Melinda
Since: Dec, 2019
Mar 22nd 2021 at 5:26:39 AM
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I'd say just remove that definition about it being over lust (although stating that's a common element could work).
MithrandirOlorin
Since: May, 2012
May 5th 2019 at 7:37:58 PM
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Am I the only person who notices that the myth of Eros and Psyche is basically the gender flip of most Mythological versions of this trope?
InspiraSean
Since: Dec, 2014
Dec 11th 2014 at 1:52:52 PM
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New troper here, so not how sure to add this, but there's a good example in the Kingkiller Chronicles, specifically, The Wise Man's Fear, when Maer Alveron sends Kvothe off to kill the bandits in the Eld—increasing the Maer's reputation, or killing Kvothe in the process.
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SeptimusHeap
MOD
(Edited uphill both ways)
Dec 11th 2014 at 2:04:18 PM
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See How to Write an Example. I think it can help at writing stuff.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Ambiguous Name
, started by Spark9 on Apr 1st 2012 at 8:48:42 PM
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