I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Difference between revisions

* Yuzu Yamamoto in ''[[Bitter Virgin]]'' liked the main lead Daisuke Suwa. She was quick to notice that Daisuke was developing feelings for Hinako Aikawa, and after some wrestling with the issue decided to support Hinako. Up until {{spoiler|she inadvertently learned Hinako had given birth to a child}} and ends up blurting this out to Daisuke. Unknown to her, Daisuke was fully aware of this already and it only cements her status as [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]. Also, resident [[Yandere]] Kazuki also has a moment of this when she comes to the same realization as Yuzu. Though in her case she's only stepping aside temporarily as everyone is certain the relationship will ultimately fail.

* In ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'', [[Yandere|Yuno]], ''of all people'', does this in later chapters. {{spoiler|She has near-death experiences in chapters 22 and 23, and both times she was ready to die in order to save Yukiteru from the 4th--either from blowing herself and the 4th up with a grenade or taking a missed shot from Yukiteru while being held as a human shield by the 4th. Later, when Yukiteru's parents die and he swears to kill the rest of the diary holders (and explicitly mentions killing her) so he can [[A God Am I|become a god]] and bring back his parents, Yuno, with a smile on her face, responds:}}

* ''[[School Rumble]]'' mixes this trope liberally with [[All Love Is Unrequited]], especially after [[Cerebus Syndrome]] kicks in:

** There's the resolution to the Karasuma/Tenma/Harima arc, {{spoiler|which ends with Harima driving Tenma to the airport so she can join Karasuma in America, which also allows him to indirectly confess to her after 20-odd volumes of the manga.}}

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' has this in both the anime and the manga. In the anime Eclair lets Tamaki jump off the bridge after Haruhi. In the manga {{spoiler|Kaoru}} tells Haruhi that he loves her, but {{spoiler|that he loves his brother more. In the end he tells Hikaru he'll step out of the battle for Haruhi's heart and support him in trying to win it.}} And, {{spoiler|Hikaru}} tells Tamaki to finally realize his feelings for Haruhi because he wants to fight for her on equal ground, even though he would have an advantage with Tamaki still [[Oblivious to Love]].

** In the recent chapter (76) {{spoiler|Tamaki has had to cut all ties with Haruhi at his grandmother's wishes. Haruhi took it a bit hard initially, skipping school to think.}} This short dialogue goes on while Hikaru and Kaoru go to Haruhi's apartment to drop off her bag:

'''Hikaru:''' "Just joking! ... Don't you think it would be a waste... if I said that I don't really wish for this to happen?" }}

** How could you forget about Kasanoda?! {{spoiler|he protected her secret even if that made people that he was gay and give up her first love without even declare it for no cause problem to Haruhi}} "let's be friends!" TOT

** Rick gets all the recognition, but Victor Laszlo actually does the same thing earlier -- it's because he asks Rick to use the letters of transit to take Ilsa to America that [[It Was His Sled|it's a surprise]] when Rick sends the two of them instead.

** Actually, Rick makes it quite clear that he wants Ilsa to go with Laszlo not to make her happy but because Laszlo's work fighting the Nazis is more important then they are. And her going with Laszlo will help him do his work better. Now, Laszlo, on the other hand, is this trope, as he wants Rick to keep Ilsa safe, even if it means Rick and Ilsa go off without him. Rick says that the happiness of all three of them doesn't count:

* As well as the (far less) climactic scene of ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'':

'''God:''' Now THAT'S a prayer. }}

* The end of ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' shows Ted redeem his earlier behaviour by going out of his way to ensure Mary's happiness by reuniting her with her ex-boyfriend, {{spoiler|with the twist that Mary realizes that she'd ultimately be happiest with Ted after her brother DOES NOT FREAK OUT from Ted touching his ears, which is usually his [[Berserk Button]] with anyone outside of family}}.

* In ''The Iron Hand of Mars'' [[Marcus Didius Falco]] discovers that his patrician [[Love Interest]] Helena Justina is being courted by the Emperor's son Titus. Falco knows that she doesn't love Titus, but out of a belated sense of patriotism -- and feeling that he can't stand in the way of her getting such a tremendous social advancement -- urges Helena to accept. Helena calmly responds that she's already turned Titus down.

* In one of the sidestories of the [[Shared Universe]] that is the ''[[1632]]'' series, Franz, a downtimer (from the 17th Century), tries to refuse a confession of love from Marla, an unptimer (from the future, even though he loves her back, on the grounds that his left hand is crippled. A minor injury by uptime sensibilities, but a major dealbreaker by 17th Century standards; especially for a former musician.

* One of [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s most famous love poems ends with lines meaning "I loved you as sincerely and tenderly as I wish you would be loved by another man".

* Slote in The Winds of War. Later he ends up dying bravely and conveniently in battle. [[Death of the Hypotenuse|Of course he does.]]

* Viciously subverted with {{spoiler|Petyr Baelish}} in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. While he didn't plan on {{spoiler|his beloved, Cat, getting killed, then resurrected as a merciless, grief-stricken zombie hell-bent on revenge}}, he didn't seem to much care about her feelings over {{spoiler|the fate of her husband}}. While he'd prefer her to be happy, he mostly just wants ''her''.

* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, [[The Atoner|Nicci]] decides on this, both because her love was already fully in love with someone else before she met him, and because of her shame over [[Heel Face Turn|formerly]] being a villain. This becomes a source of particular anguish for her in the last three books, as several of the other characters begin [[Shipper on Deck|shipping]] them and encouraging her to be with him, leading her to repeatedly tell them that she is the [[Romantic Runner-Up]] [[The Atoner|Atoner]], ''not'' the pure-hearted love interest.

* ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'': [[Ho Yay|Basil to Dorian]].

* In the short story "Antinomy" by [[Spider Robinson]], Tom Higgins has spent decades trying to revive his lover Virginia Harding after she fell into a coma. When Virginia does eventually wake up, [[Amnesiac Lover|she initially doesn't remember him]]. Even worse, she develops an interest in his friend and younger co-worker Bill [[Mc Laughin]] -- an interest that is reciprocated. Tom eventually has an epiphany after he is unable to tell a good joke -- one of the things Virginia always loved about him was his sense of humor. His monomaniacal obsession with her over the years has made him someone far less than the man she once loved. When Virginia starts to recover her memories, Tom pretends not to know her so she can start a relationship with Bill, who is everything Tom was and more.

* Subverted in [[Mariah Carey]]'s song "Butterfly" - she sings that she'll allow her lover to fly away and experience other things because if he's truly hers, he'll come back to her eventually.

* In Choidos's song "Lindsay Quit Lollygagging" the singer is coming from the second version of this perspective.

As long as she's loving life }}

* Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know" subverts this trope with the opening lines: "I want you to know/I'm happy for you./I wish nothing but/The best for you both." followed by an extended F-U to the guy she's singing to.

* "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" by [[Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons]].

* John Mayer has an unreleased song called "Man on the Side" that invokes this:

Good luck to you and the king. }}

* Snow Patrol's "You Could Be Happy".

* This trope is implied in the chorus of [[Journey]]'s "Separate Ways":

[[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...|If he ever hurts you]]<br />

True love won't desert you<br />

* "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5.

* "Say Good-bye" by [[Skillet]] is a man begging his girlfriend to put off "saying good-bye", but the bridge says

Happy like we were }}

* [[Robert Schumann]]'s setting of Antonio von Chamisso's ''Frauenliebe und -leben'', in the second song "Er, Der Herrlichste von Allen". Some of the lines translate as:

if my heart should also break, break, O heart, what of it? }}

** The pathetic thing here, though, is that at this point in the narrative, the Man of her Dreams has made NO indication that he was interested in, or involved with, anyone. The protagonist is merely assuming she's unworthy ''a priori.''

* Blue October's "Hate Me" is this in spades. The whole song is the speaker leaving his girlfriend, asking her to hate him because he recognizes that he's a terrible person, and he'd rather her be happy than let him drag her down. In fairness, it sounds like he's right.

* "She's in Love" by Mark Wills, as indicated in the second verse:

I just want what's best for her, so I lied... }}

* [[Chuck Berry]]'s "Have Mercy Judge" is about a guy who knows his girlfriend will cheat on him while he's in jail; he's okay with it, and says he'll love her all the more once he gets out.

* "Smile" by Lonestar:

And even if it kills me, I'm gonna smile }}

* Deathcab for Cutie's "Someday You Will Be Loved"

* [[Adele]]'s "Someone Like You", the whole song is heartbreaking, how much she wants her love back, then includes these lines at the start of the chorus

I wish nothing but the best for you two }}

 

* In ''[[Lufia]] 2'', [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Tia]] tries to talk Maxim out of being a warrior, because she cannot endure the thought of something happening to him in battle. She decides to give him up when she realizes that this is a part of Maxim which makes him happy, surrendering him both to his passion for battle and his future wife Selan.

* In [[Mass Effect|Mass Effect 2]], Tali says this to Shepard if he tries to pursue a relationship with her due to her [[Bubble Boy|quarian physiology]].

** Subverted if Shepard chooses to pursue it anyway.

'''Tali''':{{spoiler|(''nervously'')I..I..I wouldn't blame you if, but...(''quietly'') Oh, thank you. You don't know what that...thank you.}} }}

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNixoKm9T7w Link to the full thing.]

** In a twist, Mako admits to having strong feelings for Korra as well and knows how much it hurts her to see him with Asami.

* In the ''[[Simpsons]]'', near the end of the episode where a woman replaces Krusty. They're about to get married, when Bart shows her a compilation of clips showing how he used to treat his previous wives. She is unbothered by this, however Krusty realises he'd only hurt her and leaves the altar.

* In "[[Futurama|Bender's Big Score]]", Fry acts at first to disrupt Leela and Lars' budding relationship, because he is desperately in love with Leela himself. He eventually learns the trope lesson to a T, and goes so far as to reunite the two even after they've broken up on their own. Complicated because {{spoiler|it turns out that Lars ''is'' Fry, a duplicate created by time travel that lived in the past for twelve years before learning the lesson, having his hair burned, voice changed and freezing himself again}}.

** Ironically, Lars himself does this. {{spoiler|Upon learning that as a duplicate created from time travel he was inevitably doomed to die soon, he calls off the wedding because he wished to spare Leela the pain of her husband dying.}}

* There's a direct-to-DVD movie called "Pollyworld", which is based on the "[[Polly Pocket]]" toyline. When Polly and her friends find out that Polly's <ref>almost</ref> future stepmother was trying to trick Polly's father into having her sent to a boarding school, they catch the whole confession on camera and save it to a DVD. However, Polly invokes this trope be deciding not to show the DVD to her father, even though it would mean that she wouldn't have to leave her friends. She decides that it wouldn't be fair to get in the way of her father's happiness. Moreover, she drives this point home by destroying the DVD. {{spoiler|Luckily, her father finds out anyway, and everything turns out right in the end.}}

* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' had a heart-breaking one. Shane [[Cannot Spit It Out|couldn't admit his feelings to his fellow Supertrooper, Darkstar]]. She ends up running off with [[Jerkass]] Stingray and becoming a wanted criminal while he was spared a de facto execution by becoming a [[Hunter of His Own Kind]]. A couple years later, Darkstar and Stingray are hired thugs for a corrupt [[Cattle Baron]], and Shane is sent to take them down. Shane tries to rebuild things with Darkstar, but Darkstar makes it very clear that she's staying with Stingray. Shane and Stingray have a classic [[Showdown At High Noon]] (we ARE talking about a [[Space Western]]). Shane defeats Stingray...only to turn and walk away, sparing them both. Darkstar is holding her lover and sobbing, unable to understand why Shane isn't arresting them. Lucy Martin and Doug Pries managed to act the hell out of it.

'''Shane:''' I know, Darkstar. I know you don't. Take care of yourself, Darkstar. Take real good care of yourself...and take care of him, too... }}

* Mocked at the very end of season 4 of [[The Venture Brothers]]. When The Outrider tells Dean "you should be happy as long as she's happy", he curses him back with a [[Precision F-Strike]].