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Cutegirl920fire
(Rule of Three)
27th Aug, 2021 05:12:55 PM
I think it may refer to examples of Matricide where the killer doesn't have a father (because he's dead beforehand or not in the picture at all), but that's probably a guess at my part.
There's also a Trope Description Improvement forum and for that, here's the link
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I posted this question on the Matricide discussion page a few days ago and didn't get any responses:
Why is Matricide listed as a subtrope of Self-Made Orphan? Not everyone who commits matricide is a self-made orphan (their other parent could still be alive). I think it would make more sense the other way around, but even that doesn't seem totally accurate (a character who never had a mother or whose mother was previously killed by something else could still be a Self-Made Orphan).
Also, is there a better place for future one-off questions/suggestions about trope descriptions?
Edited by indigoJay