Star-Crossed Lovers/Playing With

Basic Trope: Two characters are in love with each other, but can never be together.

• Straight: Bob and Alice are in love with each other, but can't be together because their families hate each other.
• Exaggerated: Bob and Alice can't be together simply because they are from different schools.
• Justified: Bob and Alice are a cat and a dog.
• Inverted: Bob and Alice can't be together because their families get along too well.
• Subverted: Bob and Alice's families dislike the idea of them being together, but it turns out the reason is they thought it was a trap by the other family...
• Double Subverted: ...but they still don't want them together.
• Parodied: ???
• Deconstructed: Bob and Alice's families go to such lengths to keep them apart, Alice and Bob resort to suicide so they can at least be together peacefully in death.
• Reconstructed: Alice and Bob's families eventually realize that their children's happiness is worth much more than their rivalry and allow them to be together.
• Zig Zagged: ???
• Averted: Neither Bob's family or Alice's family minds them being together.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: "Is it really that big a deal if Alice and Bob are together? I mean, I know their families have been fighting for years, but come on!"
• Invoked: ???
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: "Look, the last thing I'd want is for my son to be with your daughter, but as long as they're happy, then let's let them be." (And Alice's family agrees)
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???
• Played For Drama: ???

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