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Line 2: {{quote\|''But then I met a boy who made me feel not so worthless. . . like maybe there's hope for me. . . and it '''terrifies''' me.''\|'''Fuchsia''', ''[[Sinfest]]''}} The [[Despair Event Horizon]] has its advantages. Your expectations are no longer dashed. You feel ~~numb -- if~~numb—if not [[The Wall\|comfortably]], at least not uncomfortably. And what, after all, can you lose? But if, in that state, someone inspires you with [[Worth Living For\|even a fragment of hope]] ~~-- it~~—it is terrifying and often painful. You might start to feel again. You might be in danger of losing something you care about, because you might start to care. Perhaps it was just a [[Heroic BSOD]] or a case of having your [[Jade-Colored Glasses]] on, after all. But then, there is the peril that this might prove to be the [[Hope Spot]]. Usually just a blip on the road to recovery from the despairing state. Common for the [[Broken Bird]] to feel it. Line 21: == Literature == * In [[J. R. R. Tolkien\|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[Lord of the Rings\|The Return of the King]]'', when Éomer asks why Éowyn is not lying in state like Théoden, he's told she's ~~alive -- and~~alive—and he feels both hope and fear. {{quote\|''Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Éomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed,''}} * At one point in ''[[Labyrinths of Echo]]'', Sir Max remarks that the worst situation of all is not a complete hopelessness (because you have nothing to lose then, anyway) but one where there is only a tiny glimmer of hope, because you are paralyzed with fear of losing it, as well. * In [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Persuasion]]'', after realizing that Anne might still love him, Wentworth writes to her of his being in hope and pain. {{quote\|''I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.''}} * In Angie Sage's ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' book ''Magyk'', Boy 412 tallies up Good things about his situation and Bad ~~ones--and~~ones—and is surprised by the Good things outnumbering the Bad for the first time in his life. But the Bad thing feels much worse because now he has something to lose. * In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''After Doomsday'', the alien Ramri tries to calm Donnan as the plan to escape comes to fruition; he admits that he never understood why humans find hope more terrifying than despair. * The characters in ''[[Chaos Walking]]'' can't help but be wary of hope. Line 51: == [[Visual Novels]] == * In ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', this trope effectively kicks the "Heaven's Feel" scenario into gear. {{spoiler\|Having Shirou pay attention to Sakura means she begins wondering if it's possible they might end up together, even after she's consigned herself to her one-sided unrequited love. The ensuing [[Hope Is Scary]] moment allows Zouken to open her up to possession, something he had been unable to do earlier (or in the other two scenarios).}} == Webcomics ==

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