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Romance and love can outrank magic, technology, or even a Physical God, in influence on the progression of a story. But how it influences the story is a crapshoot.
The Good: Love acts as a Fixer Sue or Deus Ex Machina, overcoming all.
- The Dulcinea Effect
- Love At First Sight
- Love Redeems
- The Power of Friendship
- The Power of Love
- True Love's Kiss
The Bad: Love is an Artifact of Doom, corrupting even unambiguously good people who lack the willpower to sacrifice their relationships for their morals into a Face Heel Turn. Murder mystery series seem to love this one.
The Ugly: Love is an Artifact of Death, bringing doom and pain to all who encounter it.
- Cartwright Curse
- Death by Sex
- Fatal Attractor
- Love Hurts
- Love Makes You Crazy
- Love Martyr
- Star-Crossed Lovers
The Complicated: Love is an embodiment of the Rule of Drama, making life unnecessarily complicated.