Line #7 PlayingWith/UnholyMatrimony


1	'''Basic Trope''': A villainous couple.
2	* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Evil Elliott]] is HappilyMarried to [[DarkMistress Lilith Badgirl]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Evil Elliott and Lilith Badgirl are ''always'' together, and do everything together. Oh, and Elliott has promised Lilith that she can be [[LadyMacBeth his queen]] when they TakeOverTheWorld.
4	* '''Downplayed''' :
5	** Elliot the corrupt politician and Lilith the CorruptCorporateExecutive are a married couple.
6	** VillainousFriendship
7	** Elliott has [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited feelings]] for Lilith.
8	* '''Justified''': EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** Elliott loves Lilith, but [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan she]] [[VillainessesWantHeroes loves]] [[TheHero Hiro]].
11	** [[BigBadEnsemble The two main villains]] [[EvilVersusEvil hate each other.]]
12	** The two main heroes are HappilyMarried.
13	* '''Subverted''': Elliott and Lilith are not a couple. They spend a lot of time together, and work together, but they are not an OfficialCouple. They're just really good friends.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': But eventually they fall in love.
15	* '''Parodied''':
16	** Elliott and Lilith have a villainous-style wedding at a CorruptChurch or ChurchOfEvil.
17	** It gets better... Elliott proposed to Lilith by putting the engagement ring in a safe deposit box at a bank they planned to rob later that week.
18	** The local BadGuyBar is a single's club where Elliott and Lilith first met and shared AGlassOfChianti.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''':
20	** Elliott and Lilith start off as an OfficialCouple. Then Lilith falls for [[TheLancer Lance]], and has a HighHeelFaceTurn. Then she gets [[BeingGoodSucks tired of]] being part of the heroes' TrueCompanions and returns to Elliott. This happens several times during the series.
21	** Elliott only loves Lilith when he has something to gain from her. The rest of the time, he couldn't care less about her.
22	* '''Averted''': Elliott and Lilith are not a couple, and they never become one.
23	* '''Enforced''': The author wants to prevent DracoInLeatherPants, so they give the main villain a lover.
24	* '''Lampshaded''':
25	** "And take your [[MyGirlIsASlut whorish wife]] with you to hell, you villainous scum!" [[BerserkButton "Insult my wife again, and I'll send you there to wait for us."]]
26	"Of course a [[CountryMatters ct]] like you would marry a piece of shit like your husband. Makes perfect sense." "[[TermsOfEndangerment Darling, do you know what I do to bitches who insult my husband to my face?]]" [[AudibleSharpness shing]]
27	** "Sharing a lair is a big step for us... You sure you're ready?" "Yes, I can't rule this Empire on my own."
28	** "They say love conquers all." "I like the sound of that."
29	* '''Invoked''':
30	** While [[VillainsOutShopping out shopping]], a chance meeting brings Elliott and Lilith together, and soon they become a couple bent on [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].
31	** [[PunnyName Todd Awful]], a mutual friend of Elliott and Lilith, introduces the two in the hopes that they'll hit it off. What Todd gains from this is not clear, but Elliott and Lilith are too busy getting ready to [[TroubleEntendre paint the town red]] to question his motives.
32	* '''Exploited''': The heroes are aware of their love for each other, and kidnaps Evil Elliot, telling Lillith Badgirl to drop their evil plans if she wants to save him.
33	* '''Defied''':
34	** Elliott tries to win Lilith over to his side, but she refuses to be with him.
35	** Elliott is [[NoLoveForTheWicked asexual and aromantic]] (or at least extremely mission-oriented) and makes it very clear.
36	* '''Discussed''': "Ah, villains in love..."
37	* '''Conversed''': "Yes, but will they really work out, or are their own goals going to get in the way?"
38	* '''Deconstructed''': Elliott and Lilith have their own goals, and they both have strong personalities and ambitiously pursue those goals. They may clash, or one may merely be using the other to achieve their own ends.
39	* '''Reconstructed''': Elliott and Lilith learn to work together and cooperate, and become practically unstoppable. And both achieve their goals. They have the occasional quarrel, but what couple doesn't?
40	* '''Played For Laughs''': Elliot and Lilith are [[SickeninglySweethearts disgustingly lovey-dovey with each other]] even as they slaughter a bus full of orphans. Their victims beg them to have mercy of them and kill them quickly, because they can't handle the obnoxious amounts of [[SickeninglySweet diabeetus juice]]!
41	* '''Played For Drama''':
42	** Elliot and Lilith have disagreements because their own goals and personalities conflict. Can they work through this and live up to their potential both as villains and as a couple? Or will they break up, no doubt in the most horrible way possible?
43	** Elliot's love for his wife and the various cruel atrocities he commits displays a disturbing level of MoralMyopia.
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