5/22/2023 0 Comments Torn by Billy Wood-Smith![]() Compare the word "disaster," which has the etymology "away without" ("dis") + "star planet" ("aster"). ![]() destiny or the heavens) have ruled against them, or "crossed" their plan. It means just the opposite - the stars (i.e. In modern times, the term "star-crossed" is often 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 but not always teenagers-doomed to be kept apart no matter how hard they struggle to be together. ![]()
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