sinful-obsessions: Swan Queen and TvLoveTropesThe Power of Love “Love is a very powerful for
sinful-obsessions: Swan Queen and TvLoveTropes The Power of Love “Love is a very powerful force. Even more so when it is focused into acoherent beam of destruction.” — Black Mage, 8-Bit Theater The Power Of Love is a curious thing. It makes one man weep, and another man sing. It can change a hawk to a little white dove. Bring inanimate objects to life. It might just save your life. It makes people want to give up personal freedom to belong to each other. Don’t you dare mock, that’s the Power of Love. It’s also an occasionally useful Deus ex Machina. Even more than The Power of Friendship, The Power of Love can be applied in dire situations to make things better. In fact, in many Disney movies it’s the solution to pretty much everything. Unlike The Power of Friendship, though, it can be applied in Fan Fic to make things profoundly disturbing. Common applications of The Power of Love include activating an Empathic Weapon, freeing a loved one from mind control, strengthening a loved one, and converting a Real Death into a Disney Death. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was “really responsible”. Don’t You Dare Pity Me! can sometimes be overcome by the Power of Love; however, it may take time, and the love itself must be purified of any pity it does contain. The Green-Eyed Monster may come into play. In more idealistic shows, it is an enemy of true love. However, more cynical shows may treat it as normal, and even let it overcome Cannot Spit It Out. In these cynical times, this often feels like a supreme rip-off. It depends on where you, and the scene in question, fall on the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism. More conventionally, Love Redeems evil. When it’s not turning you evil, that is. Or, less often, supporting said baddies. Contrast with The Power of Hate. Occasionally classified as one of the Elemental Powers. -- source link