Master of the Mixed Message: Difference between revisions

 

For [[Poor Communication Kills|obvious reasons]], she won't just ask him.

 

== General ==

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* Kyoko from ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'', and pretty much every other member of a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|main couple]] in Rumiko Takahashi's works. Except [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Lum]], of course.

* To a lesser extent, Gourry towards Lina in ''[[The Slayers]]''. Romance isn't played up all that much, but in the few times Gourry seems like he might be interested in Lina, something always happens to make us unsure again (it was usually some kind of spell or misunderstanding).

** In the anime, the problem is usually that, while Gourry seems to be kind of affectionate, it's never clear whether or not he's intelligent enough to understand what volunteering to be Lina's "Protector for Life" implies.

* ''[[The Office]]'' in the early seasons Pam acted this way sometimes. It's always clear that she enjoys being with Jim more than Roy and sometimes she slips briefly into more romantic behavior. When Pam left Roy, Jim had started dating someone else and got to do a little of this. However, Pam did make amends by confessing her feelings to Jim in front of everyone at an office retreat.

** When trying to court Erin, Andy did his best to be clear yet inevitably landed in this trope.

* Mac from ''[[Green Wing]]'' does this to Caroline, knowing that she is besotted with him. Eventually she confronts him about his behaviour, telling him "You can be very cruel sometimes".

* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' had a girl of the week named Wendy who behaved this way with any guy she liked (the guy who was on Earl's list, then Earl himself) because she was too shy to openly admit her feelings. She would always do the goodnight cheek kiss and make a mix CD playlist that were either "[[Intercourse With You]]" and "[[Just Friends]]".

* Lan/Netto Hikari in regards to his canon love interest in ''[[Megaman Battle Network]]''. He's generally a [[The Messiah|nice guy]] to everyone, but goes out of his way to make her feel better several times and they even go on a couple of dates in both the show and game canons. However, it always ''seems'' as though he's totally oblivious to her affections, though one does have to wonder...especially when in the game series' ending, they {{spoiler|[[Official Couple|end up together with a son]].}} This doesn't seem to apply to the manga however, which contains a lot more...[[Ho Yay|other interesting notes...]] Lan also seems to know Mayl has a crush on him in the manga, at least according to the first volume (he says that they shouldn't be seen walking home together because people 'might get ideas' in a very teasing manner).

* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] Girl's Side 2,'' Akagi Kazuyuki's entire route is complicated by poor communication between himself and the heroine; it hits this trope when he invites her out (claiming he "just happened" to have tickets to a concert and the friend he was going to go with couldn't make it) and subsequently completely fails to clarify whether or not it's an actual date. Matters are further complicated when he manages to bungle his attempt to explain himself to the point that the heroine concludes that he wasn't interested in her at all and begins avoiding him when he tries to talk to her. He doesn't manage to sort things out properly until nearly the end of the game.

 

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