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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Needs Image}} {{quote\|"Let me tell you one thing, and then let us speak of it no more. Love is a weakness. Love is a cancer that grows inside and makes one do foolish things. Love is death."\|'''Morrigan''', ''[[Dragon Age\|Dragon Age: Origins]]''}} Love can make you do [[Love Makes You Dumb\|stupid]], [[Love Makes You Crazy\|irrational]] things, and if you happen to be a good person, can make you [[Love Makes You Evil\|suspectible to the Dark Side]]. Things you'd [[Derailing Love Interests\|never]] in your sane mind do. A [[Genre Savvy]] ~~person--hero~~person—hero or ~~villain--knows~~villain—knows this. Whether or not they can actually have the object of their affections, if they [[If I Can't Have You\|can't have them]], or if they even [[Stalker with a Crush\|try to]], love is forsaken because it's an undesirable weakness (they are not [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know about the [[Power of Love]], however). These people often try to separate themselves from their loved one, try to remove the feeling, or, in an extreme case, a villain may choose to kill off the one they love. If the object of their affections loves them anyway knowing their turmoil, they become a [[Love Martyr]]. Unlike a [[Celibate Hero]], this person can be someone who ''does'' fall in ~~love--but~~love—but doesn't want to. [['''Love Is a Weakness]]''' is invoked to avoid any number of [[Love Hurts]] ~~tropes--especially~~tropes—especially if a villain decides to take advantage of it in the meantime. If a villain decides to finally accept the love and it's not [[All Love Is Unrequited\|reciprocated]], it might be [[Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny]], [[Stalker with a Crush]], or [[Mad Love]]. Requited, they may also be [[Love Redeems\|redeemed]] through the [[Power of Love]], or an [[Unholy Matrimony]] may be born. If a hero was [[Wrong Genre Savvy\|wrong about love]], a [[Happily Ever After]] might be in store. A variation of [[Allergic to Love]]. Related to [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]], where a hero gives up the love of their life so the [[Big Bad]] can't strike at them through their [[Love Interest]]. Contrast to [[In Love with Love]]. Line 10: {{examples}} == Anime ~~And~~and Manga == * Most of the reasonings of [[Fist of the North Star\|Souther]]'s [[Complete Monster\|atrocity]] is that he thinks of this trope. He was overstruck with extreme weakness and guilt due to his love for his beloved master that he accidentally killed, leading him to believe that [[Love Is a Weakness]] and one must be devoid of love to be strong and successful in the [[Crapsack World]] he's in. * Utilized to great effect by the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', when the heroes get themselves into trouble. Mustang tries and fails to use the trope against Wrath, who turns around and uses it right back on both him and, later, Edward Elric by holding the lives of their [[Love Interest~~\|Love Interests~~]]s over their heads. Wrath even invokes the trope almost by name when telling Mustang what he's going to do. {{quote\| '''Wrath:''' {{spoiler\|Selim}} will never work as a point of weakness in my life. But you, on the other hand...I know ''exactly'' who to use as ''your'' weak point. [later] It's as simple as that. She'll be under ''my'' watch from now on.}} == [[Comic Books]] == Line 22: == [[Film]] == * Davy Jones of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' cuts out his own [[Soul Jar\|heart]] when it caused him too much pain, after Calypso stood him up. * When told he will fall in love in ''[[Back to The Future\|Back To The Future III]]'', [[~~Reluctant~~Engineer ~~Mad~~Exploited ~~Scientist~~For Evil\|Doc Brown]] insists that falling in love would be an unacceptable distraction from his [[For Science!\|scientific labors]]. His protestations [[Love At First Sight\|don't last long]] when he meets her. Ironically, it ''does'' prove to be a distraction that nearly gets them all killed... in a [[Rule of Drama\|fun, romantic way]] of course. * In [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'', the Red Queen loathes her little sister the White Queen because of the latter's ability to make everyone love her. [[The Dragon]], the Knave of Hearts, inquires whether it's not better to be feared than loved. Later, when the Red Queen discovers that nearly every member of her court has been deceiving her as to their regard for her, she coldly declares that he's right - it ''is'' better to be feared than loved. * Both the Jedi and the Sith from [[Star Wars]] consider love a weakness to be avoided, but for two very different reasons. The Jedi discouraged love because it led to attachment, and Jedi are supposed to be free from all emotions and materialism. The Sith however hate love because it leads to mercy, which was anathema to them. Line 34: == [[Live Action TV]] == * In one ''[[Fringe]]'' episode, Newton poisons Walter and when cornered by Olivia, looking to bring Newton into custody, he reveals a three-step antidote process to counteract the poison, but he'll only agree to give Olivia the correct order for administering the antidote if she lets him go. Having to choose between arresting her target or saving her colleague and friend, she chooses to save Walter. As promised, Newton upholds his end of the bargain and Walter is saved, but before he makes his break, he tells Olivia, "Now I know how weak you are." * On [[The X-Files]], Scully is Mulder's weakness. Without fail. And everyone knows it. * Crops up often in ''[[Farscape]]''. Aeryn warns John that "personal indulgences can fracture a small crew" and later when they admit that they love each other complete with [[Big Damn Kiss]], she says they can't act on it because emotional attachments distort one's judgment. This also becomes a plot point in season 4 when John and Aeryn have to hide their relationship because Scorpius would eagerly exploit John's weakness: his love for Aeryn and their unborn child. Unfortunately for them, Scorpius isn't fooled... * The underlying reason why Chuck and Blair broke up in ''[[Gossip Girl]]''s third season (not to mention one of the main reasons why it took them all of season two to get together). In episode '''312''' Chuck had visions of his dead father telling him he was weak for loving Blair and even mocking his feelings for her. Later that season [[Evil Uncle]] Jack showed up and made full use of this trope to manipulate Chuck and destroy the Chair relationship. * An episode of [[Star Trek: Voyager]] flashed back to Tuvok as a boy, learning to supress his emotions. His teacher emphasized the supression of "love", in particular. * The second series of ''[[Sherlock]]'' puts the emphasis on this. Sherlock considers love a "dangerous disadvantage". When he starts to develop affection for his friends and allies, it inevitably gets used against him. {{quote\| '''Sherlock:''' (As he and Mycroft watch a grieving family from afar) Look at them. They all care so much. Do you ever wonder if there's something wrong with us?~~<br />~~ '''Mycroft:''' All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock. }} * Inverted in ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'' Vypra believes love to be the Blue Ranger's weakness, despite the fact that it motivated him to kick her team's butt (Lokai brings up the contradiction). Line 49: * Viconia from ''[[Baldur's Gate\|Baldur's Gate 2]]'' is pretty much identical to Morrigan in this aspect. * In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', Bishop [[Face Heel Turn\|betrays]] and possibly attacks the Knight Captain because he's afraid of being tied down to her and falling in love. * In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Samara is a [[Celibate Hero]] and regretfully stops her relationship with ~~Shepard--not~~Shepard—not because the Justicar Order in which she belongs to insists, but because she can't be distracted from her [[Married to the Job\|duties as one]]. Contributing is also because all three of her daughters are Ardat-Yakshis, or space [[Horny Devil\|succubi]]. * In [[The Force Unleashed]] 2, Darth Vader is absolutely disgusted that his apprentice, Starkiller, is in love with Juno Eclipse. {{spoiler\|The Dark Side Ending reveals that Vader made a "perfect" clone of Starkiller, one that doesn't care about Juno at all.}} * Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' series killed his own wife Nene out of belief that his love for her would weaken him, and also to prove to himself that if he was able to destroy what he loved the most to obtain his ambitions, [[The Unfettered\|nothing else would be able to restrict him]]. It's implied Nene [[Love Martyr\|went to her death willingly out of love for him]]. Line 58: == [[Western Animation]] == * [[Gargoyles\|Xanatos]] loves Fox, even if he doesn't want to admit it. At one point, he has this exchange with Goliath: {{quote\| '''Xanatos:''' So now you know my weakness.~~<br />~~ '''Goliath:''' Only you would regard ''love'' as a weakness. }} * Megara from ''[[Hercules (~~Disney~~1997 film)\|\|Hercules]]'' even sings a song about it ([[Crowning Music of Awesome\|and it's awesome]]). * The sociopath Azula of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' believes love is for fools and sees it only as a useful tool for manipulating people... only to learn that [[Machiavelli Was Wrong]], courtesy of {{spoiler\|Mai}}. * [[Big Bad\|Derek Powers]] of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' told one villain, "It's better to be '''feared''' than loved." Line 71: {{reflist}} [[Category:Love Tropes]] [[Category:~~Love Is a Weakness~~{{PAGENAME}}]]