Fan Works
"You're in love with a woman who tried to kill herself — and take you with her? What's wrong with you?"
— Asuka Langley Sohryu, Evangelion 303
"You want to tell her, you'e beautiful enough to kill me. An' I would go without a fight, darlin'."
— Abyssal Posessions
, Homestuck fic
, Homestuck fic"Bullshit," he interrupted, straining against the ropes. Vriska rolled her eyes, kicking the chainsaw back into the closet. Tavros had begun to shake, but he would not stop yelling. "Why would you do this? Why would you steal my robotic legs, my last chance to walk again? Why do you hate me so much?"
"That's the thing, though, Tavros — I don't hate you..." Vriska stepped slowly, deliberately in his direction, stopping next to his chair. She bent down, kissing his cheek lightly. "...I love you."
"That's the thing, though, Tavros — I don't hate you..." Vriska stepped slowly, deliberately in his direction, stopping next to his chair. She bent down, kissing his cheek lightly. "...I love you."
— The Homestuck fic Don't Leave
Film — Live-Action
"When you shot me at point blank range, I knew you loved me."
— Ryan Harrison, Wrongfully Accused
"They didn't agree on much. In fact, they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time. And they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other."
— Duke, The Notebook
Dionne, and her boyfriend Murray are in this dramatic relationship. I think they’ve seen that Ike and Tina Turner movie just too many times.
— Cher Horowitz, Clueless (1995)
Literature
"Whether you come as a lover or an executioner, I am ready to receive you."
Live-Action TV
Some couples always support each other, and some couples always challenge each other. But is one really better than the other?
Yes. Support is better. Way better.
Yes. Support is better. Way better.
— Future Ted's take on this trope, How I Met Your Mother, "The Exploding Meatball Sub"
"I was hopeless until Helen stepped in. But she didn't stop with her sharp tongue, not for one damn instant. Always snapping, needling. One day I just barked back. Can't remember what I said. Something about her being a harpy, I think. She laughed. That was it. Not a day went by we weren't tearing strips off each other. But that was our dance. No disrespect to your mother, but the last fifteen years... the best of my life."
— Arlo Givens, Justified, "Reckoning"
"Tony and I will never let go of one another. And it's not just because divorce in incompatible with my faith, but because this is just how we like it. War is our love. A brutal fight to the death is our mating dance. And I speak for both of us when I say we wouldn't want it any other way. Contentment is dull, and Tony and I are anything but dull."
— Princess Margaret,note The Crown (2016)
Music
"Mama, do you see what I see?
On your knees and pray for me
Mathilde's come back to me
Charley, don't want another beer
Tonight I'm gonna drink my tears
Mathilde's come back to me"
On your knees and pray for me
Mathilde's come back to me
Charley, don't want another beer
Tonight I'm gonna drink my tears
Mathilde's come back to me"
— Scott Walker, "Mathilde"
I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die...
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die...
— the Mountain Goats, No Children
You swore you'd never hit 'em, never do nothin' to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face, spewin' venom in your words when you spit 'em
You push, pull each other's hair, claw, scratch, bit 'em
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in those moments when you're in 'em
Now you're in each other's face, spewin' venom in your words when you spit 'em
You push, pull each other's hair, claw, scratch, bit 'em
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in those moments when you're in 'em
— Eminem, Love the Way You Lie
Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
— Eminem, Love the Way You Lie Part 2
A kiss with a fist is better than none.
— Florence + the Machine, "Kiss With a Fist"
''We had it all in front of us
You were the one, I was in love
But you always hurt the one you lost
I couldn't get enough
You were everything that's bad for me
Make no apologies
I'm crushed, black and blue
But you know I'd do it all again for you
You were the one, I was in love
But you always hurt the one you lost
I couldn't get enough
You were everything that's bad for me
Make no apologies
I'm crushed, black and blue
But you know I'd do it all again for you
— All Again For You, We The Kings
"But I hate you, I really hate you,
So much I think it must be
True love, true love, it must be true love
Nothing else can break my heart like
True love..."
So much I think it must be
True love, true love, it must be true love
Nothing else can break my heart like
True love..."
— "True Love", P!nk
You change your mind
Like a psycho bitch
But the sex is good so I think I'll keep ya around (ahem, what?)
— "Hot n Cold", Woe, Is Me
Theatre
"The more you ruv someone, the more you want to kill them..."
— Christmas Eve, Avenue Q
Martha: I looked at you tonight and you weren't there... And I'm gonna howl it out, and I'm not gonna give a damn what I do and I'm gonna make the biggest god-damn explosion you've ever heard.
George: Try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha: Is that a threat George, huh?
George: It's a threat, Martha.
Martha: You're gonna get it, baby.
George: Be careful Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha: You're not man enough. You haven't the guts.
George: Total war.
Martha: Total.
George: Try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha: Is that a threat George, huh?
George: It's a threat, Martha.
Martha: You're gonna get it, baby.
George: Be careful Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha: You're not man enough. You haven't the guts.
George: Total war.
Martha: Total.
— Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (although you could pick almost any conversation between the two at random to represent this trope...)
Martha: George who is out somewhere there in the dark... George who is good to me, and whom I revile; who understands me, and whom I push off; who can make me laugh, and I choke it back in my throat; who can hold me, at night, so that it's warm, and whom I will bite so there's blood; who keeps learning the games we play as quickly as I can change the rules; who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy, and yes I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: sad, sad sad.
Nick: Sad.
Martha: ...whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do; who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving me and must be punished for it. George and Martha: sad, sad, sad.
Nick: Sad.
Martha: ...who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension...
Nick: George and Martha: sad, sad, sad.
Nick: Sad.
Martha: ...whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do; who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving me and must be punished for it. George and Martha: sad, sad, sad.
Nick: Sad.
Martha: ...who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension...
Nick: George and Martha: sad, sad, sad.
Mark: Feel like going insane?
Got a fire in your brain?
And you're thinking of drinking gasoline?
Joanne: As a matter of fact —
Mark: Honey, I know this act
It's called the "Tango Maureen"
The Tango Maureen
It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round
As she keeps you dangling
Joanne: You're wrong.
Mark: Your heart she is mangling
Joanne: It's different with me.
Mark: And you toss and you turn
'Cause her cold eyes can burn
Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound
Joanne: I think I know what you mean.
Both: The Tango Maureen
Got a fire in your brain?
And you're thinking of drinking gasoline?
Joanne: As a matter of fact —
Mark: Honey, I know this act
It's called the "Tango Maureen"
The Tango Maureen
It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round
As she keeps you dangling
Joanne: You're wrong.
Mark: Your heart she is mangling
Joanne: It's different with me.
Mark: And you toss and you turn
'Cause her cold eyes can burn
Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound
Joanne: I think I know what you mean.
Both: The Tango Maureen
— RENT, Tango: Maureen
Web Animation
Church: Alright O'Malley, this is it! From now on, if anybody makes my girlfriend cranky and psychotic; it's gonna be me!
Tex: Aww, that's sweet.
Church: Shut up, bitch!
Tex: Asshole!
Tex: Aww, that's sweet.
Church: Shut up, bitch!
Tex: Asshole!
Web Video
Yui: I gradually fell into despair. But then, all of that changed when I met you two.
Kirito & Asuna: Awwww!
Yui: The most broken, sociopathic players I'd ever laid eyes on. Less people than a loose collection of character defects.
Kirito: That, ah, that sorta went in a different direction than I was expecting.
Yui: But somehow, together, you were happy. Everything I knew about human relationships told me one would eventually kill the other. And yet, no matter how often you fought, your bond only seemed to get stronger.
Kirito & Asuna: Awwww!
Yui: The most broken, sociopathic players I'd ever laid eyes on. Less people than a loose collection of character defects.
Kirito: That, ah, that sorta went in a different direction than I was expecting.
Yui: But somehow, together, you were happy. Everything I knew about human relationships told me one would eventually kill the other. And yet, no matter how often you fought, your bond only seemed to get stronger.
Other
Moreover, perhaps it isn't love when I say you are what I love the most—you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love.
— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena
