History PlayingWith / IncriminatingIndifference

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Dracone is arrested and executed for not showing emotion, despite being completely innocent.
** Everyone knows that the police uses this technique, so they all bring onions to the funeral to force themselves to cry.
** Bob points out that Dracone's demeanor goes beyond not crying.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob figures that Dracone was an accomplice of whoever killed Alice because he only sheds a SingleTear.

* '''Inverted''': Bob figures that Dracone must be innocent because he's not going into theatrical mourning.

Back to IncriminatingIndifference...and you'd better turn on the waterworks, or they'll think you redlinked it!

** Alice had a HundredPercentAdorationRating among the main cast except for Dracone.

* '''Justified''': Alice had a HundredPercentAdorationRating among the main cast except for Dracone.

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

** Bob points out Dracone's wildly varying reactions as a sign that he is faking his grief, and not doing a good job. When he tries to be somber and solemn he comes off as board, and his attempts to grieve openly come off as over the top.

** Bob shows a video of Dracone not crying, only for someone to point out this is not proof. Bob then notes that Dracone immediately goes from indifferent to mourning when someone enters the room, and uses as proof that he mourning is an act.
* '''Double Subverted''': But this person is also dry-eyed, and Bob finds out that the two of them murdered Alice.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Most people agree that Dracone's demeanor was not particularly emotional, but opinion is widely mixed on whether he's guilty, and some of his accusers have other reasons besides his lack of reaction.

Bob points out that Dracone's demeanor goes beyond not crying.

* '''Justified''': Alice had a HundredPercentAdorationRating among the main cast ''except'' for Dracone.

* '''Subverted''': Bob figures that Dracone was Alice's killer because he saw him at the funeral, completely dry-eyed ... but someone else at the funeral makes a comment that gives Dracone an alibi for the time of the murder.

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': Lack of emotion proves you are guilty.
* '''Straight''': Bob figures that Dracone killed his girlfriend Alice because he cracked a joke during the police interrogation.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob figures that Dracone was an accomplice of whoever killed Alice because he only sheds a SingleTear.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob figures that Dracone killed Alice because he expresses absolutely no sadness or sign of regret at any point after her death.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Bob figures that Dracone must be innocent because he's not going into theatrical mourning.
* '''Subverted''': Bob figures that Dracone was Alice's killer because he saw him at the funeral, completely dry-eyed...but one of the other people at the funeral makes a comment that gives Dracone an alibi for the time of the murder.
* '''Double Subverted''': But this person is also dry-eyed, and Bob finds out that the two of them murdered Alice.
* '''Parodied''': Bob videotapes Alice's funeral, and picks out his suspects from the people who cried the least including Alice's one year old niece, who doesn't know what's going on.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Most people agree that Dracone's demeanor was not particularly emotional, but opinion is widely mixed on whether he's guilty, and some of his accusers have other reasons besides his lack of reaction.
* '''Averted''': Bob is no more or less likely to think someone is the killer depending on their emotional state.

* '''Invoked''': Alice, wanting to frame Dracone for her "murder", switches his eye drops with ones that dry his eyes, making it impossible for him to shed tears.
* '''Exploited''': Alice, knowing that Dracone is TheStoic, frames him for her "murder", knowing his lack of response will mean he'll be blamed immediately.
* '''Defied''': Bob takes a class that teaches him that innocent people may not react emotionally, and that guilty people might put on a show to throw detectives off their tracks.

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Enforced''': The author believes this idea, and works it into the story as a clue. Claire claims that he was respectfully somber, but Bob thought he was apathetic and vaguely smug.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob figures that Dracone was an accomplice of killed Alice's because he only sheds a SingleTear.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Most people agree that Dracone's demeanor was not particularly emotional.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob figures that Dracone killed Alice because he expresses absolutely no sadness or sign of regret at any point after her death.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob figures that Dracone was an accomplice of Alice's killer because he only sheds a SingleTear.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But this person is also dry-eyed, and Bob finds out that the two of them murdered Alice.

* '''Parodied''': Bob videotapes Alice's funeral, and picks out his suspects from the people who cried the least... including Alice's one year old niece, who doesn't know what's going on.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': The author believes this idea, and works it into the story as a clue.

* '''Implied''': Bob is standing in the interrogation room when Dracone is told about Alice's death. Dracone doesn't shed a tear...and Bob's eyes narrow.

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

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???