History PlayingWith / LovingBully

* '''Subverted''': When Bob complains about Alice picking on him, his friends suggest that she might actually like him and is simply bullying him to hide her feelings. But Alice reveals that she never had a crush on Bob and hates him through and through.

* '''Parodied''': Alice, a {{tomboy}}ish bad girl who wears all-black clothing, is [[WeaknessTurnsHerOn attracted to the scrawny and nerdy Bob]] and bullies him as a way of loving him. Bob instantly falls in love with her because of her bullying.

* '''Averted''': Alice is a straight-up bully and doesn't have a crush on Bob.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I think she likes you, Bob."

* '''Discussed''': "If you really like me, Alice, why don't you just show it instead of bullying me to hide it?"

* '''Inverted''': Bob wants Alice to pick on him because he has a crush on her.

* '''Double Subverted''': Only because she's in denial. Or she doesn't want to admit it in front of Bob's friends.

** Alternatively, Bob stands up to Alice and angrily gives a massive [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tangent on how horrible she is]] and that he doesn't want to take her bullshit anymore. Alice tries to remedy this by showing her true feelings for him, but he turns her down by claiming she's only doing that just for him to change his mind and have him MadeOutToBeAJerkass to everyone watching.

** Alternatively, he develops a fear of her because of the trauma of her antics.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob turning down Alice so emphatically [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone makes her realize how poorly she's treated Bob and how badly it hurt someone she loves]]. Later on, Bob gets targeted by Claire and Daniel but Alice comes to Bob's rescue this time by using the same bullying techniques on Claire and Daniel to get them to back off Bob. Alice and Bob eventually become friends, and though Alice will still pick on Bob verbally both of them understand Alice is doing it as her way of showing affection and Alice makes sure not to go too far. Bob may even start to get some zingers back at Alice, turning them into VitriolicBestBuds.
** Following the alternative, Alice suddenly comes to the realization that her antics might've been hurting Bob too much, and begins to become a better person.

* Following the alternative, Alice suddenly comes to the realization that her antics might've been hurting Bob too much, and begins to become a better person.

* '''Implied''': When Alice is lamenting how she can never find a date, her friend Carla annoyedly snarks "Maybe you should not, y'know, be a totalk ass to them?".

* '''Implied''': When Alice is lamenting how she can never find a date, her friend Carla annoyedly snarks "Maybe you should not y'know, yell at your objects of affections and beat them up?".

* '''Implied''': When Alice is lamenting how she can never find a date, her friend Carla annoyedly snarks "Maybe you should not yknow, yell and beat them up?".

* '''Implied''': This can go down two ways.

** Alice doesn't know how to express her feelings.

* '''Defied''': Alice shows how she feels about Bob.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice reveals that she never had a crush on Bob and hates him through and through.
* '''Double Subverted''': She really is denying that she likes Bob.

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* '''Invoked''': Claire tells Alice that showing your feeling for someone by bullying them is a social norm.

* '''Parodied''': Alice, a bully who wears all-black clothing, is attracted to the scrawny and nerdy Bob and bullies him as a way of loving him. Bob accepts.

* '''Enforced''': "I find it cute that Alice is tormenting Bob. She'll make a great love interest for him."

* '''Invoked''': Claire tells Alice that bullying someone because you like them is a social norm.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice shows her love for Bob by beating him up, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale and his peers find it hilarious]] and adorable.

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** Bob, after being tormented by her one too many times, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech scornfully turns her down]] when she finally asks him out.

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob gives Alice a chance, but she turns out to be, in reality, [[DomesticAbuse a toxic person.]]

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** Bob, after being tormented by her one too many times, scornfully turns her down when she finally asks him out.

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob gives Alice a chance, but she turns out to be, in reality, a toxic person.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob, after being tormented by her one too many times, scornfully turns her down when she finally asks him out.

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