Line #15 PlayingWith/CartwrightCurse


1	'''Basic Trope''': Any LoveInterest of a character either dies or gets PutOnABus.
2	* '''Straight''': [[MeaningfulName Ver Gen]]'s latest love, [[PunnyName Sally Uterland]] dies in a bus crash and joins the ranks of Alice, Carol, and everyone he's ever loved.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** If Ver even admits he has any feelings for someone, they die.
5	* '''Downplayed''':
6	** Some of Ver's love interests die, while the rest are severely injured.
7	** Many of Ver's relationships end poorly with dramatic breakups, but only one or two actually die.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** It's an actual curse put on him by a sadistic BigBad who wants him to suffer. Ver wants to be rid of the curse.
10	** Ver himself is a DoomMagnet.
11	** Ver is immortal, so he would eventually outlive his love interests.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Ver dies every time someone loves him.
14	** Ver dies every time he falls in love with someone.
15	* '''Subverted''':
16	** It seemed like they were dying, but Ver jumped to conclusions, didn't check autopsies, ran away, etc.
17	** Although she is not free from danger, Sally survives during her time together with Ver. They even got HappilyMarried.
18	* '''Double Subverted''':
19	** His enemies made it seem like the women were okay to MindScrew him.
20	** Just barely weeks or even days into their happy life as married couple, Sally eventually died in one way or another, which puts Ver back to square one.
21	* '''Parodied''': Ver has tons of girls lined up in front of him outside of a church, where it is having a non-stop wedding and funeral combo.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': ...And is immediately confronted with the death of his new love interest.
23	* '''Averted''': All love interests live throughout the show or come and go as in traditional dating.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** The creator believes that the hero should [[SuperheroesStaySingle stay single]].
26	** The series is so episodic that StatusQuoIsGod.
27	* '''Lampshaded''':
28	** "Why must everyone I love has to die?"
29	** ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
30	* '''Invoked''': The BigBad curses Ver with this trope.
31	* '''Exploited''': In return, Ver uses this curse to off the DarkMistress.
32	* '''Defied''':
33	** Ver avoids relationships altogether and resolutely remains a CelibateHero who only has casual sex every once in a while, specifically because he knows what would happen if he had any significant other at all.
34	** Ver kills everybody who had the slightest inkling of a thought about killing Sally for any reason whatsoever and makes clear that [[TheDreaded doing that is the most suicidal thing anybody could ever do]]. Ver's enemies decide there are other, more survivable ways to hurt Ver.
35	** Ver [[BreakingTheFourthWall walks into the office of the series' writers]] with [[AppealToForce a 12-gauge and a written statement for them to sign]] that they will never kill Sally off or he will kill ''[[RageAgainstTheAuthor them]]'' off.
36	* '''Discussed''': "Ver, you can't have a personal life with your line of work. Not unless you pick a lover who is just as much of a trained fighter as you are, else you will spend more time visiting churchyards than having sex."
37	* '''Conversed''': "Why can't superheroes have a personal life?" "Several reasons but mostly because it gets in the way of the job and it gives your enemies too much leverage over you."
38	* '''Deconstructed''': A bitter and hateful old man in his grey days, Ver finally confesses how the trope has made him weight the consequences and forgo human relationships.
39	* '''Reconstructed''': Ver starts DatingCatwoman and, even though there is no 0% risk, he finally can enjoy having a slightly less lonely personal time.
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43	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
44	%%* '''Implied''': ???
45	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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