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1	'''Basic Trope''': Your loved one turns into a monster and you have to kill them.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are fighting a group of vampires when Bob gets bitten and begins to show signs of turning. Alice reluctantly stakes him.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has had to stake every person she's ever even slightly cared about, because vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other monsters keep turning them.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob are fighting a group of vampires when Bob gets bitten and begins to show signs of turning. Alice uses a [[VampiresHateGarlic ring of garlic]] and other wards to keep him contained.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Alice knows Bob wouldn't want to live as a vicious monster with no morality.
7	** When Bob turns, he becomes a threat, whether to herself or others. Alice dare not risk having that threat around.
8	** Bob has explicitly requested he be put down should he start to turn into a monster. [[MercyKill Alice is reluctant, but she does fulfill his request]].
9	* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob are fighting a group of vampires when Bob gets bitten and shows signs of turning. The vamped-out Bob then turns on Alice and kills her.
10	* '''Subverted''':
11	** Alice and Bob are fighting vampires when Bob gets bitten and starts to show signs of turning. Alice is about to stake him when she hears about a possible cure and simply traps him with garlic instead.
12	** Alice suddenly decides can't bear to live without Bob no matter the cost... so she allows herself to be turned as well.
13	* '''Double Subverted''': ...But the cure doesn't work. Alice reluctantly stakes the fully transformed Bob.
14	* '''Parodied''': Bob dyes his hair red to see if he likes it. A horrified Alice treats him like he's transformed into [[EvilRedhead some terrible monster]] and tries to "put him out of his misery."
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
16	* '''Averted''': No one in the story transforms into a monster.
17	* '''Enforced''': The author wants a dramatic TearJerker scene.
18	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
19	* '''Invoked''': Dracone the vampire kidnaps and bites Bob and then leaves him for Alice to find.
20	* '''Exploited''': ???
21	* '''Defied''':
22	** Bob uses copious amounts of HeroicWillpower to become a ProhumanTranshuman to fight off the monstrous tendencies and remain a good guy so that Alice won't have to do that.
23	** Bob [[HeroicSuicide kills himself to not have to force Alice to do it (and become even more traumatized)]].
24	* '''Discussed''': ???
25	* '''Conversed''': ???
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27	''[sniff]'' You ready? You'd better redlink StakingTheLovedOne now.
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29	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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31	%%* '''Implied''': ???
32	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
33	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
34	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
35	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / StakingTheLovedOne