Comments on: Trope Tuesday: The Three Faces of Eve

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Trope Tuesday: Freudian Trio | One Thousand And One Parsecs - — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:11:19 +0000

[...] Last week, I blogged about the Three Faces of Eve trope. But if we’re going to discuss power trios in any depth, we first need to examine the classic Freudian Trio, one of the most prevalent combos and, in some ways, a precursor to all others. [...]

By: Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:46:24 +0000

Ruined, or made that much more awesome?

What I really want to know is what all of this actually means. Is there any significance if one or more of the trio lives, while the other(s) die(s)? Does it make a difference who fulfills the romantic subplot? Now that I know about this trope, I want to play with it!

But overall, I think the main thing is that it hits on different aspects of the female experience. Maybe that’s the key–depending on what you want your story to say about women, that’s what makes the difference.

By: Nathan Major

Nathan Major — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:07 +0000

I wonder if this trope is more prevalent in eastern (read: Japanese) cultures and media than western ones. Thinking back on stuff I’ve played/watched, while western artists do use it a lot it seems to be really prevalent in Japanese stuff. Maybe it’s a weird duality of the innocent girl and the maniac pixie whatever girl that they seem to love so much.

Though now that I think about it, Silent Hill 2 (read: best game ever?) actually uses this trope in some super clever ways to push the story forward. How was this always in front of my face and I didn’t get it?

Also, I wonder how this works with the whole Eve/Lilith idea in female sociology. I guess Eve in that is both the wife and the virgin, and Lilith the seductress (obviously). Huh.

Just blathering words; good post. And now every Square-Enix JRPG is ruined forever because I see the tropes. And all the Persona games too.

And dammit I made a really bad DOS dating game in High School and even IT had this trope in it! I’m part of the problem!

By: Stephen Dethloff

Stephen Dethloff — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:21:18 +0000

He say one and one and one is three // Got to be good lookin’ ’cause he’s so hard to see