✰"This story is a tragedy because it didn't have to end this way."

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"This story is a tragedy because it was always going to end this way"

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✰ "It was always going to end this way, but it didn't have to"  Ex: Romeo and Juliet, there are plenty of times and ways the "Pair of star crossed lovers take their lives." foretold at the start could have been avoided.. but alas, they were horny idiots.

[idk man, comment some random book REVERSE tropes or something :3]