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Retirony's equally devious brother, not that either of them have photos of the other. Whenever a character shows the others a picture of their family and/or loved ones, they're shot to the top of the Sorting Algorithm of Mortality. It mostly works as a cheap "look at my lovely family" moment so we feel bad for them when the character dies. This isn't immediately lethal though; it usually takes a while to kill the character because it bumps the Red Shirt into the Mauve Shirt's sweet spot for "less likely to die meaninglessly, much likelier to die meaningfully because it'll hurt more."

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  • Retirony's equally devious brother, not that either of them have photos of the other. Whenever a character shows the others a picture of their family and/or loved ones, they're shot to the top of the Sorting Algorithm of Mortality. It mostly works as a cheap "look at my lovely family" moment so we feel bad for them when the character dies. This isn't immediately lethal though; it usually takes a while to kill the character because it bumps the Red Shirt into the Mauve Shirt's sweet spot for "less likely to die meaninglessly, much likelier to die meaningfully because it'll hurt more."
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  • Retirony's equally devious brother, not that either of them have photos of the other. Whenever a character shows the others a picture of their family and/or loved ones, they're shot to the top of the Sorting Algorithm of Mortality. It mostly works as a cheap "look at my lovely family" moment so we feel bad for them when the character dies. This isn't immediately lethal though; it usually takes a while to kill the character because it bumps the Red Shirt into the Mauve Shirt's sweet spot for "less likely to die meaninglessly, much likelier to die meaningfully because it'll hurt more." It also may indicate the character's willingness to die for someone else. Since their family is dear to them, they'd willingly make a Heroic Sacrifice for their friends or True Companions too. The variation where the picture directly leads to the character's death could be seen as a subtle acknowledgment of the trope. Contrast Personal Effects Reveal, which often involves finding a family photo after the death. (If said person was an antagonist of some sort that the protagonists shot, expect a heaping helping of irony and/or regret.) See also Retirony and If We Get Through This. Examples of Fatal Family Photo include:
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