Line #12 PlayingWith/DeathByOriginStory


1	'''Basic Trope''': The death of people important to a main character (or their own death) is an important event that forms their identity and motivations.
2	* '''Straight''': The death of Abigail's father, Brian, is what motivates her to become a hero.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person in the nation of Troperia is driven to become a hero because their loved ones died.
4	* '''Downplayed''': ???
5	* '''Justified''': In the nation of Troperia, people becoming a hero to honour their loved ones after their deaths is the norm, not the exception.
6	* '''Inverted''': ???
7	* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Abigail became a hero for reasons ''other'' than the death of her father.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': But then it turns out that Abigail is just suppressing her painful memories about her father's last words.
9	* '''Parodied''': ???
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
11	* '''Averted''':
12	** Neither Brian nor anyone else important to Abigail dies to give her motivation.
13	** The life, [[CharacterDeath death]] or [[BackFromTheDead resurrection]] of Brian has no effect on Abigail as a character.
14	* '''Enforced''': The executives adjusted Abigail's origin story to include a dead loved one, because they wanted more dramatic scenes (i.e., crying and wailing) for Abigail's actress.
15	* '''Lampshaded''': "My father died two weeks ago. You know what this means? It's hero time."
16	* '''Invoked''':
17	** ManipulativeBastard Dick persuades Abigail to become a hero and avenge Brian when she is mourning.
18	** Dick murders Brian in hopes of spurring Abigail to become a hero.
19	* '''Exploited''': The villain Evulz knows that Abigail became a hero due to her father's death. In order to lower her guard and defeat her once and for all, Evulz takes on the appearance of Brian.
20	* '''Defied''': Abigail considers the path of heroism due to Brian's death, but she decides against it, [[MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave believing her father wouldn't approve if he were alive]].
21	* '''Discussed''': ''Heroes are often born from tragedies and dead loved ones,'' Abigail mused, ''What a fate.''
22	* '''Conversed''': "Authors nowadays really love this trope where the hero is who they are because of a dead loved one, huh."
23	* '''Implied''': Abigail mentions her father Brian a lot during her HeroismMotiveSpeech. Brian is currently deceased. Connect the dots.
24	* '''Deconstructed''': Abigail is emotionally stunted due to a lack of fatherly affection. She became a hero because of her father's death, but not an effective one.
25	* '''Reconstructed''': ??? %%Nothing is set in stone, Abigail can ScrewDestiny and save her dad... but doing so means she deprives the world of a working TimeMachine, and after looking around she realizes there's no one else who could replicate the discovery. She decides that, painful as it is, she must sacrifice her dream in order to honor her father's memory. Afterwards, she gains a level of inner peace, and becomes a more RoundedCharacter.
26	* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
27	* '''Played For Drama''': ???
28	* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': ???
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30	You can't go back to DeathByOriginStory, it would undo your characterization.

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