruby, who has now become an incredibly skilled fighter in the time she's spent rebelling against the Queen's reign. With a renewed dedication to more heroic ideals, the resistance fighters earn the respect and trust of the oppressed citizens and finally are able to depose of the Queen for good.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Ruby comes home to find the evil army tickling her family and toliet papering her home.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Ruby's little sister Garnet was the only other survivor of the assault, but was left horribly traumatized by the experience. Ruby also gets blamed for the attack by other survivors, especially by Jade, who was in love with her [[DeadLittleSister older sister Sapphire]].

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

* '''Played For Laughs:''' ???

* '''Double Subverted''': Until Queen Sangria's army razes Ruby's new hometown, killing her family, for reasons not directly related to her search for Ruby.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[EvilMentor Erik]]destroyed Ruby's hometown and lied about it feeling that it was important enough to have her on their side being worth more than the lives of her hometown. This causes her to turn against the rebellion effort.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': The first clue Queen Sangria has that she's in trouble is when Ruby infiltrates her castle and kills her [[TheDragon devoted]] [[TheDutifulSon son]] [[MeaningfulName Draco]].