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** Despite her gentle nature, Melody is a powerful WarriorMonk and kung-fu expert.
** Melody is a feminine healer who's the hero's LoveInterest... but her gentle exterior hides a BitchInSheepsClothing.
** Melody's gentle and sweet...until [[BreakTheCutie something horrible happens to her and she snaps]]. The emotional turbulence makes her magic dangerous.
** Melody is a sweet, feminine mage...a [[LadyOfBlackMagic Dark Mage]], that is.
** Melody is kind-hearted, supportive... and overprotective of her friends to the point where it's honestly a little scary. Her idea of "defensive" magic involves unleashing a torrent of divine wrath on anything that so much as gives the rest of the party a mean look.

** ...and she also happens to be the [[CombatMedic best healer]] anyway.
** She discovers that GoodFeelsGood and [[BecomingTheMask decides to make the gentle exterior her interior]].
** She recovers from the HeroicBSOD with the PowerOfLove and [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship.]]
** After vaporizing monsters, she pulls out a med kit and demonstrates expert first-aid.

* '''Enforced''': "Without someone who is dedicated to healing him, TheHero of this story won't stand a chance against those heavy-hitting monsters. While we're at it let's make her his [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl gentle and compassionate]] LoveInterest for the PeripheryDemographic. "

* '''Exploited''': [[AvengersAssemble When recruiting an adventurer team]] Bob appeals to Melody's compassionate nature and their need for a skilled healer.

** 2) Melody would much rather have taken a more [[ActionGirl physical role]], but because of her society's [[StayInTheKitchen limited roles for women]] WhiteMagicianGirl is the only way she's allowed to participate at all. She's bitter about this, and it interferes with the calm and compassion required for the job.

** 1) Only honestly gentle and caring people are eligible for the position and only {{Plucky Girl}}s graduate from the training. Stepford Smilers are viewed as risky because their mask might break at a bad time.

** 1) Only honestly gentle and caring people are eligble for the position and only {{Plucky Girl}}s graduate from the training. Stepford Smilers are viewed as risky because their mask might break at a bad time.

** Melody is a sweet, feminine mage...a Dark Mage, that is.

* '''Lampshaded''': "No, please, have mercy on m...wait, you're a female, and you're wearing a medic's robe? False alarm, guys, she's just a healer. She's not gonna kill us!"

** Melody is a sweet, feminine mage...a Dark Mage, anyways.

* '''Zig Zagged''': When Melody first appears, she's a to-the-trope WhiteMagicianGirl. Then after a story event, she becomes a BlackMagicianGirl who spams Meteor Shower. But wait! Her healing spells are still the best amongst the party members, and [[BoringButPractical using it is more practical to win battles than Meteor Shower]]. Then after another story event, her magic goes away and she is forced to fight physically just like anyone else... but then, she is still one of the better healers (this time without magic), and a kind person. Then she gets her powers back and returns to a pure healing role, just in time for ZombieApocalypse, and TheTeam discovers that ReviveKillsZombies.

* '''Parodied''': The WhiteMagicianGirl is an [[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan obnoxious and petty person who constantly bludgeon people with her staff and then heal them just because they annoy her and she's easily annoyed.]] People fawn over her anyway, because she's an avatar of a goddess of healing, who is ''also'' a jerk to other gods.
* '''Zig Zagged''': When Melody first appear, she's a to-the-trope WhiteMagicianGirl. Then after a story event, she becomes a BlackMagicianGirl who spams Meteor Shower. But wait! Her healing spells are still the best amongst the party members, and [[BoringButPractical using it is more practical to win battles than Meteor Shower]]. Then after another story event, her magic goes away and she is forced to fight physically just like anyone else... but then, she is still one of the better healers (this time without magic), and a kind person.

** Melody has healing powers... and is also TheHeroine who can be quite the [[GoodIsNotNice rude and curse spewing]] badass.
* '''Enforced''': "Without someone who is dedicated to heal him, TheHero of this story won't stand a chance against those heavy-hitting monsters. While we're at it let's make her his [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl gentle and compassionate]] LoveInterest for the PeripheryDemographic. "

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Melody's metaphysical role in the party as TheHeart [[PersonalityPowers coincides nicely with her abilities.]]

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** 3) Melody's healing powers rely on [[ThePowerOfLove love]]...but, it's a [[EquivalentExchange two-way street]]. Without love in her life, her power causes her [[LoveHurts pain]], making her cold and distant from others.

** 2) Melody realizes that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage. Soon, [[SilkHidingSteel the gentle and supportive healer is the de-facto leader]]. Alternatively, Melody invokes DoctorsOrders.
** 3) All White Magician Girls [[SwordAndSorcerer are paired with a warrior]] she is romantically compatible with in the hopes that they will become a BattleCouple.

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* '''Invoked''': Melody is the TeamMom and so she decides to become a white magician girl to heal her friends wounds and otherwise take care of them.

* '''Straight''': [[MysteriousWaif Melody]] is a kind-hearted priestess and [[TheMedic healer]] who fights with a staff or bow and is contrasted with [[BlackMage Tom]].

* '''Parodied''': The WhiteMagicianGirl is an [[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan obnoxious and petty person who constantly bludgeon people with her staff and then heal them just because they annoy her and she's easily annoyed.]] People fawn over her anyway, because she's an avatar of a goddess of healing. Who is ''also'' a jerk to other gods.

** Melody has healing powers... and is also TheHeroine who can be quite the [[GoodIsNotNice rude and curse spewing]] {{Badass}}.

* '''Zig Zagged''': When Melody first appear, she's a to-the-trope WhiteMagicianGirl. And then after a story event, she become a BlackMagicianGirl who spams [[AwesomeButImpractical Meteor Shower]]. But wait! Her healing spells are still the best amongst the party members, and [[BoringButPractical using it is more practical to win battles than Meteor Shower]]. Then after another story event, her magic goes away and she is forced to fight physically just like anyone else... but then, she is still one of the better healers (this time without magic), and a kind person.

* '''Invoked''': Melody is the TeamMom and so she decides become a white magician girl to heal her friends wounds and otherwise take care of them.

* '''Zig Zagged''': When Melody first appear, she's a to-the-trope WhiteMagicianGirl. And then after a story event, she become a BlackMagicianGirl who spams [[AwesomeButImpractical Meteor Shower]]. But wait! Her healing spells are still the best amongst the party members, and [[BoringButPractical using it is more practical to win battles than Meteor Shower]]. And then after another story event, her magic goes away and she is forced to fight physically just like anyone else... but then, she is still one of the better healer, and a kind person.

** Melody has healing powers... and is [[TheHeroine the main character]] who can be quite the [[GoodIsNotNice rude and curse spewing]] {{Badass}}.
* '''Enforced''': "Without someone who is dedicated to heal him, TheHero of this story won't stand a chance against those heavy-hitting monsters. While we're at it let's make her his LoveInterest for the PeripheryDemographic. "
* '''Lampshaded''': "No, please, have mercy on m...wait, you're a female, and you're carrying a big stick? False alarm, guys, she's just a healer. She's not gonna kill us!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob the Hero romances Melody so that she will stay with him. LevelUpAtIntimacy5 ensued.
* '''Exploited''': ???

** 1) To be a WhiteMagicianGirl, one need to [[TrainingFromHell endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always StepfordSmiler.

** 2) Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage. Soon, [[SilkHidingSteel the gentle and supportive healer is the de-facto leader]]. Alternatively, Melody invokes DoctorsOrders.

* '''Discussed''': TheHero asks the WhiteMagicianGirl about her choice of weapon, leading her to explain the reasons for herself.

** 2) Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage. Soon, [[SilkHidingSteel the gentle and supportive healer is the de-facto leader]].
*** 2.) Alternatively, Melody invokes DoctorsOrders.

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

** Melody is a feminine healer who's the hero's LoveInterest... but her gentle exterior hides a BitchInSheepsClothing or even TheMole.

* '''Parodied''': The WhiteMagicianGirl is an [[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan obnoxious and petty person who constantly bludgeon people with her staff and then heal them just because they annoy her. And she's easily annoyed.]] But people fawn over her anyway, because she's an avatar of a goddess of healing. Who is ''also'' a jerk to other gods.

** The sole healer in the party is Albrecht the [[ChurchMilitant Paladin]], who uses a sword and is [[{{Rated M For Manly}} noticeably male]].

** 1) But the WhiteMagicianGirl ''for your party'' is still an honestly gentle and caring person.
** 2) Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage.
** 3) ...until Melody falls in love with [[TheHero Bob]].

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** To be a WhiteMagicianGirl, one need to [[TrainingFromHell endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always StepfordSmiler.
** Melody would much rather have taken a more [[ActionGirl physical role]], but because of her society's [[StayInTheKitchen limited roles for women]] WhiteMagicianGirl is the only way she's allowed to participate at all. She's bitter about this, and it interferes with the calm and compassion required for the job.
** Melody's healing powers rely on [[ThePowerOfLove love]]...but, it's a [[EquivalentExchange two-way street]]. Without love in her life, her power causes her [[LoveHurts pain]], making her cold and distant from others.

** But the WhiteMagicianGirl ''for your party'' is still an honestly gentle and caring person.
** Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage.

** {{BlackMagicianGirl}}

* '''{{Gender Flip}}ped''': Melody, an ActionGirl, is accompanied by Christopher, a NonActionGuy with HealingHands who she allows to come because he can heal and she can't.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** To be a WhiteMagicianGirl, one need to [[TrainingFromHell endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always StepfordSmiler.
** Melody would much rather have taken a more [[ActionGirl physical role]], but because of her society's [[StayInTheKitchen limited roles for women]] WhiteMagicianGirl is the only way she's allowed to participate at all. She's bitter about this, and it interferes with the calm and compassion required for the job.
** Melody's healing powers rely on [[ThePowerOfLove love]]...but, it's a [[EquivalentExchange two-way street]]. Without love in her life, her power causes her [[LoveHurts pain]], making her cold and distant from others.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** But the WhiteMagicianGirl ''for your party'' is still an honestly gentle and caring person.
** Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage.

* '''Defied''': HealThyself

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* '''{{Gender Flip}}ped''': Melody, a HotChickWithASword, is accompanied by Christopher, a NonActionGuy with HealingHands who she allows to come because he can heal and she can't.

* '''Straight''': [[MysteriousWaif Melody]] is a kind-hearted priestess and [[TheMedic healer]] who fights with a staff or bow and is contrasted with [[BlackMagicianGirl black wizard]] [[HotWitch Marcy.]]

** {{Black Magician Girl}}
** Melody has WhiteMagicianGirl powers, but she's AxCrazy.

** Melody is a feminine healer who's the hero's LoveInterest...but her gentle exterior hides a BitchInSheepsClothing or even TheMole.

* '''Justified''': PersonalityPowers are a rule of the universe.

* '''Inverted''': The WhiteMagicianGirl is an outspoken, HotBlooded {{Tsundere}} who [[HyperspaceMallet whacks the hero with her staff]] when she's angry.

* '''Subverted''': Despite her gentle nature, Melody is a powerful WarriorMonk and kung-fu expert.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...and she also happens to be the [[CombatMedic best healer]] anyway.

* '''Deconstructed''': To be a WhiteMagicianGirl, one need to [[TrainingFromHell endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always StepfordSmiler.

* '''Reconstructed''': But the WhiteMagicianGirl ''for your party'' is still an honestly gentle and caring person.

* '''Averted''': The sole healer in the party is Albrecht the [[ChurchMilitant Paladin]], who uses a sword and is [[{{Rated M For Manly}} noticeably male]].

'''Basic Trope''': A [[TheMedic healing specialist]] who wields a [[SimpleStaff staff]] or other blunt object.
* '''Straight''': [[MysteriousWaif Melody]] is a [[YamatoNadeshiko soft-spoken]] priestess and [[TheMedic healer]] who fights with a staff or bow and is contrasted with [[BlackMagicianGirl black wizard]] [[HotWitch Marcy.]]

** Melody is too weak or unskilled to wield anything heavier like a sword, but she needs some sort of physical protection if only to hold off whoever's attacking her until one of her teammates arrives to help.
** Melody's staff is a [[AmplifierArtifact spell focus of some kind]].

** The resident medic, thanks to all that time spent dealing with people, is [[TheMcCoy the big emoter]] of the party; everyone else seems cold and logical by comparison.

* '''Subverted''': Despite her gentle nature, Melody is a powerful WarriorMonk and kung-fu expert who uses [[ActionGirl her staff to hit people]].
** Melody is a staff-wielding, feminine healer who's the hero's LoveInterest...but her gentle exterior hides a BitchInSheepsClothing or even TheMole. Or she's gentle and sweet...until [[BreakTheCutie something horrible happens to her]] and [[FreakOut she snaps]].

* '''{{Gender Flip}}ped''': Melody, a HotChickWithASword, is accompanied by Christopher, a NonActionGuy with a staff who she allows to come because he can heal and she can't.

** Melody realize that her role is one of the (if not the) most important role on the battlefield, and she changes society by using this fact to her advantage.

** Melody uses a staff, has healing powers... and is [[TheHeroine the main character]] who can be quite the {{Badass}}.
** Melody points out [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower the long and honorable tradition]] [[SimpleStaff of the staff]] in combat.
* '''Enforced''': "Without someone who is dedicated to heal him, TheHero of this story won't stand a chance against those heavy-hitting monsters."
* '''Lampshaded''': "No, please, have mercy on m...wait, you're a female, and your weapon is a big stick? False alarm, guys, she's not gonna kill us!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob the Hero romances Melody so that she will stay with him. LevelUpAtIntimacyFive ensued.

* '''Parodied''': The WhiteMagicianGirl is an [[BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan obnoxious and petty person who constantly bludgeon people with her staff and then heal them just because they annoy her. And she's easily annoyed.]] But people fawn over her anyway, because she's an avatar of a goddess of healing. Who is ''also'' a jerk to other gods.