Line #6 PlayingWith/PrayerOfMalice


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is praying for a deity to be cruel and petty.
2	* '''Straight''': Summer is praying to {{God}} that Danny will die a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrible death]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Summer is praying to God that Danny will be [[AndIMustScream sent to Hell so he will burn forever]].
4	* '''Downplayed''': Summer is praying to God that Danny will lose his money.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Summer is a [[TheFundamentalist deluded religious follower]] who is angry at Danny for disagreeing with her beliefs.
7	** Danny is an unapologetic [[RedemptionRejection unrepentant]] monster who [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] and [[LeaveNoWitnesses murdered]] countless innocent people and got away with it by fleeing to a country that doesn't extradite. One of Danny's victims was Summer's baby son, so naturally Summer wants him to suffer for the evils he committed.
8	** Summer [[HolierThanThou thinks she's righteous and Danny isn't]]. Therefore, those who are not righteous must deserve to be prayed negatively.
9	** Summer is an impressionable child.
10	** Summer is a child who has AbusiveParents and begs God to kill her parents after being beaten or [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] by them.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Danny has an IncurableCoughOfDeath and Summer prays for a miraculous recovery.
13	** Aerith, a young elf child, prays for Grandesh, GodOfEvil, to help her family out of poverty.
14	* '''Subverted''': Summer is angry at Danny, but prays that good things happen to him.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': ...to [[TallPoppySyndrome draw other people's jealous rage]].
16	* '''Parodied''': Summer prays to God to make Danny trip on a banana.
17	* '''Zig Zagged''': Summer's prayers vary from tender and merciful to harsh and unforgiving.
18	* '''Averted''':
19	** Summer's prayers are kind-hearted to Danny.
20	** Summer doesn't pray to God at all.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** The author wants to show us that Summer is a creepy [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] and this is one of the ways she does so.
23	** The story is about Jake's family mourning him in different ways after Danny tortures him to death. In order to talk about how anger ties into grief and how it is a natural reaction, the authors showed Jake's [[BreakTheCutie normally]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes sweet]] daughter Summer praying for his murderer to be tortured forever in Hell.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "You're praying that I die? Your God must be [[GodIsEvil evil]]."
25	* '''Invoked''': God tells Summer that Danny has transgressed against Him and commands her to pray that bad things will befall him, even if she doesn't have any personal issues with Danny.
26	* '''Exploited''': God tells Summer to pray for curses and punishment to [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly make Him powerful]].
27	* '''Defied''':
28	** God tells Summer to not pray for bad things to happen to Danny since [[GodIsGood that's not how He operates on prayer]].
29	** Summer is annoyed at Danny, but doesn't want to pray for bad things to happen to anyone, so she goes for the passive-agressive approach and prays to God to "grant Danny wisdom so he can stop being a jackass."
30	* '''Discussed''': "And to think that you religious folk say that God is merciful."
31	* '''Conversed''': "I always change the channel whenever Summer recites her [[NightmareFuel scary, violent prayers.]]"
32	* '''Deconstructed''':
33	** Summer's prayers reveal that she's dangerously unstable and planning to take matters into her own hands if God doesn't.
34	** Summer's prayers are answered [[EvenEvilHasStandards in a way too]] [[AlasPoorVillain horrifying for even her]].
35	* '''Reconstructed''':
36	** Summer takes matters into her own hands and murders Danny in a fit of rage. But after police discover a stash of [[WouldHurtAChild child]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil pornography]] in Danny's house the jury refuses to find Summer guilty. She goes scot-free and her community praises her.
37	** Even if Summer was horrified by what happened to Danny, he still [[AssholeVictim deserved]] it for all the people he hurt.
38	* '''Played For Laughs''': Summer's parents are horrified at Summer praying to God to please hurt Danny, but because [[DoWrongRight they firmly believe that people should do their own dirty work]].
39	* '''Played For Drama''': Summer prayed to God for something bad to happen to Danny in a moment of blind desperation at seeing Danny being such a blatant Karma Houdini, and when something bad finally happens to Danny Summer begins to feel horrified at the possibility she has traded off her chances of going to Heaven for this.
40	* '''Played For Horror''': Summer's prayers are answered, but the answerer isn't God. It's something [[{{Satan}} worse]], ''[[DealWithTheDevil much]]'' [[FaceMonsterTurn worse]].
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42	I pray that the [[PrayerOfMalice main page]] as well as this [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife entire website to ruin your life]].
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44	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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46	%%* '''Implied''': ???
47	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
48	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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