Villainous Crush: Difference between revisions

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So, [[The Hero]]'s [[Love Interest|girl]] is [[The Cutie|pretty]] [[Moe|cute]]. Only it turns out the Hero isn't the only one who thinks so. She's caught [[Big Bad|the villain]]'s eye as well.

If this crush takes a turn for the perverse, this can lead to tropes like [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]], [[Forceful Kiss]], [[Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me]], [[And Now You Must Marry Me]], [[Scarpia Ultimatum]], and [[Go-Go Enslavement]], although none of those ''require'' a [[Villainous Crush]]. Additionally, the villain may become a [[Stalker with a Crush]]. If the crush itself is a motivating factor in his [[Start of Darkness]], then it's [[Love Makes You Evil]].

If this crush takes a turn for the perverse, this can lead to tropes like [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]], [[Forceful Kiss]], [[Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me]], [[And Now You Must Marry Me]], [[Scarpia Ultimatum]], and [[Go-Go Enslavement]], although none of those ''require'' a '''Villainous Crush'''. Additionally, the villain may become a [[Stalker with a Crush]]. If the crush itself is a motivating factor in his [[Start of Darkness]], then it's [[Love Makes You Evil]].

Conversely, this trope can be played as a humanizing factor, making the character into more of an [[Anti-Villain]], and the love interest may act as a [[Morality Pet]]. Taken all the way, it may become [[Love Redeems]].

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* In Marvel comics, the villain Whirlwind has a huge crush on [[The Wasp]]. He even [[Not My Driver|posed as her limo driver]] once.

* Umar, [[Doctor Strange]] villainess and sister to [[God of Evil|Dormammu]] has a huge crush on [[Incredible Hulk|The Hulk]]. She actually kept him as her love-slave for a while, but whether that counts as [[Dating Catwoman]] or [[Black Comedy Rape]] is debated. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=9307&pg=3 They've been reunited since.]

* In his short lived series in the 70s, [[The Joker]] fell in love with one [[Black Canary|Dinah Lance]] <ref> This was during a period she was depowered however</ref>. [[Insane Troll Logic|He realizes]] he only has two choices, [[And Now You Must Marry Me|force her to marry him]] or [[Disproportionate Retribution|kill her]] because he won't be able focus on his crimes if he's thinking about her.

* In his short lived series in the 70s, [[The Joker]] fell in love with one [[Black Canary|Dinah Lance]].<ref>This was during a period she was depowered however</ref> [[Insane Troll Logic|He realizes]] he only has two choices, [[And Now You Must Marry Me|force her to marry him]] or [[Disproportionate Retribution|kill her]] because he won't be able focus on his crimes if he's thinking about her.