Line #17 PlayingWith/Subtext


1	'''Basic Trope''': The underlying meaning in a work.
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3	* '''Straight''': [[MostWritersAreWriters Jeremy]] writes the historical novel ''[[WoodenShipsAndIronMen Love and the Sea]]'' to include [[HomoeroticSubtext a very deep bond between the characters]] [[ThoseTwoGuys Arturo and Bruno]].
4	* '''Exaggerated''': Arturo and Bruno are said to [[PurpleProse "experience ecstasy]] [[ExpospeakGag in the mold of the Greeks"]] regularly.
5	* '''Downplayed''': Arturo and Bruno [[FriendshipMoment are good friends]], but [[JustifiedTrope no more so than any other coworkers who spend extended time together in close quarters]].
6	* '''Justified''': Jeremy is gay and [[WriteWhatYouKnow draws experience from his own life]].
7	** Alternatively, Jeremy lives in a country where homosexuality is unpopular, or punishable by imprisonment or death. The subterfuge is necessary if he wants to keep his career.
8	* '''Inverted''': Jeremy writes Arturo and Bruno as [[AnachronismStew an openly gay couple in the Regency era]].
9	* '''Subverted''': The gay themes between Arturo and Bruno [[RelationshipWritingFumble were unintentional on Jeremy's part]], instead [[RainbowLens being introduced into their relationship]] [[DeathOfTheAuthor by fans and critics]].
10	** Some fans just see Arturo and Bruno as [[HeterosexualLifePartners really good friends]], nothing more.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': Jeremy's work is [[{{Bowdlerize}} censored in some markets]] for its "obscenely erotic" content: [[CensorDecoy the scene in which the main character and his love interest finally get busy]].
12	* '''Parodied''': "There are three layers of meaning in a work: text, subtext, and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons super-text]]."
13	* '''Zig Zagged''': Jeremy [[FlipFlopOfGod waffles on whether or not Arturo and Bruno are gay]]--at least in private. [[TrollingCreator Publically,]] [[ShrugOfGod he won't say a word either way]].
14	* '''Averted''': Arturo and Bruno aren't gay, just [[CampStraight flamboyant]].
15	* '''Enforced''': Jeremy wants people to rethink their views on homosexuality by providing a [[StraightGay subtle, nuanced portrayal of a gay couple]] as opposed to a [[StopBeingStereotypical flaming, in-your-face one]].
16	* '''Lampshaded''': Jeremy [[BreakingTheFourthWall asks the readers]] what they believe to be true about Arturo and Bruno's relationship.
17	* '''Invoked''': Jeremy rewrites Arturo and Bruno to be closeted gay men after his openly gay editor positively comments on the seeming relationship between the two.
18	* '''Exploited''': Jeremy wants a gay audience for his readership, and uses the Arturo and Bruno angle to draw them in.
19	* '''Discussed''': Jeremy heads a symposium on gay characters in fiction, where Arturo and Bruno are mentioned.
20	* '''Conversed''': Characters in ''Love and the Sea'' [[InUniverse frequently comment on the closeness of Arturo and Bruno]].
21	* '''Implied''': Jeremy mainly uses [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic gestures]] to highlight Arturo and Bruno's relationship.
22	* '''Deconstructed''': When all the evidence for and against is weighed, [[RiddleForTheAges it can't be conclusively proven one way or the other if Arturo and Bruno are gay]].
23	** Jeremy is accused of [[DancingBear using gay characters for publicity rather than good storytelling]], and is challenged to write openly gay characters [[HideYourGays instead of pussyfooting around]].
24	* '''Reconstructed''': Jeremy's writing [[VindicatedByHistory eventually]] becomes lauded [[{{Applicability}} for the use of ambiguity in its portrayal of human relationships]], as well as the notion that people may not be "all one" or "all another" sexual orientation.
25	* '''Played for Laughs''': Arturo and Bruno provide the novel's gay jokes.
26	* '''Played for Drama''': Arturo and Bruno provide part of the novel's pathos [[BuryYourGays through their demise]].
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Context PlayingWith / Subtext