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Belligerent Sexual Tension is when the couple fight a lot and deny that they care about each other. The second part of that isn't usually the case in Sleuth Dates Cop.
Despite the conflict, there is an attraction. This is usually obvious to everyone around except the couple. Confront them with the obvious, they'll deny deny deny. Sometimes they will progress to admitting their friendship but insist they are Just Friends. Eventually, they can admit their feelings to practically anyone except their loved one.
edited 3rd Jul '14 9:04:30 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
I don't know, that seems to be about how a lot of the pairings start out in my experience and a lot of them are off again on again.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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They're dating. They admit they like each other.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Yeah, a sleuth and cop can start out with Belligerent Sexual Tension, but once they become an actual couple that no longer applies.
At any rate, it seems like we've pretty much decided what the definition should be; quibbling over where to put paragraph breaks isn't really Trope Repair Shop worthy.
edited 4th Jul '14 2:33:05 AM by RavenWilder
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
I've switched out the definition, and incorporated some of ~Raven Wilder's suggestion.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Looks good. Now we just need a name change.
Given the commentary in this thread, I went ahead and implemented the rename. Also, given the poor wicks I also did a notch of crosswicking.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Crown Description:
Cop Boyfriend has been shown to have roughly 50% misuse.
I was thinking about that part of the sentence and making it a Pot Hole to Belligerent Sexual Tension.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.