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8 | ->''"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,\ |
9 | Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,\ |
10 | Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,\ |
11 | With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."'' |
12 | -->-- '''Oberon''', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' |
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14 | An index gathering all tropes related to flowers and gardens. |
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17 | !!Flower-related tropes: |
18 | * AlluringFlowers: Flowers whose scent is outright siren-like in its power to cloud minds. |
19 | * BatteredBouquet: Rejecting the FlowersOfRomance by battering them. |
20 | * BouquetToss: A bride tosses her bouquet at the end of the wedding, which unmarried women try to grab. |
21 | * CaringGardener: A well-meaning, kind-hearted tender of plants, usually associated with heroic characters. |
22 | * CherryBlossomGirl: Characters (usually female) whose appearance, name, symbolic themes and/or attributes make references to CherryBlossoms. |
23 | * CherryBlossoms: Common Japanese motif for life, death, spring, love, and renewal. |
24 | * FertileFeet: Where this person walks, plants sprout and bloom. |
25 | * FillItWithFlowers: A character wants to fill a bleak, barren place with thriving, blooming plants. |
26 | * FleurDeLis: A common symbol used in medieval heraldry, often to signify purity. |
27 | * FloralThemeNaming: Names that follow a theme from flowers. |
28 | * FlowerFromTheMountaintop: A character must [[ScalingTheSummit climb to the top of a mountain]] to obtain a rare flower. |
29 | * FlowerMotifs: Flowers saying something about a story's theme or someone's personality. |
30 | * FlowerPotDrop: A flower pot falls and hits you on the head. |
31 | * FlowersOfFemininity: Flower imagery are used to symbolise a character's femininity. |
32 | * FlowersOfNature: Flowers are used to symbolise a character's connection to the earth/nature. |
33 | * FlowersOfRomance: Flowers in the contexts of a (usually romantic) relationship. |
34 | * FoulFlower: Flowers used as or associated with villainous characters for SubvertedInnocence. |
35 | * GardenGarment: A dress made out of plants, or parts thereof. |
36 | * GardenOfLove: Romance expressed in lush gardens. |
37 | * HanahakiDisease: Unrequited love makes you cough up flower petals. |
38 | * HopeSproutsEternal: A sprig of plant life sprouting in bleakness to symbolize hope for the future. |
39 | * IllFatedFlowerbed: Fictional flowerbeds are magnets for disaster. |
40 | * InnocentFlowerGirl: A sweet [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps DelicateAndSickly girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. |
41 | * LovesMeNot: A character does something (usually plucking flower petals) to determine whether someone loves them, alternating between saying "They love me" and "They love me not" with each turn. |
42 | * MysticalLotus: Lotuses are symbols of mysticism or magic, or are magic themselves. |
43 | * NeglectedGarden: A garden that hasn't been cared for in a long time, showing a character's depressed emotional state. |
44 | * PetalPower: A character who attacks enemies by spontaneously creating a swarm of lovely flower petals. |
45 | * PickedFlowersAreDead: When a character feels sorry for flowers that are dead or dying from being plucked from their roots. |
46 | * UsefulNotes/ThePoppy: The Commonwealth symbol of [[DueToTheDead remembrance for the war dead]]. |
47 | * QueerFlowers: Certain flowers symbolizing homosexuality, such as lavender, violets, lilies, and green carnations. |
48 | * RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning: A flower used to portray death, loss, and/or abandonment. |
49 | * RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: A stock, stereotypical poem or template for poems. |
50 | * SomethingAboutARose: Roses used for added sex appeal, sensitivity, and/or general RuleOfCool. |
51 | * StinkyFlower: A flower that smells bad. |
52 | * SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunflowers symbolizing energy and happiness. |
53 | * TallPoppySyndrome: Society is hostile and envious towards individuals who are special. |
54 | * ToweringFlower: Flowers of unusually large size. |
55 | * TheTragicRose: The usage of roses to represent a combination of beauty and tragedy. |
56 | * TrampledUnderfoot: Bad character is established by stepping on something and breaking it. |
57 | * WeedingOutImperfections: Bad guys use flowers, weeds, and other plants as metaphors for "desirable" and "undesirable" people. |
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