Line #29 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 when a loved one dies.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Abigail always wanted to be a hero and trained hard, but caring for her ailing father Brian kept her from leaving. When Brian dies due to Evil Overlord Charlie's goons, she's finally free to be a hero without restraints and his death merely defines her first objective.
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''': Abigal starts out as a hero, but Brian's death causes her to hang up the cape and retire out of grief for not being able to save him.
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''': Abigail has a huge family, and each of her parents and siblings were killed by different villains in quick succession. Abigail is forced to put a huge map on a wall [[StringTheory with pictures and strings]] along with a full day-planner and calendar in order to properly plan her revenge tour.
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': Abigail becomes a hero because of the death of Brian, only he's very much alive, she's lying about his death to keep him safe. Only for him to actually die and give her a second wind. However, the cause for that is that ''she'' wanted to kill Brian, and now she's out for revenge on whoever stole her kill.
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''': After Charlie blew up Brian's house and killed him, Abigail has finally found Charlie and holds him at sword point, ready to avenge the death of Brian-- only for Brian to walk in on them, causing Abigail and Charlie to ask "Aren't you supposed to be dead?!" Brian shrugs and says he forgot to tell them he went on an extended vacation. Abigail no longer has the heart to kill Charlie, who is just too embarrassed to remain a villain.
27	* '''Played For Drama''': In pursuing heroism to honor Brian, Abigail ends up metaphorically killing her life as she pushes everyone who cares about her away, which Brian explicitly pleaded for her not to do with his dying breath.
28	* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': ???
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30	You can't go back to DeathByOriginStory, it would undo your characterization.

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