Opera Gloves/Playing With

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Basic Trope: Gloves whose length go past the elbow.

  • Straight: Charlotte goes to a party wearing long, tight black gloves.
  • Exaggerated: Charlotte's gloves are so long, they don't even look like gloves; more like long sleeves.
  • Justified: The dress code requires the (female) guests to wear Opera Gloves.
  • Inverted: Charlotte's gloves are fingerless and are barely even visible.
    • Charlotte wears a long-sleeved top.
  • Subverted: Charlotte originally wanted to wear Opera Gloves, but decided not to at the last minute.
  • Double Subverted: Then she changes her mind.
  • Parodied:
  • Zig Zagged: Charlotte brings two gloves to the party, one pair of regular length ones and the other pair are Opera Gloves. She switches them continuously.
  • Averted: Charlotte wears short gloves.
  • Enforced: Fan Service, Rule of Glamorous and Rule of Sexy.
  • Lampshaded: "Charlotte sure does look hot in those gloves, doesn't she?"
  • Invoked: Charlotte wears long gloves on purpose to look good and other things.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: "I think I'd like to wear those thigh-high stockings instead..."
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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