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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41 | Back to CartwrightCurse |
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43 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
44 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
45 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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