![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Then again, if the stars rule that much, they probably did decree the love as well as the impossibility.) It means just the opposite - the stars (i.e., destiny, or the heavens) have ruled against them, or crossed their plan - get it? Compare the word " disaster", which has the etymology "away without" ('dis') + "star planet" ('aster'). In modern times, often the term "star-crossed" is unknowingly misused to mean lovers who are meant to be together. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the most famous example (and the Trope Namer), but the archetype dates at least as far back as Mesopotamian Mythology and Egyptian Mythology, making it Older Than Dirt. Often, the two can only be Together in Death. It may be Fate, or fatally- Feuding Families, or it may be something as mundane as a few hundred miles' separation, but something will always be in their way. Two lovers - often teenagers - destined to be kept apart no matter how hard they struggle to be together. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed. ![]()
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