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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