Derailing Love Interests: Difference between revisions

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Alice loves Bob, but Bob isn't exactly reciprocating in kind. They may be in a [[The Masochism Tango|shaky marriage]] or [[No Accounting for Taste|unstable relationship]], friends with lots of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], or [[Love Is Oblivious|completely oblivious]]. Cue a breakup, usually due to [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|something Bob says or does.]] Then Alice meets [[Romantic False Lead|Charlie]], who is [[Nice Guy|sensitive]], [[Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor|rich]], [[The Smart Guy|smart]] and gives her everything she misses in her relationship with Bob, and ''then some''. They fall madly in love and everything is perfect. Meanwhile, [[Green-Eyed Epiphany|Bob is beginning to realize whatever mistake he made with Alice and decides to win her back.]] To add drama, time is usually running out for some reason, so Alice needs to dump Charlie and choose Bob fast. [[Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?|But why would she?]] She's met her perfect match, she's in love and life is bliss, not to mention that she has reason to believe that Bob isn't sincere about changing. There's nothing Bob ''can'' do, he blew it.

 

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In the shoujo manga ''[[Akuma de Sourou]]'', [[Nice Guy]] Kamijou Yuucihi's character becomes derailed when he suddenly becomes a bit forceful towards Kayano. This doesn't really match his original character, and was obviously done so that Kayano's decision to go with [[Jerkass Stu|Takeru]] is justified. The saddest part is that, even when he turns more aggressive, he's still a ''much'' nicer guy than Takeru.

* ''[[Run Fatboy Run]]'': a guy enters the London marathon to win his ex back, who has a new guy already. New guy went from friendly [[The Ace|Ace]] to a child-hating [[Control Freak]]. Granted, there were some early hints to his inner bastard - his competitive streak, apparent [[Child-Hater|annoyance at children]], and... he's ''[[Eagle Land|American!]]''

* Subverted in ''Once Upon a Time in the Midlands''; events seem to be going this way, with Dek (the new, sweet, rather hapless love interest) kicked out of the house and Shirley letting Jimmy (bad-boy ex and father of her daughter) move in and starting to fall back into a relationship with him. The subversion being that Jimmy is then revealed to ''genuinely'' be a dick who hasn't changed in the least, and Shirley does in fact get back together with Dek in the end.

** Despite this, Lavender Brown was incredibly clingy and creepy the entire time so no one is truly surprised when she finally does lose it. People are often wary of what the clingy and creepy ones are capable of.

** Possibly justified by Lavender being a shallow, overdramatic high school girl who seemed more in love with the idea of love than with Ron himself. She couldn't stand having her illusions shattered.