1 | '''Basic Trope''': A child who's a result of an InterspeciesRomance or an interracial romance faces prejudice and mistreatment because of their heritage. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Eric, son of [[{{Dhampyr}} vampire]] Bob and [[HalfHumanHybrid human]] Alice, is shunned and occasionally harassed by both humans and vampires. Humans fear him because he's a "monster" who can pass as one of them. Vampires look down on him because his blood is "tainted." |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Even ''before'' he was born (either at the time right after conception or Alice's pregnancy being known), people already hated him. |
5 | ** Should Eric wander into a vampire- or human-only place, the occupants will [[WouldHurtAChild immediately set their sights on getting rid of him]]. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Only one side despises Eric while the other is indifferent to or approves of his half-breed status. |
8 | ** Both sides are willing to claim Eric as one of their own, just ... of the lower-class kind. |
9 | ** OneDropRule |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** In Eric's case, such a hybrid could be a huge threat. There's a reason HybridOverkillAvoidance was an unspoken rule for so long, after all... |
12 | ** [[ChildByRape Eric's conception wasn't consensual.]] |
13 | * '''Inverted''': |
14 | ** Both sides adore the child, maybe due to the powers or the exotic beauty such a hybrid possesses. |
15 | ** Eric is treated poorly by hybrid extremist groups for ''not'' being a hybrid at all or being purely human or vampire, and consider him a threat to their existence. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': Eric goes to a bar, in the mood for a good drink. This happens: |
17 | -->'''Bartender''': Sorry, we can't serve you. |
18 | -->'''Eric''': Is it because I'm a Dhampyr? That's not exactly nice, pal. |
19 | -->'''Bartender''': [[MistakenForRacist No, it's because you're underage.]] |
20 | * '''Double Subverted''': After Eric walks out, the bartender mutters, "Good riddance, ''half-breed''." |
21 | * '''Parodied''': Even though Eric looks almost exactly like a human, full-blooded humans run and scream at the sight of him, and call him monster because of his half-breed status. |
22 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': |
23 | ** Just how others treat these half-breeds varies from place to place, or from time to time. |
24 | ** ...or ''what type'' of half-breed you are, because Eric's [[HybridMonster werepyre]] cousin Evelyn is adored. |
25 | * '''Averted''': Half-breed or full-breed, these factors don't affect how society treats people. |
26 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
27 | * '''Lampshaded''': "We don't admit people who are half human and half vampire." |
28 | * '''Invoked''': Eric's parents get together being fully aware that their respective families will [[IHaveNoSon disown them and their children]] and won't accept them for a long time, if ever. |
29 | * '''Exploited''': A CorruptCorporateExecutive offers Eric [[PetTheDog a bone]] in the form of a job ... [[BaitTheDog albeit a low-paid, menial, and unpleasant job]] that doesn't use his higher skills well. Because Eric has no rights or [[ZombieAdvocate supporters]], he's unlikely to complain about anything. |
30 | * '''Defied''': The other members of Eric's parents' communities recognize that he is [[ChildrenAreInnocent just a child who has done no wrong]] and give him the chance to grow up and show his colors before passing judgment. |
31 | * '''Discussed''': Eric tells a [[SecretKeeper trusted confidant(e)]] about his mixed blood and asks for help planning for when he inevitably incurs discrimination based thereon. |
32 | * '''Conversed''': "Well, I get the metaphor for racism, but I'm not sure where everybody is who thinks he might have gotten the best of both sides." |
33 | * '''Implied''': We only see Eric at one party each of vampires and humans, where he tries to join conversations but is blown off in almost identical ways. |
34 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
35 | ** Eric ends up [[HatesTheirParent resenting his parents]] for bringing him into the world the way they did. |
36 | ** Because both races favor the "full-blooded", they constantly [[KissingCousins inbreed]] to maintain "purity" in bloodlines. Eventually, this backfires with generations of inbreeding resulting in weak and/or insane offspring. Compared to the half-breed, who's far more capable, healthier, and stronger than they are thanks to having more varied genes. |
37 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
38 | ** Eric reconciles with his parents after learning that [[DefectorFromDecadence they got tired of the foulness in their respective communities]]. |
39 | ** It turns out that inbreeding lends itself to fewer and/or less intense genetic problems than this sort of blend does. |
40 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Eric has lots of slurs thrown at him ... which are bad portmanteaus of FantasticSlurs hurled at humans and vampires. He goes through the {{narm}} of it unfazed. |
41 | * '''Played for Drama''': Eric doesn't think about his half-bloodedness as a drawback and just wants to participate in either or both of the societies to which he's connected, but he's ostracized nevertheless and angsts about it. |
42 | * '''Played for Horror''': [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eric decides to be the monster he has been called all his life.]] |
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44 | Back to HalfBreedDiscrimination, because you're neither a trope nor a cliché, so you're not one of us. |
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