JAFAAC: Capulet Counterpart

The image for Capulet Counterpart does not show the love affair nor the switching sides - just a woman with angel wings looking ~dramatically~ at the sky. Had it not been for the caption I wouldn't even have known it was Juliet.

Definitely need a new pic.

Isn't she not even an example?

That picture confuses me as to what the trope actually is.

Assuming that's the trope namer, then no, she's not an example. At least, I've never heard of the Capulets being regarded as the villains and the Montagues as the heroes.

Is this trope just "significant character who does a Face–Heel Turn"? That's going to be hard to picture.

I don't think so, different in that she is not a villain, which would be High-Heel–Face Turn. More like starts on the heel "side" and turns to the face "side", no change of heart.

No, villain might be overstating it, but the Capulets are definitely the antagonists. (Consider Mercutio.) I mean, the trope is "a character that is, in certain specific ways, like Juliet"... not "a character that is Juliet".

Oh, hm, it would hard to be more like something than being that thing, of course she is an example. But the image is still just a face :P

edited 31st Jan '12 3:18:28 PM by rodneyAnonymous

So it's a character who's sympathetic from the start, but begins the story on the villains' side before switching? I still don't see how that describes Juliet. (Which makes the current caption surprisingly apropos, if we ignore the comma.)

That's still going to be tough to illustrate.

Laconic: "A non-evil female character who works for the villains but defects to the good guys, usually after falling in love with The Hero."

...Does Juliet actually join the Montagues? I mean, yes, she marries Romeo; but, she doesn't have any interaction with any of the others. She doesn't join them any more than she stops being a Capulet. Hell, it's Romeo who goes up to Tybalt and tries to be all family-like with him.*

edited 1st Feb '12 1:55:29 PM by MangaManiac

She joins the protagonist. Isn't that what matters?

The other protagonist. She kinda is one :P

This feels like the thread should be moved to Trope Repair Shop now, since we're talking about Trope Namer instead of just the page image.

I think you're right.

The image still needs discussion. It's JAFAAC. Any TRS thread can be made later.

Bump. (Anyone got a better picture?)

The image is nonillustrative (even though I've seen the film), and the caption shouldn't have a comma.

Pulled per the above discussion:

Clock is set.

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No further action is to be taken based on this thread.