| rdfs:comment | - Love is something best given freely, not demanded; it's something that has to be earned and worked at to keep alive, not a one sided entitlement. However the Love Hungry character didn't get the memo. They are so insecure, greedy and/or starved of affection they don't care: they want absolute, unconditional and perpetual love and feel that the ends justify the means. They won't settle for being merely loved by others, but in having their love enslaved to always do so. Even a genuinely kind person may become Love Hungry by being broken by fear of losing their love, anger at rejection, jealousy for another's love, or a narcissistic desire to be the most loved.
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| abstract | - Love is something best given freely, not demanded; it's something that has to be earned and worked at to keep alive, not a one sided entitlement. However the Love Hungry character didn't get the memo. They are so insecure, greedy and/or starved of affection they don't care: they want absolute, unconditional and perpetual love and feel that the ends justify the means. They won't settle for being merely loved by others, but in having their love enslaved to always do so. Even a genuinely kind person may become Love Hungry by being broken by fear of losing their love, anger at rejection, jealousy for another's love, or a narcissistic desire to be the most loved. This character may try to gain love through sabotaging other's relationships, deception, manipulation, propaganda or even murder. If they lack this finesse or get really desperate, they may kidnap the person(s) that they want to love them and try to create Stockholm Syndrome. Of course, this Tragic Dream usually gets the opposite result, with the target becoming angry or fearful and rejecting the Love Hungry. The presence of magic and powers usually means that Love Is in the Air, Charm Person and Glamours will be used to create this forced love. This plot usually has An Aesop about not forcing others to love you, and many characters who try this regret doing so before long and return wiser to the Status Quo Is God. If they don't, it usually means they'll do a Face Heel Turn before long. Compare Yandere, who is violent about keeping their lover. Compare All Take and No Give, where the taker tries to force someone into loving and serving them. See also Love Makes You Crazy. Relate to Happiness Is Mandatory and Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul, where happy emotions are forced on others. Examples:
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