Line #40 PlayingWith/HalfBreedDiscrimination


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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