Basic Trope: Two characters bicker vehemently to the point where it maybe even comes to physical blows before affection.
- Straight:
- Alice and Bob have a long heated argument, at the end of which they suddenly start kissing and making out with each other passionately.
- Alice and Bob both smack the other once each, then start kissing.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Bob beat the hell out of each other before eventually making love with each other.
- Destructo-Nookie.
- Downplayed:
- Bob and Alice get involved in a polite debate before sharing a hug and a peck on the cheek.
- Bob and Alice argue, de-escalate the conflict, and then share a kiss afterwards.
- Justified:
- Alice and Bob's frustration and attraction towards each other has reached a boiling point.
- When neither Alice nor Bob back down from their fight, they both come to realise that they are equally stubborn and ill-tempered and so Birds of a Feather ensues.
- Bob and Alice burn out all their hatred for one another during the argument, leaving only the positive emotions.
- Bob noticed that Alice was about to cry and kissed her to apologise and comfort her.
- Inverted: Kiss-Kiss-Slap
- Subverted: Alice tries to kiss Bob after hitting him but Bob wants none of it.
- Double Subverted: They continue to fight and then kiss.
- Parodied:
- Alice and Bob get into a ridiculous Kung Fu Fight before going at it.
- Devin, Bob's neighbor, has to listen to a 24/7 stream of cursing, slapping, moaning, grunting, insults, kissing, and the occasional loud outburst of "#@&%! you Bo-bo... Bob!" emerging from Bob's apartment.
- Zig Zagged: Alice and Bob constantly switch between affection and violence with each other.
- Averted:
- Alice and Bob are never violent to each other.
- Alice and Bob do not love each other and simply want to hurt each other.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded
- Invoked: Alice and Bob feel that their lovey-dovey relationship is too boring and want to bring in the excitement by getting involved in fighting.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied:
- After being slapped, Bob pushes Alice away before she can kiss him.
- Neither Alice nor Bob desires a relationship built on abuse to any degree, even if the "loving" part of the equation is mind-blowing.
- Discussed: "Weird, they were fighting just a second ago and now they are kissing.
- Conversed: "It's one of those weird violent love scenes."
- Implied: Bob has both a bruise and lipstick mark.
- Deconstructed: Alice and Bob get married; the relationship is abusive, and one or both of them are miserable.
- Reconstructed: Alice and Bob have mutually consensual, literal hatesex and enjoy it.
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