Line #21 Main/VictimhoodTropes


1	Tropes about being a victim--or facing the social role of victimhood.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	[[index]]
5	* AssholeVictim: A person who suffers or gets killed deserves their fate because of how unpleasant and unsympathetic they are, even though the reason they suffer/are killed has nothing to do with their unpleasant nature.
6	** WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Identifying the murderer is difficult because the victim was such an unlikable jerk in life that just about everyone who knew the person despised them to the degree that any one of them could be responsible for the person's death.
7	* BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim: Beautiful characters are more likely to be victims of sexual harassment or assault.
8	* BlamingTheVictim: When something bad happens to a person, bystanders are callous enough to place the blame on the victim rather than those who chose to harm the victim.
9	** BlamingTheCuckold: A victim of adultery is blamed for their partner's unfaithfulness.
10	* BullyMagnet: A character who ''always'' finds themselves at the mercy of bullies.
11	* BystanderActionHorrorDissonance: The pedestrian's suffering at a battle's ground zero is shown.
12	* CondescendingCompassion: Claiming to feel sorry for those suffering in an insincere and self-serving way.
13	* DesignatedVictim: A character who ''always'' gets in trouble for the sake of the plot.
14	* DontYouDarePityMe: A suffering person doesn't like it when others express their sympathy for their plight.
15	* ExpositionVictim
16	* FatteningTheVictim: A scheme that involves making the victim fat somehow, often to make them more meaty when it's time to harvest.
17	* FinalGirl: A female character who survives while everyone else gets killed.
18	* GenocideSurvivor: A surviving victim of large-scale massacres, who is probably very traumatized from seeing so many of their own people getting murdered.
19	* GoodVictimsBadVictims
20	* InnocentBystander
21	* InternalizedCategorism
22	* InsidiousRumorMill: Often as part of their lies, a character will paint themselves as a victim of the person whose reputation they're trying to ruin.
23	* KarmicButtMonkey: A character is constantly subjected to injury or misfortunes, but they're such a jerk that they deserve their suffering as constant karma for their transgressions.
24	* ManufacturingVictims
25	* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome
26	* NeverMyFault: Blaming others for actions that are your own fault (which in some cases may include placing blame on those who actually suffered because of your actions).
27	* PlayingTheVictimCard: Someone tries to avoid accountability by painting themselves as the one who's wronged instead of the people they harmed or screwed over.
28	* SympatheticSue
29	* SubterfugeJudo: When two parties know the imposing intentions of each other, but attempt to improvise in-the-moment ways of avoiding them.
30	* TragicAbandonedToy: A sentient toy grieves after being lost or forgotten.
31	* UnluckyExtra
32	* TheVictimMustBeConfused
33	* VictimOfTheWeek
34	* VictimizedBystander
35	* VisibleVictimology: A predator has a specific, obvious tell in the victims they seek.
36	* VoluntaryVampireVictim: A person willingly allows a vampire to feed on their blood.
37	* WeaknessIsJustAStateOfMind: No, the (obviously unachievable) goal isn't unachievable! You just gotta work harder! So do it!
38	* WillNotBeAVictim
39	* TheWoobie: A character suffers so much that the audience can't help but feel sorry for the character.
40	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
41	* WoundedGazelleGambit: A person manipulates others by pretending to be a harmed victim.
42	* WoundedGazelleWarcry
43	[[/index]]

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