Line #66 Series/QuerODestino


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Quer O Destino que se faça justiça." ''"Destiny wants justice be made."'' [[note]]From left to right: João Santa Cruz, Lucas Santa Cruz, Vitória Santareno, Marcos Santa Cruz, and Mateus Santa Cruz.[[/note]]]]
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4	''Quer O Destino'' is a 2020 portuguese soap opera adapted by Helena Amaral and produced by Plural Entertainment, starring Sara Barradas, Pedro Sousa, Pedro Teixeira, Filipe Vargas and Isaac Alfaiate.
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6	Margarida Rosa (Sara Barradas), in her adolescence, after being raped and witnessing her father's murder, runs away to Lisbon in fear of being killed as well.
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8	Fourteen years later, with the name Vitória Santareno, she returns to her origins intending to get revenge. She gets a job as the nurse for Catarina Santa Cruz (Maria José Paschoal), the mother of her rapists: the four Santa Cruz brothers. She moves into the Lagoon Homestead and begins plotting her revenge.
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10	This soap opera is currently aired by TVI. Its first season ran from March 23 to June 20, the second ran from June 22 to August 4, and the [[FinaleSeason third]] ran from August 5 to October 26.
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12	Given its success, on September 5, 2020, a live-show lasting 6 hours aired on TVI, reuniting the soap's actors and the bands forming its audio-track. Pedro Teixeira and Ana Sofia Martins were the hosts of this live-air show.
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14	[[https://tvi.iol.pt/querodestino/ Quer O Destino's website]]
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18	!! [Series/QuerODestino] contains examples of:
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20	* [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted]]: Alfredo after winning the lottery. [[spoiler: As it turns out, he never cashed in the prize, and thus gets himself in heavy debt]].
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22	* [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitch]]: Catarina Santa Cruz.
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24	* [[BadBoss Bad Boss]]: Marcos is shown to be this when he gains control of the Lagoon Homestead's financial business in the first season.
25	** In the beginning of the third season, [[spoiler: Carlos]] is in front of the Lagoon Homestead's business and is shown to be this as well [[spoiler:mostly on account of his alcoholic tendencies.]]
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27	* [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional Being Personal Isn't Professional]]: When she first arrived at the Lagoon Homestead, Victória played this trope straight, given she was in the home of her rapists.
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29	* [[BigBadEnsemble Big Bad Emsemble]]: Catarina Santa Cruz [[spoiler:until her death at the beginning of the third season]],Rita Paiva do Amaral, Marcos Santa Cruz, and Mateus Santa Cruz.
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31	* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Santa Cruz family, and how. Out of the four Santa Cruz brothers, the only that seems to be completely sane and well-adjusted is Lucas.
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33	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rita Paiva do Amaral, in order to trick Lucas.
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35	* [[BrokenPedestal Broken Pedestal]]: Mateus idolized his mother to a creepy extent, but after she tricks him into almost committing suicide via pills, he begins realizing she was never someone to idolize in the first place.
36	--> MATEUS (to Vitória): Every mother lies.
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38	* [[CharacterDevelopment Character Development]]: As is usual in soap operas, most characters change and grow as the story progresses. Some change for the better [[spoiler: (Vitória and João are notable examples)]] while other change for the worse [[spoiler: (Isabela and Mateus are notable examples)]].
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40	* ChildByRape:
41	** [[spoiler:Ana Catarina]]. The rape of [[spoiler:her biological mother, in which she was concieved, originated the entire plot]].
42	** [[spoiler:Carlos]]. He was concieved when his mother [[spoiler:Joana was raped by Bernardo Santa Cruz]]. This is kept secret until well into [[spoiler:Carlos']] adult years.
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44	* [[ChurchgoingVillain Churchgoing Villain]]: Catarina and Mateus Santa Cruz.
45	** Later, in the third season [[spoiler: Isabela joins this list as well]].
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47	* ContrivedCoincidence: What were the odds of Ana Catarina [[spoiler:being adopted by her biological uncle without him knowing that]]?
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49	* [[TheCorrupter The Corrupter]]: [[UnholyMatrimony Mateus, to Isabela]]. [[spoiler:Despite learning of his all his terrible actions [[WeddingSmashers at the climax of the second season]], she cannot stop loving him, and thus [[FaceHeelTurn sticks by his side]] against everyone, including her family, her friends, and even the police. [[BreakTheCutie Of course, all this takes a heavy mental toll on her.]]]]
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51	* DisappearedDad: Vitória's father, whose murder she tries to uncover during the story.
52	** Bernardo, Catarina's husband and the father of the four Santa Cruz brothers, died some years before the events of the story.
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54	* [[EvilMatriarch Evil Matriarch]]: Catarina Santa Cruz. Her [[https://tvi.iol.pt/querodestino/ator/maria-jose-paschoal/catarina-costa-de-santa-cruz/5e2198360cf207193068d4bf official character page]] tells us her life motto is ''"Family above all"''.
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56	* [[EvilUncle Evil Uncle]]: Mateus, the soap´s [[BigBad Big Bad]], is Ana Catarina´s uncle. [[spoiler:(or so everyone thinks, before it's revealed he's actually her biological father)]].
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58	* [[FakeRelationship Fake Relationship]]: Marcos and Isabela in the third season. [[spoiler:They do this in order to thwart the police from discovering they are helping Mateus while he's on the run]].
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60	* FamilyOfChoice: Vitória and Maria aren't related by blood, yet they see each other as sisters after everything they went through together before the events of the story.
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62	* Fanservice: Several scenes act as this. Characters such as [[MsFanservice Patrícia]] and [[MrFanservice João]] are usually the targets.
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64	* [[FromNewYorktoNowhere From New York to Nowhere]]: In the beginning of the story, Vitória moves from Lisbon (Portugal's capital) to Salvaterra de Magos.
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66	* [[IChoosetoStay I Choose to Stay]]: Subverted. After Vitória ends up in the hospital at the end of the second season, Lucas flies away to Brazil, not waiting to see if Vitória lives or dies.
67	** Played straight in the third season, [[spoiler: when Ana is hospitalized after escaping Mateus]].
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69	* [[KindlyVet Kindly Vet]]: Subverted. Mateus is Lagoon Homestead's vet. He's also a cynical rapist and murderer.
70	** Played straight with Madalena Curto, Mateus' replacement after he gets badly injured in a horse accident.
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72	* LikesOlderMen: Patrícia.
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74	* MissingMom: Vitória's mother is heavily implied to have died when she as a child.
75	** Matilde, Ana Catarina's adoptive mother, died from cancer years before the events of the story.
76	** [[spoiler:After being accidentally killed by Marcos, Carla becomes this for her three children]].
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78	* [[NoDoubttheYearsHaveChangedMe No Doubt the Years Have Changed Me]]: It's mostly because of this Margarida Rosa (or rather, Vitória Santareno) manages to get a job in the Lagoon Homestead to enact revenge. Only one person recognizes her: her ex-boyfriend from teenagehood, Carlos Reis.
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80	* [[NotAfraidToDie Not Afraid To Die]]: [[spoiler: Mateus accuses Vitória of this after [[HeroicSacrifice she gives herself in as to let Ana escape]]]].
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82	* [[ThePenance The Penance]]: Mateus frequently harms himself when praying.
83	** This is also implied to be the reason why João consumes drugs: he's trying to make himself numb to the trauma he suffered.
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85	* [[RapeIsaSpecialKindofEvil Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: Played straight. This is what sets off the story, as Vitória will stop at nothing to ruin her rapists' lives, 14 years later.
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87	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Vitória and Carlos try to rekindle their relationship after 14 years, it becomes very clear that both of them changed a lot and became incompatible, and their relationship ends up not working out as they expected.
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