1 | Romance isn't always lovey-dovey, for there are couples who don't always get along well. |
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3 | See DiscordTropes and FrenemyTropes for the platonic versions. See also AbuseTropes and InfidelityIndex, which include similar and/or overlapping tropes. |
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5 | !!Tropes: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * AbductionIsLove: A person kidnaps their love interest to show their affection. |
8 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: An unequal and parasitic relationship, where one person receives all the benefits while giving back nothing. |
9 | * AmIJustAToyToYou: A character confronts the other about how serious they think their relationship is. |
10 | * AwfulWeddedLife: A marriage where the couple are miserable together. |
11 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although they fight a lot, the couple prove they actually do love each other. |
12 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Two people who are secretly attracted to each other constantly clash. |
13 | * BestHerToBedHer: An ActionGirl will only marry or have sex with someone who has defeated her in combat. |
14 | * BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: A couple that constantly argues are contrasted with a couple who get along very well. |
15 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Can sometimes apply to romantic relationships; a character is forced to hang around with another person they find annoying, but when they're apart they find they miss them. |
16 | * ClingyJealousGirl: A woman who gets very paranoid and jealous about her partner and other women. |
17 | * ContraceptionDeception: A character lies to their partner about their fertility or contraception use. |
18 | * CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Someone's eccentricity or outright insanity makes them a passionate lover. |
19 | * CrazyJealousGuy: A man who gets very paranoid and jealous about his partner and other men. |
20 | * CriminallyAttractive: A member of law enforcement or a government agency becomes romantically involved with someone connected to a crime (it varies as to whether they're guilty). |
21 | * DatingCatwoman: A protagonist and antagonist are unambiguously in love with each other, which is bound to cause problems. |
22 | * DestructiveRomance: A relationship that is depicted as very unhealthy and dysfunctional (not always necessarily abusive, but still not a romance to aspire to). |
23 | * DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: A couple breaks up because they don't want the same things in life. |
24 | * DomesticAbuse: A person harms their significant other either physically or emotionally (or both), often to control them. |
25 | * TheExsNewJerkass: A character's ex's new significant other is a {{Jerkass}} to them and possibly others. |
26 | * FatalAttractor: A person who tends to attract admirers that are no good for them (if not outright dangerous). |
27 | * FetishizedAbuser: A person who treats their love interest poorly, but it's portrayed as romantic and/or sexy. |
28 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: A pair of rivals/enemies are intentionally given romantic {{subtext}} in their interactions. |
29 | * HappyMarriageCharade: An unhappy married couple pretend everything is fine when other people are around. |
30 | * ICanChangeMyBeloved: A character believes they can make their love interest a better person; they're usually mistaken. |
31 | * {{Kichiku}}: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser. |
32 | * KichikuMegane: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser who wears glasses to indicate that he is smart, sophisticated, and successful. |
33 | * KissKissSlap: A couple start out kissing/being intimate, then start fighting. |
34 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: Falling in love with someone you physically fought. |
35 | * LoveCannotOvercome: A character decides they cannot be with their significant other despite still loving them, sometimes because they find their behavior intolerable. |
36 | * LoveForgivesAllButLust: A character is willing to put up with all their partner's flaws ''except'' for infidelity. |
37 | * LoveMartyr: A character stays with their love interest even when they mistreat them. |
38 | * LovingAShadow: A character is more in love with an idealized version of a person than who they actually are, which doesn't tend to make for happy relationships. |
39 | * LovingBully: A person bullies someone they have a crush on. |
40 | * TheMasochismTango: A couple who frequently alternate between being affectionate and fighting. |
41 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm: Falling in love with someone who kidnapped you, and vice versa. |
42 | * NoAccountingForTaste: A couple who are so obviously miserable that people wonder why they stay together. |
43 | * PowerDynamicsKink: Power, subjugation and punishments serving as the sexual "turn-on". Not always inherently a sign of a relationship being dysfunctional, but it can explain why someone stays in an unequal relationship and/or could be exploited. |
44 | * PsychoExGirlfriend: An ex girlfriend (or less commonly, ex boyfriend) who isn't taking the break-up well ''at all''. |
45 | * RelationshipLabelingProblems: Characters are in some sort of romantic/sexual relationship, but can't describe exactly what they are. |
46 | * RelationshipRevolvingDoor: They just can't decide whether they want to be in a relationship. |
47 | * RivalryAsCourtship: Two rivals develop romantic feelings for each other. |
48 | * RomanticizedAbuse: Abusive behavior in a relationship is depicted in a glamourized manner. |
49 | * SlapSlapKiss: A couple starts out fighting then ends up kissing/becoming intimate. |
50 | * StalkingIsLove: The StalkerWithACrush actually gets with the object of their affection/obsession, who finds their behavior romantic instead of creepy. |
51 | * TooMuchAlike: When applied to a romantic pairing; a couple clash because their personalities are ''too'' similar. |
52 | * {{Tsundere}}: They're sometimes quite rude and/or abrasive with their LoveInterest, but they do care really. |
53 | * WellExcuseMePrincess: An accomplished female character complains about the shortcomings of her male love interest, who is usually considered [[UptownGirl out of his league]]. |
54 | * {{Yandere}}: They're crazily obsessed with their love interest (if they manage to actually get into a relationship with them), often to the point of committing [[AxCrazy violence]]. |
55 | * YandereCouple: A relationship where ''both'' people are dangerously obsessed with each other. |
56 | [[/index]] |
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