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Chabal2 Since: Jan, 2010
2025-04-16 00:09:55

Closest I can think of is Hoist by His Own Petard, but that's not exactly it.

klausbaudelaire Since: May, 2011
2025-04-16 00:48:07

Yea I doubt that would be the case. Barangay Love Stories has one who tried to prepare for their own death, much to the chagrin of their friend, only for the latter to turn out to be the one to die.

KD Since: May, 2009
2025-04-16 06:01:44

In my view, the only thing to be said is that it's a sort of cosmic/fatalistic cruelty, since not even any character orchestrated these events. So that trends toward Cosmic Plaything (if this sort of thing has often happened to the grandmother; just a one-time event doesn't really qualify) or Twist Ending or Cruel Twist Ending (depending on how bad the child's death is).

Edited by KD
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