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Author: WeAreAllKosh

Jun 8th 2013 at 12:19:50 AM

^^ Judging by that trope's description, there might be some overlap (as it encompasses LeaveBehindAPistol and {{Seppuku}}), but it seems to mainly deal with someone who's been depressed or tormented for awhile, and finally to the point of giving up--whereas this proposed trope seems to emphasize instances where the person really may not want to give up and commit suicide of their own free will, and was just fine before some agent or very sudden circumstance actually compelled them.

I think there's a distinction there, although DrivenToSuicide also includes sudden circumstances that would also fit here. Perhaps the two should be better demarcated between whether the person had been suicidal and finally decided to go through with it (maybe after some last straw), or whether the person had not been suicidal and the act was more forced on them by either direct compulsion (which might technically be murder actually) or sudden extreme change of circumstance.

(Edit: was response to Koveras' question--I cross-posted with Withoutaname above)