Line #14 PlayingWith/ApocalypseMaiden


1	'''Basic Trope''': A person who will bring the end of the world simply by existing; the problem is that s/he is also well-known to or even the beloved of the main character.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob's sweet little sister Alice is fated to destroy the world.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice is such a sweet girl, if not for the fact that she's a WalkingWasteland, [[BugWar attracts hordes of alien bugs]], and is fated to destroy the galaxy.
5	** Alice is absolutely loved by most, but her overwhelming power can obliterate [[TheMultiverse the multiverse]], and [[MoreThanThreeDimensions higher dimensions]]. Eventually, her intense feelings of hatred unleashes her [[SuperPoweredEvilSide immensely brutal side]] and wants to kill all other beings.
6	* '''Downplayed''': TheJinx
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]] (or a component of her DNA, or ''whatever'') is the key to activating the DoomsdayDevice.
9	** Alice is only a half-sister to Bob, her father is an EldritchAbomination. Even if she does nothing, Alice's simple existence causes [[NegativeSpaceWedgie distortions in the fabric of reality, breaking the wall between Earth's dimension and the Eldritch Location]], bringing down Hell on Earth.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** Alice is a total JerkAss, but since the world will end without her, everyone is forced to protect her and satisfy her callous whims.
12	** Alice is a BarrierMaiden -- without her, evils from outside the world will destroy the world.
13	** To Bob's sorrow Alice is destined to die death to bring forth a new world.
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Alice might be fated to destroy the world, [[ScrewDestiny but the prophecy isn't exactly set in stone]]...
16	** It's only certain part of Alice that is fated to destroy the world. Remove that part, and Alice is free to live her life.
17	** The villains from another dimension kill Bob, which is what will supposedly lead to Alice unleashing the EldritchAbomination inside her, destroying the world... But in Alice's rage, she gains control of the EldritchAbomination. Who said that our world [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge was her prophesied target?]]
18	** Alice leading to the destruction of the world is MetaphoricallyTrue at best. While she does lead to the destruction of the world, it is [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Bob's]] RoaringRampageOfRevenge that actually does the damage -- [[SelfFulfillingProphecy because killing her in the first place is]] what causes Bob to conclude that any world [[DirtyCoward willing to kill innocents to save itself]] isn't worth saving.
19	** Alice will in fact destroy the universe but it never states when or if it would be a bad thing. In fact [[AllLovingHero Alice takes pacifism to such an extreme she refuses to harm any life in any form.]] She winds up [[TimeAbyss outlasting not only Bob but everything else in the universe.]] It turns out its destruction is essential to its rebirth and is why she could never die despite all of the efforts to kill her to forestall a disaster that would never come.
20	* '''Double Subverted''':
21	** ...[[YouCantFightFate but the attempt to subvert Alice's fate is the action that ends up destroying the world]].
22	** ...But Alice still technically fulfilled the prophecy, and attempts to kill herself before she destroys any more worlds
23	** But the part of Alice that needs removing is integral to Alice's being... i.e., her ''[[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]]''.
24	* '''Parodied''': After knowing that she's an ApocalypseMaiden, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Alice dyes her hair pale blue and starts acting emo]].
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
26	* '''Averted''': The much-feared apocalypse isn't caused by a single person.
27	* '''Enforced''': "The contradiction! The drama! Let's make the hero choose between the world or his little sister!"
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "Ending the world?! This little missy here? You've got to be kidding me, dude."
29	* '''Invoked''': Karen, an alien from the 26th dimension trapped in this mundane world, goad Alice into destroying the world so s/he can return to his/her origin.
30	* '''Exploited''': [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]] kidnaps and {{mind rape}}s Alice into becoming his puppet, effectively keeping the world hostage.
31	* '''Defied''': [[ShootTheDog Some pragmatic people seal Alice in a can]].
32	* '''Discussed''': ???
33	* '''Conversed''': ???
34	* '''Implied''': Bob is found centuries later without [[IdentityAmnesia any trace of her old personality or past]] and her weapon was found in Alice's crypt still within her dead body. It is possible that someone stole her weapon and did it or [[TearJerker she was forced into killing her and obliterated her own memory because of it.]]
35	* '''Deconstructed''':
36	** Being an ApocalypseMaiden makes people mean to Alice, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy so she decides to fulfill her fated role to make the goddamn pain stop]].
37	** Since people are mean to his little sister, Bob decided that the world should end and she wholeheartedly supports Alice to carry her role.
38	** Bob destroys the world before Alice can enact her role as an ApocalypseMaiden, [[NecessaryEvil to save her from the anguish of destroying the world with her own hands]].
39	** Alice [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]] believing it's the only way to save the world.
40	* '''Reconstructed''':
41	** Bob's love for Alice allows her to endure people's hatred.
42	** Bob and the others [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind travel into Alice's soul to destroy the growing parasite within it that will destroy the world]].
43	* '''Played For Drama''': Saving Alice from Karen/Evulz/the pragmatic people/[[TheDarkSide her dark side]] and [[PatrickStewartSpeech convincing her that the world is worth living, even if]] HumansAreFlawed.
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45	Back to ApocalypseMaiden, there might still be a chance to save both her and the world.
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47	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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