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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
mahidevrans
Since: Mar, 2018
8th Jun, 2018 09:47:01 PM
^ thanks, but that's not quite it; this isn't an ending-specific trope.
If these don't exist, I'll probably take it to the launchpad eventually.
1. Ghostly Final Farewell: a recently-deceased character appears as a spirit, apparition, or in the dreams of a friend or beloved to bid them a final goodbye. Would/should be a subtrope of Dead Person Conversation.
2. Conscience-Induced Breakup: a character breaks off a relationship because they feel it's the right thing to do. Usually occurs in context of an affair, but can appear in other contexts as well.
3. "Sour Grapes" Rationalization: things don't turn out the way a character hoped, so they deceive themselves and others that they never felt that way in the first place, or that it's better off this way.