Line #6 PlayingWith/PropertyOfLove


1	'''Basic Trope''': A person belongs (quite literally) to their loved one.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob and Alice are romancing, with Bob doing anything she orders him and happily declaring that he's her property.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is ExtremeDoormat who lets Alice do anything - ''anything'' - with him out of his love for her.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Bob is somewhat submissive to Alice, but not too much.
6	** Bob is in love with Alice and considers himself duty-bound to serve and support her.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice is a supernatural who enchanted Bob to feel like this to her.
9	** The two are explicitly in a BDSM relationship where Alice is the dominant and Bob the submissive.
10	** Bob was literally [[ArtificialHuman made]] as a training boyfriend by Alice's MadScientist father, but Alice refused to break up with Bob afterwards.
11	** Alice saved Bob's life, so in addition to [[RescueRomance being in love with her]], he feels that [[IOweYouMyLife his life now belongs to her]].
12	* '''Inverted''': Bob considers himself an [[EntitledToHaveYou owner]] of Alice, much to her dismay.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Bob acts to Alice as an ExtremeDoormat and proclaims that he belongs to her. When questioned about it, he reveals that he does it, because Alice is dangerous and he fears for his life.
15	** AliceAndBob have never even ''met'' one another, and therefore have [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight no real relationship]].
16	** Bob calls himself Alice's property. Alice is weirded out and tells him to stop.
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** With time, however, he falls in love with her.
19	** Alice commits herself (or is told to) keep herself "[[NatureAdoresAVirgin pure]]" and [[WomenAreDelicate passively]] [[IWillWaitForYou wait]] for her OneTrueLove to find her and [[FourthDateMarriage marry her]], however long it takes, [[SexEqualsLove the idea being]] that even so much as ''kissing'' before the wedding day would constitute adultery on Alice's part before she's even ''met'' this hypothetical future husband.
20	* '''Parodied''': Alice literally bought Bob from a pet store for dominaters and dominatrixes, with him being a [[LittleBitBeastly dog boy]] to boot.
21	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob always seems to cheerfully obey Alice's wishes and likens himself to her property, but slips up he's terrified of her. Yet when asked for clarification he explains he's just terrified of losing her love, genuinely being madly in love with her. Nonetheless when they break up Bob practically celebrates, except it turns out to be his EvilTwin who wanted to ruin Bob's life. Even then...
22	* '''Averted''': Bob is a CelibateHero.
23	* '''Enforced''':
24	** [[AuthorAppeal For the writer]], feeling of belonging to somebody is a personal kink.
25	** "Our network's primary viewers turns out to young women, so rewrite Bob to be Alice's strongly supportive boyfriend instead."
26	* '''Lampshaded''': "I could do anything for her!"
27	* '''Invoked''': Alice intentionally [[MindRape Mind Rapes]] Bob into this state of mind to use his devotion to her.
28	* '''Exploited''':
29	** BigBad uses this to make a SadisticChoice for Bob between his sister, Betty, and Alice. Betty will be [[DeathOfPersonality repurposed]] into his wife if Bob saves [[LoveAtFirstSight Alice]] instead.
30	** Emperor Evulz focuses on [[FaceHeelTurn corrupting]] Alice to his side, knowing TheChosenOne Bob will abandon the quest if Alice commands him to.
31	* '''Defied''': Alice breaks up with Bob, because she doesn't want their relationship to be a slave/master one.
32	* '''Discussed''': "Don't you think that Bob might be a bit... too devoted?" "Hey, better than being an ignorant brat who thinks Alice is ''his'' property."
33	* '''Conversed''':
34	-->'''Claire:''' Doesn't really make a lot of sense for Alice's character to be fine with that.\
35	'''Charlie:''' She's super hot, and Bob obviously seems terrified of losing her love if he doesn't submit himself to her. One obedient boyfriend is better than a bastard one after all, so why ''would'' she complain?
36	* '''Implied''': Bob is mentioned to have this kind of relationship in the past with his ex Alice.
37	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob acting like he's the property of Alice is because he's utterly ''terrified'' she's out of his league. Alice, on the other hand, has been presented no reason to think this is unusual behavior for him. Thus, ''she'' starts panicking whenever he acts more assertive, thinking he's bored with her and their mutual misunderstanding just fuels the issue.
38	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob finds it easier just to be an obedient boyfriend, as he's less likely to unintentionally hurt her that way. To his credit, Bob explicitly tells Alice this, so she understands when he's being more assertive that he isn't growing disinterested in her.
39	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob constantly wears a dog collar and in general plays up a BDSM image, being blatant but cheeky about his intense love for Alice.
40	* '''Played For Drama''':
41	** It's shown how feeling like somebody's property destroys Bob's psyche and leads to his estrangement from his friends and family.
42	** Alice is arrested or killed or otherwise removed from Bob's life. The rest of the work details how hard it is for Bob to move on from her (or if he's even able to).
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