Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20150707052956/@comment-3581997-20150827040800

Yes. It's one of the spammed categories I removed when applied excessively. It should apply to those specifically victimized by circumstance instead of just those who are having an off day or something made them cry once. This sort of thing happens a lot fan-boys and fan-girls feel sad for a character who cries once and labeled them as tragic. Mable Pines losing her pet pig and slamming her head against a tree in dispassion is not tragic, it's a tug at the heart-strings, The Bride being shot point blank after seeing her new husband killed and losing her child during her comma from the bullet as a back-story for her entire arc is tragic.

The line is the difference between circumstance and underlining character theme/motivation. If the "tragic" event does not resonate with them the character is not a Tragic Hero.