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{{quote|'''Akrio:''' ''"Why do you cry?"''
'''Subotai:''' ''"He is Conan, Cimmerian. [[Trope Namer|He will not cry, so I cry for him.]]"''|'''''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'''''}}
Sometimes, even if the sadness one feels is like the weight of the entire world on his shoulders, a malignant combination of cultural brainwash like [[Men Don't Cry]] and personal trauma has sealed a person to his or her feelings, and [[Unable to Cry|the tears simply refuse to flow despite the soul-crushing grief he or she is bearing]].
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Compare [[Trying Not to Cry]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[
* A pair of knights in [[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]] has a strange version; the girl is stoic and strong, so when she got injured, the (unharmed) boy would cry in her place.
* In ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', when Asuka, Ein's adopted daughter, was asked why she is not crying at her father's funeral, she replies, "If I cry, Daddy won't be able to rest." Kenshiro hugs the brave little girl with warmth and kindness and weeps [[Tender Tears]] of sadness in her place.
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* The hero and the titular sea serpent of an old children's anime film called ''Serendipity'' visit an island with a custom like this trope: When their mermaid princess is especially sad, her court of fish cry for her so she won't have to.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' Final Act contains this, where {{spoiler|Jaken does this for Sesshoumaru's sake after Rin dies.}}
* After the ending credits in episode 3 of the second season of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00
* In ''[[Baccano
* In the first episode of [[Ballad of a Shinigami]], Momo is in tears at the end, and is called a crybaby by her fuzzy sidekick. She replies, 'The dead cannot cry, so I cry for them.'
* In ''[[
* In [[Spiral]], at his mother's funeral, a young [[The Stoic|Eyes]] asked that his best friend Kanone do this for him from then on; Kanone promisesd. (Though he's never shown to do it on-screen, he's still largely emotional enough for the two of them.)
* In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] manga, Shadi cries for the mummies in a museum, due to his belief that they suffer a [[Fate Worse Than Death]].
* During one point in ''[[Turn
* In ''[[
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== Fanfiction ==
* In the [[Sherlock]] fic, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6914974/1/Alone_On_the_Water Alone On the Water]'', the following is said in John's narration:
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== Literature ==
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* From ''Ink Exchange'', the second book in the [[Wicked Lovely]] series; "Then he was beide her, lifting her hands to his lips, crying tears she wasn't able to shed." The characters are, respectivley, [[Iron Woobie|Niall]] and [[Broken Bird|Leslie]].
* Invoked in ''House of Chains'' in the [[Malazan Book of the Fallen|Malazan]] series. {{spoiler|Trull Sengar cries because his friend Onrack cannot. Somewhat subverted because Onrack literally cannot cry, as he is undead}}
* Inverted in [[
== Live Action TV ==
* Something similar happened in ''[[Star Trek:
** To clarify, Data, as an android, was incapable of actual emotion. In their final scene together before she died, Lal tells her father that she loves him and he expresses regret (such as he is capable of) that he cannot return the emotion. She says that it's ok, she'll feel it enough for both of them.
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* A very cynical and [[Rage Against the Heavens]] take in the song "Tomorrow, Wendy" by Concrete Blonde, about death, and addressing [[God]].
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Cause if He ever saw it it was through these eyes of mine
And if He ever suffered
It was me who did His crying }}
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* Attempted in [[Macbeth]]: Siward refuses to mourn his son's death in battle. Malcolm offers to mourn for him, but Siward refuses that too.
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'''Malcolm:''' He's worth more sorrow, and that I'll spend for him.
'''Siward:''' He's worth no more. They say he parted well, and paid his score: and so, God be with him! }}
== Video Games ==
* A variant occurs in ''[[Fire Emblem]]'': Path of Radiance. After {{spoiler|Ike's father Greil dies}}, [[The Hero|Ike]] tells [[White Magician Girl|Rhys]] a story {{spoiler|Greil used to tell him}} about how the more tears are shed for someone, the more blessings they receive in the afterlife. Being [[The Stoic]], Ike finds himself unable to cry, so he asks Rhys to cry in his place.
** In ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem 7]]'', right before the final battle Lyn cries in place of Hector for his {{spoiler|recently deceased older brother Uther}}, in a [[Shout
** Another variant occurs in ''Sacred Stones'' if you take Eirika's path. When it becomes clear beyond any shadow of doubt that {{spoiler|Lyon cannot be saved}}, Ephraim tells Eirika that it's all right to cry, and to cry for him as well.
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[[Category:Tear Tropes]]
[[Category:Tear Jerker Tropes]]
[[Category:Sadness Tropes]]
[[Category:He Will Not Cry So I Cry For Him]]
[[Category:He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him]]
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