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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
30th Jan, 2020 01:27:03 PM
Companion Cube is the one you want.
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
30th Jan, 2020 02:10:00 PM
"Soulful Plant Story" in TLP
Might've been launched?
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Do we have a trope for when a character keeps and cares for a plant, in a manner that mirrors a Loyal Animal Companion?
The character doesn't particularly need to have a Green Thumb (as would be demonstrated if they took care of a large number of plants, or worked in the agricultural sector), just a particular level of care taken with one plant. Sometimes this trope gets deployed to show that someone's a Bruiser with a Soft Center, or that The Stoic has a caring side.
The best example I can think of for this would be the relationship between Leon and his houseplant in Léon: The Professional, but the care shown by the Mariner for his tomato plant in Waterworld, or between both the Keeper of the Seeds and then The Dag with the seedling growing in an animal skull planter in Mad Max: Fury Road would also fit the bill.
Seems like it would a be a sub-trope of Companion Cube?
Edited by Leporidae