Line #7 PlayingWith/ForbiddenFruit

Context PlayingWith / ForbiddenFruit

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1	'''Basic Trope''': Something is desirable ''because'' it is not allowed.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice tells Bob not to open a specific door. Bob is overtaken by the desire to open it. Turns out the door was holding a SealedEvilInACan and Bob opening the door [[NiceJobBreakingItHero released it]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice puts Bob in a room, tells him he must never leave it, and then leaves the door unlocked. Him leaving the room brings forth TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
4	* '''Downplayed''': ???
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** People naturally want freedom. When Bob was forbidden from opening the door, his instinctual desire was to regain the "right" he was denied.
7	** TheMasquerade is in effect and Bob doesn't know about the existence of the supernatural. He wouldn't have believed Alice if she told him what was behind the door.
8	* '''Inverted''': Alice encourages Bob to open a door. But he refuses, fearing that there is a monster behind the door.
9	* '''Subverted''': Alice tells Bob that he must not open a specific door. Bob asks her why that is, and she explains that it holds a SealedEvilInACan. This satisfies Bob and quells his curiosity.
10	* '''Double Subverted''': Bob starts to doubt if Alice's claims are real.
11	* '''Parodied''': The door is covered in signs that say "Trust me! You really don't want to open that door! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There isn't any good stuff in there!]] I promise, you won't like it!"
12	* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
13	* '''Averted''': Alice asks Bob not to open the door. Bob accepts this.
14	* '''Enforced''': "We need to give the kids AnAesop about how listening to authority is important, even if it doesn't always make sense."
15	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
16	* '''Invoked''':
17	** The door doesn't have anything dangerous behind it; only a device that will alert Alice if it is opened. Alice set up the door as a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Bob is trustworthy.
18	** Alice has become too corrupt to open that door, so she uses reverse psychology to get Bob to do it, [[MetaphoricallyTrue while technically being blameless herself]].
19	* '''Exploited''': Alice is secretly a servant of the SealedEvilInACan that is unable to open the door herself, so she instead tempts Bob into opening it by forbidding him without good reason.
20	* '''Defied''': ???
21	* '''Discussed''': ???
22	* '''Conversed''': ???
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24	Whatever you do, you must ''not'' go back to ForbiddenFruit!
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26	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
27	%% * '''Implied''': ???
28	%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
29	%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
30	%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
31	%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???

Context PlayingWith / ForbiddenFruit