History PlayingWith / BarrierMaiden

* '''Exploited''': Once Himiko knows that people are aware of her status, she [[StopOrIShootMyself threatens to kill herself]] whenever she wants other people to doing things in her interest, taking everyone else as a hostage indirectly.

** Himiko uses her position as barrier maiden to [[GoodPowersBadPeople commit unspeakable acts]] that [[InvincibleVillain no one can stop, because if she goes down, the world goes down with her]].

* '''Invoked''': [[AllMythsAreTrue According to legends]], a BarrierMaiden annointed in the Temple of All-Gods shall raise a barrier between this world and the realms of the demons. Since the world is currently, you know, overrun by demons, TheHero Bob and his team wander the land to search for a girl to deliver to the Temple of All-Gods.
* '''Exploited''': Archfiend Centurios sends his demonic hit-squads to assassinate Himiko before she can become a BarrierMaiden.

* '''Inverted''': Himiko is an ApocalypseMaiden-- she will destroy the world simply by existing.

* '''Enforced''': [[CreatorBreakdown The author's marriage life is unsatisfactory and she's only keeping it going for the sake of the children]], the much-abused Himiko is an AuthorAvatar of some sort.
* '''Lampshaded''': "This lady who stands before the gigantic pillar of light seems to be important to the world's well-being."

** Himiko uses her position as barrier maiden to [[GoodPowersBadPeople commit unspeakable acts]] [[InvincibleVillain that no one can stop, because if she goes down, the world goes down with her]].

* '''Played For Laughs''': Himiko dresses like a shrine maiden and regularly performs rituals she thinks holds the world togehter, and everyone who passes by thinks she's a cosplayer.

* '''Deconstructed''': Himiko is under unbelievable pressure from keeping the world together by herself.
** Himiko uses her position as barrier maiden to commit unspeakable acts that no one can stop, because if she goes down, the world goes down with her.

* '''Played For Drama''': Mio, Himiko's lady-in-waiting can't bear to see [[LesYay her beloved lady]] shoulder the responsibility of the world alone. [[MagicKnightRayearth That's unfair, so she elopes with her]]. Thus it becomes a melee-a-trois: Mio, who want to protect Himiko from the pain of being a BarrierMaiden; Bob, who want to restore Himiko to her supposed role; and Centurios, who want to assassinate Himiko so he can start his demonic invasion. Meanwhile, being outside the Temple of All-Gods allow Himiko [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters to see how rotten humans can be]], and darkness grow in her heart... she's torn between keep on running from her responsibility, returning to her role, or take the mantle of ApocalypseMaiden altogether.

--> '''Bob:''' "So if anything happens to you, the world will be thrown into chaos?"
--> '''Himiko:''' "That about sums it up."
--> '''Bob:''' "Harsh."

-->'''Viewer 1:''' So this Himiko keeps the world from being overrun with demons?
-->'''Viewer 2:''' That, and it's really stressful to her, and killing her will break the barrier.
-->'''Viewer 1:''' What kind of JerkassGod would lay that burden on one girl, ''and'' make the world be one accidental death away from oblivion?!

* '''Conversed''':
--> '''Bob:''' "So if anything happens to you, the world will be thrown into chaos?"
--> '''Himiko:''' "That about sums it up."
--> '''Bob:''' "Harsh."

* '''Invoked''': [[AllMythsAreTrue According to legends]], a BarrierMaiden annointed in the Temple of All-Gods shall raise a barrier between this world and the realms of the demons. Since the world is currently, you know, overrun by demons, TheHero Bob and his FiveManBand wander the land to search for a girl to deliver to the Temple of All-Gods.

* '''Justified''': It's the law of the realm that someone with great spiritual power take the role of the BarrierMaiden.
** unseen forces find it fit [[BlueAndOrangeMorality to give a random person the responsibility to keep the world away from destruction]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Himiko psychically hold the entire reality from falling into the Grand Oblivion. With duct tape.

* '''Parodied''': Himiko dresses like a shrine maiden and regularly performs rituals she thinks holds the world togehter, and everyone who passes by thinks she's a cosplayer
* '''Deconstructed''': Himiko is under unbelievable pressure from keeping the world together by herself.
* '''Reconstructed''': It's obvious that no single person can hold the world together forever, so the law of the realm is amended to make the role of BarrierMaiden rotates amongst the most spiritually powerful priestesses of the world.

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Mio, Himiko's lady-in-waiting can't bear to see [[LesYay her beloved lady]] shoulder the responsibility of the world alone. [[MagicKnightRayearth That's unfair, so she elopes with her]]. Thus it becomes a melee-a-trois: Mio, who want to protect Himiko from the pain of being a BarrierMaiden; Bob, who want to restore Himiko to her supposed role; and Centurios, who want to assassinate Himiko so he can start his demonic invasion. Meanwhile, being outside the Temple of All-Gods allow Himiko [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters to see how rotten humans can be]], and darkness grow in her heart... she's torn between keep on running from her responsibility, returning to her role, or take the mantle of ApocalypseMaiden altogether.

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* '''Downplayed:''' Himiko's prayers are more like vitamin pills; her efforts make the world a better place and keeps demons at bay, but if she were to stop or die nothing catastrophic would happen.

'''Basic Trope''': A person who keep the world from falling apart, usually through magical means.
* '''Straight''': Himiko, the ShrineMaiden who maintain the spiritual wall separating the world from the realm of the demons.
* '''Exaggerated''': Himiko, the ShrineMaiden who psychically hold the entire reality from falling into the Grand Oblivion.
* '''Justified''': It's the law of the realm that someone with great spiritual power to take the role of the BarrierMaiden.

* '''Invoked''': [[AllMythsAreTrue According to legends]], a BarrierMaiden annointed in the Temple of All-Gods shall raise a barrier between this world and the realms of the demons. Since the world is currently, you know, overran by demons, TheHero Bob and his FiveManBand wander the land to search for a girl to deliver to the Temple of All-Gods.

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Mio, Himiko's lady-in-waiting can't bear to see [[LesYay her beloved lady]] shoulder the responsibility of the world alone. [[MagicKnightRayearth That's unfair, so she elopes with her]]. Thus it becomes a melee-a-trois: Mio, who want to protect Himiko from the pain of being a BarrierMaiden; Bob, who want to restore Himiko to her supposed role; and Centurios, who want to assassinate Himiko so he can start his demonic invasion. Meanwhile, being outside the Temple of All-Gods allow Himiko [[HumansAreBastards to see how rotten humans can be]], and darkness grow in her heart... she's torn between keep on running from her responsibility, returning to her role, or take the mantle of ApocalypseMaiden altogether.

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Mio, Himiko's lady-in-waiting can't bear to see [[LesYay her beloved lady]] shoulder the responsibility of the world alone. [[MagicKnightRayearth That's unfair, so she elopes with her]]. Thus it becomes a melee-a-trois: Mio, who want to protect Himiko from the pain of being a BarrierMaiden; Bob, who want to restore Himiko to her supposed role; and Centurios, who want to assassinate Himiko so he can start his demonic invasion. Meanwhile, being outside the Temple of All-Gods allow Himiko [[HumanAreBastards to see how rotten humans can be]], and darkness grow in her heart... she's torn between keep on running from her responsibility, returning to her role, or take the mantle of ApocalypseMaiden altogether.

* '''Defied''': [[RosseauWasRight The people of the world wise up and take the role of upholding morality themselves]] instead of relying on a BarrierMaiden to ward the demons away.