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| - One of the methods writers use to jumpstart relationships. A variety of Samaritan Relationship Starter where Person A rescues Person B, causing said Person B to fall in love with Person A. If done humorously, this is done at the beginning of a series, adding to the Harem. A staged rescue is a common simple plan to get a couple together. Done seriously, this is one of the ways writers get a relationship hampered by Cannot Spit It Out started, as opposed to communication, or heck; they might not have even met or talked to each other previously. Examples of Rescue Romance include:
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| - One of the methods writers use to jumpstart relationships. A variety of Samaritan Relationship Starter where Person A rescues Person B, causing said Person B to fall in love with Person A. If done humorously, this is done at the beginning of a series, adding to the Harem. A staged rescue is a common simple plan to get a couple together. Done seriously, this is one of the ways writers get a relationship hampered by Cannot Spit It Out started, as opposed to communication, or heck; they might not have even met or talked to each other previously. "Anime's Favorite Contrived Meeting" is a possible sub-trope, or specific example of this: An agile male character, often the Hero, meeting a female character (Love Interests, etc) by saving them from being hit on by thugs, or older (college) men who seem lecherous. Usually involves the thugs grabbing the female by the hand and pulling her away to have a "cup of tea" with them, or becoming violent as she stubbornly rejects their advances (may involve knives). Enter the hero, either hitting the offenders in the arm, or entering the scene by kicking the guy (head, solar plexus, etc), and saving her from forceful romantic advances. Oddly enough some medieval romancers, despite being the reason Damsel in Distress is called that ("damsel" being the diminutive of medieval French for "lady"), actually sometimes didn't like this trope. Basically some of them thought that, since the girl now owed the guy, the resulting romance wasn't pure enough, aesthetically speaking. The various aristocrats who paid their bills mostly told 'em to shut up; part of the ideal of knighthood was being a protector, and who doesn't want to hear about a good deed they could actually do being rewarded with some sweet lovin'? Expect a negative response from some if this chickifies an Action Girl (though this can be almost completely negated by having the couple take turns with the Distress Ball). Nevertheless, the Knight in Shining Armor saving the Distressed Damsel who he then weds and they lived Happily Ever After is at least Older Than Feudalism, going back at least as far as the myth of Perseus and Andromeda. A subset of Meet Cute. A common Fanfic for Shipping when the woman has too strong a personality for the writer to deal with. If Rescue Romance is a manly man's reward for being a valiant protector, the Florence Nightingale Effect is a womanly woman's reward for being a caring nurturer. Compare Smooch of Victory, Rescue Sex, Relationship-Salvaging Disaster. Contrast A Match Made in Stockholm. See also The Dulcinea Effect. Examples of Rescue Romance include:
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