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Basic Trope: A person who will bring the end of the world simply by existing; the problem is that s/he is also well-known to or even the beloved of the main character.

• Straight: Rei's sweet little sister Mei is fated to destroy the world.
• Exaggerated: Mei is such a sweet girl, if not for the fact that she's a Walking Wasteland, attracts hordes of alien bugs, and is fated to destroy the galaxy.
• Justified:
  • Mei's soul/DNA/whatever is the key to activating the Doomsday Device.
  • Mei is only half-sister to Rei, her father is an Eldritch Abomination. Even if she does nothing, Mei's simply existance cause space-dimensional distortion, breaking the wall between Earth and the Eldritch Location, bringing unspeakable terror to Earth.
• Inverted:
  • Mei is a total bitch, but since the world will end without her, everyone is forced to protect her and satisfy her callous whims.
  • Mei is a Barrier Maiden—without her, evils from outside the world will destroy the world.
• Subverted: Mei might be fated to destroy the world, but the prophecy isn't exactly set in stone...
  • It's only certain part of Mei that is fated to destroy the world. Remove that part, and Mei is free to live her life.
• Double Subverted:
  • ...but the attempt to subvert Mei's fate is the action that destroy the world.
  • But that part is integral to Mei's being... i.e., her soul.
• Parodied: After knowing that she's an Apocalypse Maiden, Mei dyes her hair pale blue and starts acting emo.
• Deconstructed:
  • Being an Apocalypse Maiden makes people mean to Mei, so she decides to fulfill her fated role to make the goddamn pain stop.
  • Since people are mean to her little sister, Rei decided that the world should end and she wholeheartedly supports Mei to carry her role.
  • Rei destroy the world before Mei can enact her role as an Apocalypse Maiden, to save her from the anguish of destroying the world with her own hands.
• Reconstructed:
  • Rei's love for Mei allows her to endure people's hatred.
  • Rei and the Five-Man Band travels into Mei's soul to destroy the growing soul-parasite that will destroy the world.
• Zig Zagged: ???
• Averted: The much-feared apocalypse isn't caused by a single person.
• Enforced: "The contradiction! The drama! Let's make the hero choose between the world or her little sister!"
• Lampshaded: "Ending the world?! This little missy here? You've got to be kidding me, dude."
• Invoked: Karen, an alien from the 26th dimension trapped in this mundane world, goad Mei into destroying the world so s/he can return to his/her origin.
• Exploited: Emperor Evulz kidnap and Mind Rape Mei into becoming his puppet, effectively keeping the world hostage.
• Defied: Some pragmatic people seal Mei in a can.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???
• Played For Drama: Saving Mei from Karen/Evulz/the pragmatic people/her dark side and convincing her that the world is worth living, even if some Humans Are Bastards.

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