So Beautiful It's a Curse: Difference between revisions

This leads us to the darker, and far less [[Mary Sue|Sue-driven]] application of this trope, where a character will be so beautiful, alluring or appealing that he or she will be the target of unwanted, sexualized attention. This would be the polar opposite of the character mentioned above whose beauty is causing them far less serious hardship, and takes a rather less rosy look at what could happen if anyone's attention to an extremely attractive character was [[:Category:Yandere|less]] [[Stalker with a Crush|than]] [[If I Can't Have You|pure]], or if they [[Rape Is Love|were aggressive about it]]. Usually the results are... [[Dark and Troubled Past|less than pretty, to say the least]]. This take on this trope will often be invoked in serious love and drama stories, usually aimed at an older demographic and looking at the grimmer aspects of human nature. Expect rape, stalking, or molestation to be at least mentioned, if not inspected rather closely, and be assured that it ''will'' show up in the plot in some shape or form. Odds are that there will be some serious form of [[Break the Cutie]] going on, either in backstory or in the main story, and that this will not be the kind an audience will be unsympathetic towards. This is basically what happens when beauty actually ''is'' making this person's life miserable.

 

 

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** In the manga, they point this out in such a way that makes it hilariously clear that no matter how much Ranma hates his curse, he still loves being more drop-dead gorgeous than everyone else.

{{quote|'''Akane:''' I don't care about your breasts.

'''Nabiki:''' I think you are entirely too happy about this. }}

* ''[[Naruto|Uchiha Sasuke]]'s'' good looks coupled with the fact that [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] have gotten him hordes of admirers, all who blush and [[Squee]] at the sight of him, which he finds incredibly annoying and has no patience for it. The worst of them is Karin, who kept one of his sweat-drenched shirts for herself, and planned on "ravaging him after everyone went to bed".

** [[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show|Nobody will ever understand the torment I feel. The torment of an extremely attractive ninja who is lusted after by pretty much every girl he's ever met. Mine is indeed a tormented existence, filled with torment. And girls. Girls with their breasts. They torment me so.]]

* A male example from ''[[Corsair]]'': Canale, the resident blind [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]], gets raped/attempted raped fairly consistently from the age of seven upwards and {{spoiler|(his brother's unwanted lust for him)}} gets him blinded and left for dead in the woods. He certainly doesn't feel he deserves his beauty, but, conversely, it's also saved his life on some occasions.

* Florian from ''[[Gorgeous Carat]]'' never says this, but he's entitled too, what with all the {{spoiler|(drugging and the raping and the general crossdressing and harassment)}} he endures from being a pretty blonde with purple eyes, not to mention the fact that his looks helped seal the deal on his servitude to Rei in the first place.

** Even before the Eclipse, Casca had to deal with would-be assailants, all of whom never passed up the chance to tell her how attractive she was before trying to rape her. They were fewer and farther between, however, due to her being 1) a mercenary who could take care of herself if needed, and 2) surrounded by other mercenaries who viewed her as a "sister."

* Yvienne from ''[[Ciel: The Last Autumn Story]]'' plays with this trope. One of her teachers compares her to an equally beautiful woman she knew named Saskia, who killed herself, and says that because Yvienne's been able to get so much so easily with it, she doesn't know how to value anything and will eventually think of everything as being trivial. Yvienne herself even says, "Have you ever once heard of a really beautiful woman being happy?" However, at the same time she knows that it's a very real benefit to her, and has no qualms about using it to her advantage whenever she has to, and almost all of her complaints about it are just made jokingly.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** [[Double Entendre|She can turn it on, eh?]]

** The above being [[Older Than They Think|based on]] actual [[Greek Mythology]].

* Male Example: This trope is a genuine, life-ruining ''problem'' for Holden of ''[http://arcana.comicgenesis.com/ Arcana]''. In addition to heightened physical beauty, Holden is also under a magical curse of unknown origin that makes people fall in love with him. But not just some people; ''practically everyone he encounters''. Sounds like a cakewalk, but after having his psycho vampire stalker slaughter his current boyfriend and threaten to kill his brother in order for them to be together, the situation becomes a hell of a lot more heartbreaking.

** There was a reason for that, actually. Turned out Holden was {{spoiler|actually the Harpy prince that was being sought after, he just didn't consciously know it until towards the end of the story. Apparently Harpies in this world have that particular glamour about them.}}

* [[Hellsing]]'s Seras Victoria occasionally complains about the effects of [[Most Common Superpower|her rather stunning figure]] in ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]''. Her [[Love Interest]] counters that he can enjoy her company and respect her as a person ''and'' appreciate her chest.

* [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] on [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/428 this] ''[[Loserz]]'' strip with Alice complaining about men looking at her breasts all the time, but refusing to wear more modest clothes because she's so hot it wouldn't make a difference. According to her anyways.

* Didi of ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090317.html was so attractive it ruined her sex life]. Really. (Not safe for work.)

* ''[[Shortpacked]]'' plays the trope even straighter than Twilight - a mummy's wrappings are used to counter the curse (rather than to cover the rotting skin) in an obvious fashion. No one must know!

** Reconstructed in the [[Ultimate Universe|Comprehensive Gerosha books]]: Her parents' wealth starts to become public knowledge; and her sisters have already earned reputations as reckless party animals. Therefore, her assumed sluttiness is guilt by association. Attempts to stay out of the media to avoid Hebbleskin Gang attention only keep thugs from showing up at her door. It does nothing to keep her from being assumed a [[Good Bad Girl]] by those who associate her with her sisters' antics.

* Minor aversion in ''[[Girls with Slingshots]]''. There was a brief story arc where Jamie started dressing more modestly because she didn't care for all the negative attention her boobs got her; but she was rather taken aback when she discovered that not only had the bulk of what she thought of as otherwise normal interactions had in fact been swung in her favor by the cleavage, even one of her closest friends turns out to have been giving her a "boob discount". She eventually decides that she preferred the way people talked to her when her cleavage was greasing the rails, and made peace with the fact that she was going to attract some leers as well.

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1809 Monique complains. Slick is unsympathetic.]

 

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