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, started by Pig_catapult on Jan 4th 2015 at 4:28:26 AM
Where does it say that?
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Something weird happened when I tried to post here earlier, but hopefully that's in the past. Anyway, should we really be defaulting to female characters with this trope? There're a lot of male examples on this page. Like, so many. At least 1 in 3.
Moved this example here:
- Vietnam, according to some Axis Powers Hetalia Fanon based in the country's Real Life History. In it, she was once an innocent young fisher-girl, but years of suffering as a plaything to China, France, America, and other larger powers forced her to become a battle-hardened soldier. Exactly how broken and embittered she is, is left to imagination: sometimes she's an unstable Dark Action Girl, sometimes, she's the Team Mom to the younger Asians. (The canon leans more towards the second interpretation, as she's shown to be rather quiet and mature but with slight self-image issues.)
- If you adhere to the fanon belief of North Korea being a female, she qualifies as well. This fanart◊ is a pretty good example.
- It's also a popular portrayal of Hungary, Ukraine (the Slavic Team Mom), Belarus (Ukraine's younger sister), Belgium (Netherlands's sister), and Taiwan (Vietnam's sister and The Cutie from the Asian group) in Dark Fics. Vietnam and Taiwan's "brother", Hong Kong, is sometimes made into a male Broken Bird in fics.
- Actually, Belarus is strongly hinted to be one in autor notes. She's noted to be not just extremely strange, but to be extremely pessimistic due to her history. It may explain a LOT about her behavior.
- Actually, Belarus is strongly hinted to be one in autor notes. She's noted to be not just extremely strange, but to be extremely pessimistic due to her history.
- China himself could also qualify as this, considering how long he's lived, what's he's lived through, and how much the actual country itself has suffered throughout the years, fangirls don't hesitate to put him in this position.
- Austria is often made a Rare Male Example. A good example is the Nineteen Eighty Three Doomsday Stories AU, where he becomes this following Hungary's death in Doomsday.
- If you adhere to the fanon belief of North Korea being a female, she qualifies as well. This fanart
I don't think Fanon is really relevant for this trope. So are they, or are they not examples in-series?
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Where did the term "Broken Bird" come from? Did it come from "And Your Bird Can Sing" by the Beatles ("When your bird is broken, will it bring you down?") (Revolver, 1966) or did they get the term from an older source?
I'm surprised Fullmetal Alchemist 's Winry hasn't been included. I mean, after her encounter with Scar . . .
So this is what happens when the cutie is broken, right?