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Published: 2009-03-30 09:30:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 2561; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 79
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this is SO an important psychological point!anyway it is for me cz i'm one of the girls.
i always called it pre-emptive stockholm syndrome... because i like big words.
Light Yagami and Misa are from Death Note,
Claudia and Louis are from the Vampire Chronicles
Rorschach is from Watchmen
all (c) someone who is not me. probably matt stone.
any more ideas anyone?
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If you don't know what TVTropes is and I have just brought it to your attention, it WILL ruin your life. Sorry.
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In reality MacBeth and his wife are not psycho.
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if you do a non-fiction version, try bonnie and clyde
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Isn't this battered wives syndrome?
It's not Lady Macbeth anyway, she was the dominant controlling one, good otherwise though.
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I don't think theres an official name, but battered wives syndrome sounds like a possible name. My friend said Lady McB syndrome, and it just stuck in my head. Even though its wrong in every way.
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Yeah, I don't know if it's considered an "actual" syndrome, but that's usually what it's called.
"Lady MacBeth syndrome" does sound cool tho'
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I used to call it Pre-emptive Stockholm Syndrome (as in, sympathizing with people who are likely to kidnap you, but haven't), but no one knew what I was talking abut DX
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Edward and Bella! 
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Yeah, other people said that too. I keep meaning to add them in, I will when photoshop stops going all weird on me.
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It's twisted how SMeyer disguises that as 'Twu luv'.
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I know. >:c It's even more twisted that people agree with it and want their love to be like that.... Ugh..
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A girl I know suffered the same fate and she's completely obsessed with it. So obsessed that she almost starts to cry when insult it.
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At least she doesn't get violent. :c
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Thankfully. It's funny because in return she wanted to make fun of my favorite pairing (Joker and Harley) by saying "WELL THE JOKER IS A RAPIST, UGLY, AND A MURDERER!!".
It was soooo funny x]
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But Edward is a stalker, ugly, and a murder! OH THE HYPOCRISY!
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I know xD! I would complain about it, but the topic of Twilight is a dead horse so, yeah. I HAVE TO DEAL WITH MY ANGER THROUGH POETRY >[
I was about to say, "At least the Joker can kick your sparkly faggot's ass any day," but then the discussion would've been endless.
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I have to say, good examples. I liked the Rorschach example, because I'm currently working on a Watchmen OC who suffers from this. As for Death Note, I've never seen it, but from what I've heard, Light sounds like Rorschach and the Joker mixed into one and Misa sounds alot like Harley Quinn, so I'm definitely checking it out.
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Yeah, when I saw Death Note for the first time (the series) I was like: "Wow. Misa sure acts a lot like Harley."
I did find Harley a more likable and sweet character though, sometimes it seemed like she knew that her love was one sided but kept trying anyway. Misa was a completely deluded fangirl.
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I was just introduced to Misa, and I don't really have any problems with her so far. She acts just like a Light fangirl would if made canon. Still, I doubt I'll like her as much as I like Harley.
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She just doesn't develop too much during the series, while Harley does. It was a bit of a dissapointment, still the ending was awesome IMO (don't worry, I won't spoil).
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Oh, well I'm sure she has her moments of interest. Thanks for not spoiling it for me.
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its good, defs worth watching... ive only seen the films, but i wanna c the anime...
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Okay, I'll definitely check it out.
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You forgot Edward and Bella!
Good point with Rorschach, though...
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nah, edward and bella dont count. hes not a real vampire...
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Yeah you're right. But he's still a controlling jerk.
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But the fan girls see it as love. Ew.
Besides, he's too much of a sparkly faggot to be in that list.
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he's a pedophile...I mean he's like a hundred and is dating a girl that's like...17. AND IS ABUSIVE!!!
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Yeah but the werewolf is a pedo too, imprinting on unborn children!
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But the chicks are psychopaths too. In Lady M's case, she's much more disturbed than MacB is; she says (in a soliloquy) that she fears that Macbeth is too "full o' the milk of human kindness," and when he almost chickens out of killing Duncan, she does it for him.
And it's Mrs. Lovett that cajoles Todd into killing all those people in the first place--"A Little Priest," anyone? True, he killed whatsisname without any prodding, but she encouraged him to keep on going.
And I don't think that Magneto's that deranged, and, even if he is, Mystique seems to have her share of emotional baggage too.
And so on.
I mean, it's an interesting theory, but you need better examples. (Adorable pics though)
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well, thats all the examples i got. do u have any?
btw, nice picking-apart of my theory...
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Erm... no, I think I've got to admit I don't. No. Wait.
Edward & Bella. Not that I'm a fan--I'm not--but... he IS obviously a psycho, and she doesn't care.
And about Lady M: looking over the play today, I realized I was wrong. She doesn't kill Duncan; MacB does. But she DID convince him to do so out of her own ambition.
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yeah, ppl keep saying edward and bella. i'll have to add them...
lady mcb was just a title. also, man do you know ur shakespeare!
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Haha, thanks... I'm not that well-read in Shakespeare, but I've been in Macbeth and I really like it. Twelfth Night also. Not much else. Reading The Tempest in English currently.
Uh, there wasn't much of a point to that, but I figured I would go ahead and spout it.
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ah well, we all love a bit of spouting now n then...
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Indeed, dear heart, indeed.
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Well, Louis loved Claudia to the point of slaveish devotion and he wasn't really a psychopath, more of a manic depressive, and from what I understand Hannibal had feelings for Clarice too but I see you're point for the rest of them. It's probably got a lot to do with the fact that some crazy people have very dynamic/magnetic personalities.
p.s. I love Rorschach... don't judge me.
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nono u misunderstand,
claudia was the psycho, louis was the girl...
and probably because power is v v attractive
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oh, i told my friend about it, and she said 'like lady mcbeth?'
even though it wasnt really like her at all. its just a snappy name :S
and its better than pre-emptive stockholm syndrome.
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