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* '''Parodied''': Alice reveals that she'd sworn to track Bob down and do the worst thing she could imagine...when she was a child. Bob has to live with the fact that he's just been called "The biggest meanie ''ever''!" to his face. It pushes him into the DespairEventHorizon.

* '''Discussed''': "Look...I swore to kill you but I didn't know everything at the time...so I told everyone you groped me. [[ExactWords Killed your social life instead]]." "WHAT!"

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob takes advantage of Alice's 'weakness' to [[MinorInjuryOverreaction kill her for punching him]]. The CycleOfRevenge continues.

* '''Averted''': Alice just kills Bob as planned and considers everything even.

* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is a serial killer who killed Alice's brother and gave her a facial scar. In a dramatic confrontation [[HeWhoFightsMonsters where it looks like Alice is about to violently murder him,]] [[BaitAndSwitch she simply cuts his face instead]] [[IronicEcho to give him the same scar as her.]]

* '''Defied''': Alice's PoisonousFriend slips her a drug that'll give her a HairTriggerTemper for a while, just in case she "goes soft".

** Bob killed Alice's brother in self defense. While Alice is bitter, she knows he was in the right and once she gets to know him as a person, rather than just the faceless killer of her brother, she can't bring herself to kill him.

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* ''Played For Horror'': Bob is a serial killer who killed Alice's brother and gave her a facial scar. In a dramatic confrontation [[HeWhoFightsMonsters where it looks like Alice is about to violently murder him,]] [[BaitAndSwitch she simply cuts his face instead]] [[IronicEcho to give him the same scar as her.]]

* PlayedForHorror: Bob is a serial killer who killed Alice's brother and gave her a facial scar. In a dramatic confrontation [[HeWhoFightsMonsters where it looks like Alice is going to violently murder him,]] [[BaitAndSwitch she simply cuts his face instead]] [[IronicEcho so that he ends up with the same scar he gave her.]]

* '''Justified''': Bob killed Alice's brother in self defense. While Alice is bitter, she knows he was in the right and once she gets to know him as a person, rather than just the faceless killer of her brother, she can't bring herself to kill him.

* '''Invoked''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': Someone takes a lesser revenge on someone else in liue of forgiving them entirely.

* '''Inverted''': Alice planned to simply turn Bob in once she'd found her brother's killer...however on meeting him, he turns out to be a monster and she decides to kill him instead.

* '''Double Subverted''':
** Of course, this was actually a sign of hesitation. She's forgiven him, even though she won't admit it.

'''Basic Trope''': Someone takes a lesser revenge on someone else instead of forgiving them entirely.

** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Bob]] confronts Alice about how he feels his honor / pride was soiled by her mercy, with Alice [[MercyKill agreeing]] [[ShootTheDog to give him a glorious death]] instead.

'''Basic Trope''': Someone takes a lesser revenge on someone else in liue of forgiving them entirely.

* '''Double Subverted''': Of course, this was actually a sign of hesitation. She's forgiven him, even though she won't admit it.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's family realize that killing Alice was DisproportionateRetribution and agree to allow a third party to take him into custody rather than wait for Alice's family's vengence (and carrying out their counter-vengeance, etc). By avoiding escalating the grudge, Alice signaled the beginning of the end of the cycle.

* '''Parodied''': Alice reveals that she'd actually sworn to track Bob down and do the worst thing she could imagine...when she was a child. Bob has to live with the fact that he's just been called "The biggest meanie ''ever''!" to his face. BonusPoints if it pushes him into the DespairEventHorizon.

* '''Enforced''': Alice is TheChosenOne and destined to become TheMessiah. She has to learn to TurnTheOtherCheek.

* '''Subverted''': Alice was just grateful for Bob doing something earlier; she will still kill him later, just not now.

* '''Straight''': Alice plans to kill Bob for killing her brother in a duel. After getting to know Bob (and realising that it was just a terrible accident), she opts to avenge her brother by turning Bob in instead.

* '''Justified''': Bob killed Alice's brother in self defence. While Alice is bitter, she knows he was in the right and once she gets to know him as a person, rather than just the faceless killer of her brother, she can't bring herself to kill him.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob takes advantage of Alice's 'weakness' to [[MinorInjuryOverreaction kill her for punching him]]. The CycleOfRevenge continues.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's family realise that killing Alice was DisproportionateRetribution and agree to allow a third party to take him into custody rather than wait for Alice's family's vengence (and carrying out their countervengence, etc). By avoiding escalating the grudge, Alice signalled the beginning of the end of the cycle.

* '''Exploited''': Bob allows Alice to punch him for killing her brother because he knows if he appears to be a KarmaHoudini she might do something worse.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's revenge leaves Bob humiliated and is suitably ironic.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice met and fell in love with Bob before finding out what he did and who he actually was and saw a spark of goodness in him. After sparing him, she's torn over whether or not Bob truly is capable of being redeemed or if she's simply allowed more innocents to die by Bob's hand.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice planned to simply turn Bob in once she'd found her brother's killer...however on meeting him, he turns out to be a CompleteMonster and she decides to kill him instead.

* '''Parodied''': Alice reveals that she'd actually sworn to track Bob down and do the worst thing she could imagine...when she was a child. Bob has to live with the fact that he's just been called "The biggest meanie ''ever''!" to his face.

* '''Inverted''': Alice planned to simply turn Bob in once she'd found her brother's killer...however one meeting him he turns out to be a CompleteMonster and she decides to kill him instead.

* '''Straight''': Alice plans to kill Bob for killing her brother in a duel. After getting to know him, she opts to avenge him by turning him in instead.

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